[Wildflower bloom in the Southern Washington Cascades: 2008]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Mount Adams: Forest on West Side of Laurel Road (Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge)

May 10, 2008

Skunk Cabbage: Lysichiton americanus

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

* 1. Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa -

2. Grand Fir: Abies grandis -

3. Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa -

4. Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii -

5. Vine Maple: Acer circinatum -

6. Alder: Alnus sp. -

7. Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa -

8. Willow: Salix sp. #1 -

9. Willow: Salix sp. #2 -

* 10. Skunk Cabbage: Lysichitum americanum - Several plants in bloom at the head of a small pond.

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

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

* 13. Wood Lily: Trillium ovatum -

14. Bicolored Cluster-lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. howellii - Basal leaves with stem and bud forming.

15. Coralroot: Corallorhiza (maculata ?) -

16. Rein-orchid: Piperia sp. - Basal leaves forming.

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

18. Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium -

* 19. American Winter Cress: Barbarea orthoceras -

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

21. Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii -

22. Hawthorn: Crataegus sp. -

* 23. Wood's Strawberry: Fragaria vesca var. bracteata -

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

25. Large-leaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum -

26. Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor -

27. Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba occidentalis -

28. Nuttall's Peavine?: Lathyrus (nevadensis?) - Large leaflets.

29. Lupine: Lupinus (arbustus?) - Basal leaves forming.

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

* 31. Stream Violet: Viola glabella -

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

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

* 34. Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens -

35. Broadleaf Starflower: Lysimachia latifolia - Basal leaves only.

36. Midget Phlox, Slender Phlox: Microsteris gracilis var. gracilis - Leafy stems forming.

37. Midget Phlox, Slender Phlox: Microsteris gracilis var. humilis - In bloom.

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

39. Self-heal: Prunella vulgaris (var. ?) -

40. Cooley's Hedge-nettle: Stachys cooleyae -

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

42. Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus -

43. English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata -

44. Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia -

45. Oregon Sunshine, Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum -

Animals Seen Along This Route:

Douglas' Squirrel

Paul Slichter E-mail