[Wildflower bloom in the Southern Washington Cascades: 2008]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Mount Adams: Small Creek on Road K1000 between the Glenwood-Goldendale Highway and Mt. Adams Highway & the Klickitat Canyon NRCA

Roughly Following the Yakima-Klickitat County Line

April 11, 2008

Grass widlow (Olsynium douglasii) as seen at this site........April 13, 2007.

Grass widlow (Olsynium douglasii) as seen at this site........April 13, 2007.
* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

* 1. Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. grandiflorum - Beginning to bloom.

* 2. Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Just beginning to bloom.

* 3. Grass Widow: Olsynium douglasii - Beginning to bloom.

* 4. Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis - Beginning to bloom.

* 5. Nuttall's Toothwort, Oak's Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii - Just beginning to bloom.

* 6. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Beginning to bloom.

* 7. Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (formerly Lithophragma bulbifera) - In bud.

8. Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa (formerly Saxifraga integrifolia var. claytoniifolia) - In bud.

9. Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum - Beginning to bloom.

* 10. Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - ? Small leaves on stem.

* 11. Mountain Alder, Thinleaf Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia -

Animals Seen at this Site:

California Tortoiseshells

Pacific Treefrogs

Western Fence Lizard

Chipmunks

Vultures

White-breasted Nuthatches

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Dark-eyed Juncos

Violet-green Swallows

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