[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)

Coniferous Forest Section on West Side of the Road

June 21, 2008

Baby Stars: Linanthus bicolor

Baby Stars: Linanthus bicolor

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

1. Grand Fir: Abies grandis -

2. Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta -

3. Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa -

4. Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii -

5. Vine Maple: Acer circinatum -

6. Red Alder: Alnus rubra -

7. Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa -

8. Aspen: Populus tremuloides -

9. Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana -

10. California Filbert: Corylus cornuta ssp. californica -

11. Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana -

12. Western Sword Fern: Polystichum munitum -

13. Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum -

*14. Common Cat-tail: Typha latifolia -

15. Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis -

* 16. Awl-fruit Sedge: Carex stipata var. stipata -

17. Sedge: Carex sp. -

* 18. Common Spikerush: Eleocharis palustris -

* 19. Small-fruited Bulrush: Scirpus microcarpus -

20. Toad Rush: Juncus bufonius -

* 21. California Oatgrass: Danthonia californica -

* 22. Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa -

23. Voodoo Grass: Ventenata dubia -

* 24. Common Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. brevistyla - A few plants still in bloom.

* 25. Ookow: Dichelostemma congestum -

26. Fairy Bells: (Prosartes hookeri ?) -

27. Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis -

* 28. Columbia Lily: Lilium columbianum -

29. Star-flowered False Solomon Plume: Maianthemum stellatum -

30. Wood Lily: Trillium ovatum -

* 31. Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflorum ssp. howellii -

32. Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina -

33. Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride var. eschscholtziiana -

* 34. Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum -

35. Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis -

* 36. Spotted Coralroot: Corallorhiza maculata -

37. Rattlesnake-plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia -

38. Alaska Rein Orchid: Piperia unalaschensis -

* 39. Common Bastard Toad-flax: Commandra umbellata var. californica -

* 40. American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides -

* 41. Closeflowered Knotweed: Polygonum confertiflorum -

* 42. Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella -

* 43. Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata -

* 44. Water Miner's-lettuce: Montia chamissoi -

* 45. Large-leaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla -

46. Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii -

47. Red Baneberry: Actaea rubra -

* 48. Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa -

* 49. Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis - Fading out of bloom.

* 50. Woodland Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus var. parviflorus -

* 51. Birdsbeak Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. platyphyllus -

52. Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla -

53. Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium -

54. Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa -

* 55. Tumble Mustard: Sisymbrium altissimum -

* 56. Shepherd's Purse: Capsella bursa-pastoris -

* 57. Pacific Mitrewort: Mitella trifida var. trifida -

58. Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. semiintegrifolia?) -

59. Suksdorf's Hawthorn: Crataegus gaylussacia -

* 60. Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca var. bracteata -

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

* 62. Large-leaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum -

* 63. Prairie-smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum -

64. Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor -

* 65. Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa ssp. glandulosa -

* 66. Sulfur Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta -

67. Western Crabapple: Malus fusca -

* 68. Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa -

* 69. Nootka Rose: Rosa nutkana -

* 70. Clustered Wild Rose: Rosa pisocarpa -

* 71. Pacific Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus -

* 72. Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum -

73. Douglas' Spiraea, Hardhack: Spiraea douglasii -

74. Spanish-clover: Acmispon americanus var. americanus -

* 75. Nevada Deer-vetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis -

* 76. Bog Deer-vetch: Hosackia pinnata -

* 77. Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius -? or Lupinus wyethii ?

* 78. Large-leaf Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus ssp. polyphyllus -

* 79. Least Hop Clover: Trifolium dubium -

* 80. Red Clover: Trifolium pratense -

* 81. White Clover: Trifolium repens -

* 82. American Vetch: Vicia americana ssp. americana-

* 83. Western St. John's Wort: Hypericum formosum ssp. scouleri -

* 84. Common St. John's Wort: Hypericum perforatum -

* 85. Spur Violet: Viola adunca -

86. Enchanter's Nightshade: Circaea alpina ssp. pacifica -

* 87. White Willowherb: Epilobium lactiflorum - ?

88. Sharptooth Angelica: Angelica arguta -

89. Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maximum -

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

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

92. Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens -

* 93. Little Pipsissewa: Chimaphila menziesii -

94. Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea -

95. Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsmaefolium -

* 96. Broadleaf Starflower: Lysimachia latifolia -

* 97. Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana -

* 98. Varied-leaf Collomia: Collomia heterophylla -

* 99. Baby Stars: Linanthus bicolor -

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

* 101. Needle-leaf Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta -

* 102. Marigold Navaretia: Navarretia tagetina - ?

* 103. Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. austiniae -

* 104. Silver-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. leptosepala -

* 105. Hound's Tongue: Cynoglossum officinale -

* 106. Small-flowered Forget-me-not: Myosotis laxa -

* 107. Selfheal: Prunella vulgaris (var. ) -

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

* 109. Hairy Paintbrush, Hairy Owl's-clover: Castilleja tenuis -

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

* 111. Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata -

112. Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus -

* 113. American Brooklime: Veronica americana -

* 114. Marsh Speedwell: Veronica scutellata -

* 115. Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine -

116. Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale -

117. Small Bedstraw: Galium trifidum ssp. columbianum -

* 118. Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum -

* 119. English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata -

* 120. European Corn-salad: Valerianella locusta -

* 121. Twinflower: Linnaea borealis -

122. Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa -

123. Twinflower Honeysuckle: Lonicera involucrata var. involucrata -

* 124. Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus -

* 125. Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos hesperius -

126. Bluebell, Harebell: Campanula sp. (rotundifolia or scouleri) -

127. Heterocodon: Heterocodon rariflorum -

* 128. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis -

129. Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor -

* 130. Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla -

* 131. Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides -

* 132. Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea -

133. Heart-leaved Arnica: Arnica cordifolia -

134. Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhizacareyana -

* 135. Bachelor's Button: Centaurea cyanus -

136. Chicory: Cichorum intybus -

* 137. Smooth Hawksbeard: Crepis capillaris -

* 138. Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum - (discoid flower heads)

139. Rough-leaved Aster: Eurybia radulina -

140. Western Marsh Cudweed: Gnaphalium palustre -

141. White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum -

* 142. Meadow Hawkweed: Hieracium caespitosum -

* 143. False Dandylion: Hypochaeris radicata -

144. Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola -

* 145. Pineapple Weed: Matricaria matricarioides -

146. Wall Lettuce: Mycelis muralis -

* 147. Small Tarweed: Hemizonella minima -

* 148. Slender Tarweed: Madia gracilis -

* 149. Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans -

*150. Falsegold Groundsel: Packera pseudaurea var. pseudaruea -

* 151. Slender Woolyheads: Psilocarphus tenellus var. tenellus - ??

* 152. Sweet Marsh-butterweed: Senecio hydrophiloides -

* 153. Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale -

* 154. Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius -


Animals Seen Along This Route:

Douglas Squirrel

Harrier

Common Crow

Northern Flicker

Vatied Thrush

Spotted Towhee

Black-headed Grosbeak

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Western Wood Peewee

Dark-eyed Juncos

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Ochre Ringlet

Lots of mosquitoes!


Paul Slichter E-mail