[Wildflower bloom in the Southern Washington Cascades: 2008]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Mount Adams: Laurel Road (Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge)

A Friends of the Columbia Gorge Trip

May 17, 2008

Mt. adams from near Glenwood, WA

The view above shows the southeastern slopes of Mt. Adams as seen across Conboy Lake NWR from Kreps Lane (May 17, 2008)
* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

* 1. Foxtail: Alopecurus sp. -

* 2. Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa -

3. Grand Fir: Abies grandis -

4. Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa -

5. Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii -

6. Vine Maple: Acer circinatum -

7. Alder: Alnus sp. -

8. Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa -

* 9. Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. breviflora -

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

11. Wood Lily: Trillium ovatum - Now past bloom at this location.

12. Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride var. eschsholzianum -

* 13. Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella -

* 14. Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis -

* 15. Sticky Chickweed: Cerastium viscosum -

* 16. Least Mouse-tail: Myosurus minimus -

* 17. White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis var. capillaceus -

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

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

* 20. American Winter Cress: Barbarea orthoceras -

* 21. Hairy Bittercress: Cardamine hirsuta -

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

* 23. Field Pepperweed: Lepidum heterophyllum -

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

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

* 26. Woods Strawberry, Mt. Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata -

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

28. Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor -

29. Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum - Some with flower buds forming.

* 30. Large-leaf Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus ssp. polyphyllus - Several plants beginning to bloom.

* 31. Spur Violet: Viola adunca -

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

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

* 34. Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis var. gracilis - Fading out of bloom.

* 35. Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis var. humilis - Beginning to bloom.

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

* 37. Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus -

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

* 39. Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata -

40. Hound's Tongue: Cynoglossum officinale -

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

42. Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus -

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

44. Oregon Sunshine, Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum -

* 45. Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale -

Animals Seen Along This Route:

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

1 pair of sandhill cranes seen in the distance (with elk above)

Red-tailed Hawk

Mallards

Red-winged Blackbird

Brewer's Blackbird

American Robins

Red Crossbills

Song Sparrows

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Stellers Jay

Paul Slichter E-mail