[Wildflower bloom in the Southern Washington Cascades: 2008]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Mount Adams: Willard Springs Foot Trail (Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge)

A Friends of the Columbia Gorge Hike

May 17, 2008

Brown's Paeony: Paeonia brownii as seen from this site..........May 5, 2007.

The photo at right shows the attractive inflorescence of buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata) as seen along the Willard Springs Trail in Conboy Lake NWR..........May 5, 2007. This plant is currently in bud, although the wetlands are so far dry this year, so there will be fewer plants to see.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

1. Western Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina -

2. Green-banded Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus - Basal leaves.

* 3. Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. brevistyla -

* 4. Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis var. affinis - In bud.

5. Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum -

6. Rein Orchid: Piperia species - Basal leaves only.

7. Common Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata var. californica - In bud.

* 8. Spring Beauty: Claytonia lanceolata -

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

* 10. Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis -

* 11. Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophyllum -

* 12. Oregon Anemone: Anemone oregana var. oregana -

* 13. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum -

* 14. Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis -

15. Western Meadow Rue: Thalictrum occidentale -

* 16. Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium -

17. Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii - One plant in bud.

18. Nuttall's Toothwort, Oak's Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii - Now past bloom.

* 19. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna -

* 20. Field Pepperweed: Lepidium heterophyllum - In bloom at refuge headquarters parking area.

21. Meadow Alumroot: Heuchera chlorantha - Basal leaves only.

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

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

* 24. Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum -

* 25. Straggly Currant, Straggly Gooseberry: Ribes divaricatum - One large plant seen on the bank immediately south of the refuge headquarters maintenance building. This plant was very attractive to both native bees as well as yellowjackets.

26. Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia -

27. Purple Marshlocks: Comarum palustre -

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

29. Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. glabrata -

30. Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa -

* 31. Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Several plants beginning to bloom.

32. Ames Milkvetch: Astragalus pulsiferae -

* 33. Nevada Pea / Thick-leaved Peavine: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. aridus - A few plants beginning to bloom.

* 34. Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus var. silvicola - A few plants beginning to bloom.

35. Large-leaf Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus ssp. polyphyllus -

* 36. Baker's Violet: Viola bakeri -

* 37. Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea -

38. Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maxima - Basal leaves only.

39. Fern-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium multifidum - Basal leaves only.

* 40. Turpentine Wavewing: Cymopterus foeniculaceus - Beginning to bloom.

41. Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis ssp. nevadensis -

42. Kinnikinnick: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi -

43. Pink Wintergreen: Pyrola asarifolia -

44. White-veined Pyrola: Pyrola picta -

45. Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana - Basal leaves.

* 46. Buckbean: Menyanthes trifoliata - A few plants beginning to bloom in the irrigation canal.

47. Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata - Basal leaves seen.

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

* 49. Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - Fairly numerous, but fading out of bloom.

* 50. Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale -

* 51. Yellow and Blue Scorpionweed: Myosotis discolor - Very tiny plants beginning to bloom.

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

53. Tapertip Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus - Some plants well-established, with the inflorescence beginning to form.

54. Twinflower: Linnaea borealis -

55. Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa -

56. Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor - Basal leaves only.

57. Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa - Basal leaves only.

* 58. Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides - A few plants beginning to bloom.

* 59. Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - A few plants beginning to bloom.

60. Meadow Butterweed: Packera pseudaurea - In bud.

* 61. Western Butterweed: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus - In bud.

* 62. Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale -

Animals Seen at this Site:

Chipping Sparrows

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Dark-eyed Juncos

Black-headed Grosbeaks

Yellow Warblers

Western Wood Peewees

Paul Slichter E-mail