[Wildflower bloom in the Southern Washington Cascades: 2008]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Mt. Adams: Laurel Road (Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge)

May 10, 2008

Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus

Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

* 1. Foxtail: Alopecurus sp. -

* 2. Skunk Cabbage: Lysichiton americanus -

* 3. Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. breviflora - Beginning to bloom.

* 4. Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. grandiflorum - Several plants still in bloom under the conifer trees.

* 5. Wood Lily: Trillium ovatum -

* 6. Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella -

* 7. Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis -

* 8. Sticky Chickweed: Cerastium viscosum -

* 9. Least Mouse-tail: Myosurus minimus -

* 10. Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis -

* 11. Plantain-leaf Buttercup: Ranunculus alismaefolius var. alismaefolius - 12. Barbarea orthoceras -

* 13. Hairy Bittercress: Cardamine hirsuta -

* 14. Nuttall's Toothwort, Oak's Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii -

* 15. Field Pepperweed: Lepidum heterophyllum -

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

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

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

19. Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba occidentalis - Some with flower buds forming.

20. Large-leaf Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus ssp. polyphyllus - Basal leaves are numerous.

* 21. Spur Violet: Viola adunca -

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

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

* 24. Littlebells Polemonium: Polemonium micranthum - Under a ponderosa pine tree along Laurel Road.

* 25. Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus -

* 26. Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii -

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

* 28. Thyme-leaved Speedwell: Veronica serpyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia -

29. Oregon Sunshine, Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum -

* 30. Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale -


Animals Seen Along This Route:

1 herd of elk far in the distance to the east of Laurel Road

Mallards

Common Snipe

Red-winged Blackbird

Brewer's Blackbird

American Robins

Song Sparrows

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Stellers Jay


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