[Wildflower bloom in the Southern Washington Cascades: 2008]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Mount Adams: Kreps Lane (Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge)

Coniferous Forest Section on North Side of Road

May 10, 2008

Valley Yellow Violet: Viola vallicola from this site (May 10, 2008)

Valley Yellow Violet: Viola vallicola from this site (May 10, 2008)

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

1. Grand Fir: Abies grandis -

2. Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa -

3. Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii -

4. Aspen?: Populus tremuloides -

* 5. Foxtail: Alopecurus sp. -

* 6. Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa -

7. Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. breviflora -

8. Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum - Now past bloom at this location.

9. Star-flowered False Solomon Plume: Maianthemum stellatum -

10. Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride var. eschscholzianum -

11. Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis -

12. Rein Orchid: Piperia sp. -

13. Common Bastard Toadflax: Commandra umbellata var. californica - In bud.

14. American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides -

15. Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum -

* 16. Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata -

* 17. Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra -

* 18. Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis -

* 19. Large-leaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla -

* 20. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum -

* 21. Least Mouse-tail: Myosurus minimus -

* 22. Plantain-leaf Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius -

* 23. Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis -

24. Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii -

* 25. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna -

* 26. Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (formerly Lithophragma bulbifera) -

* 27. Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum -

* 28. Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia -

29. Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ) -

30. Hawthorn: Crataegus sp. -

* 31. Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala -

* 32. Old Man's Whiskers, Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum -

33. Tawny Horkelia: Horkelia fusca var. fusca -

34. Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. gracilis -

35. Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba occidentalis -

36. Spiraea: Spiraea sp. -

37. Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus var. silvicola -

38. Large-leaf Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus ssp. polyphyllus - Basal leaves are numerous, with a few plants with racemes beginning to form.

39. Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana (var. ?) -

* 40. Spur Violet: Viola adunca -

* 41. Valley Yellow Violet: Viola vallicola -

* 42. Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule -

* 43. Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum -

44. Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens -

45. Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea -

* 46. Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis var. humilior -

* 47. Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus -

48. Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale -

* 49. Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora -

50. Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine -

* 51. Rosy Plectritis: Plectritis congesta -

* 52. European Corn-salad: Valerianella locusta -

53. Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa -

54. Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - A number of small plants.

* 55. Western Butterweed: Senecio integerrimus (var. ochroleucus ?) - Beginning to bloom.

* 56. Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale -


Animals Seen Along This Route:

2 large herds of elk (one of 28 animals and the other with around 40, the latter with fawns)


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