[Wildflower bloom in the Southern Washington Cascades: 2008]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

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

Public Fishing Area

June 21, 2008

Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. howellii

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

1. Willow: Salix sp. - Shrub with many yellow stems.

* 2. Long-bract Sedge: Carex athrostachya -

* 3. Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa -

* 4. Voodoo Grass: Ventenata dubia -

5. European Water Plantain: Alisma triviale -

* 6. Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum -

* 7. Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. breviflora - Fading out of bloom.

* 8. Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. howellii -

* 9. Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina -

* 10. Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella -

* 11. Curly Dock: Rumex crispus -

* 12. Long-stalked Sandwort: Stellaria longipes -

* 13. Plantainleaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius -

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

* 15. Western Swamp Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. orthorhynchus -

* 16. Western Yellow Cress: Roripa curvisiliqua -

* 17. Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum -

* 18. Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum -

* 19. Nevada Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. glabrata -

* 20. Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. gracilis -

* 21. Nootka Rose: Rosa nutkana -

* 22. Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus -

* 23. Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum -

* 24. Thick-leaf Deer-vetch: Hosackia crassifolia var. crassifolia - Growing outside fence along Lakeside Road.

* 25. Spanish-clover: Acmispon americanus var. americanus -

* 26. Large-leaved Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus var. polyphyllus -

* 27. American Vetch: Vicia americana -

* 28. Filaree: Erodium cicutarium -

* 29. Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule -

30. Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis -

31. Huckleberry: Vaccinium (uliginosum?) - Found in areas shallowly inundated by the lake that forms here during winter and early spring.

* 32. Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium - Growing outside fence alongside Lakeside Road.

* 33. Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora -

* 34. Common Cryptantha: Cryptantha intermedia -

* 35. Changing Forget-me-not: Myosotis discolor -

* 36. Hairy Owl-clover: Castilleja tenuis -

* 37. Bractless Hedge-hyssop: Gratiola ebracteata -

* 38. Small-flowered Penstemon: Penstemon procerus var. procerus - This may be Penstemon rydbergii or Penstemon hesperius due to its 2' height.

* 39. Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus -

* 40. Purslane Speedwell: Veronica peregrina var. xalapensis -

* 41. Marsh Speedwell: Veronica scutellata -

* 42. Common Bladderwort: Utricularia vulgaris -

43. Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale - Growing outside fence along Lakeside Road.

* 44. Small Bedstraw: Galium trifidum ssp. columbianum -

* 45. Corn Salad: Valerianella locusta -

* 46. Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa - Growing outside fence near Lakeside Road.

* 47. Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis - Growing outside fence long Lakeside Road.

* 48. Showy Downingia: Downingia elegans -

* 49. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis -

* 50. Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla -

* 51. Meadow Hawkweed: Hieracium caespitosum -

* 52. Western Mountain Aster: Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. spathulatum -

Animals Seen at this Location:

Bullfrogs

Great Blue Heron

Bittern

Coopers Hawk (hazed by Red-winged Blackbirds)

Red-winged Blackbirds

Western Wood Peewees

Yellowthroats

Paul Slichter E-mail