[Wildflower bloom in the Southern Washington Cascades: 2008]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Babyshoe Pass Meadows

Forest Road #23 (Trout Lake, WA to Randle, WA)

September 18, 2008

English Sundew: Drosera anglica
English Sundew: Drosera anglica

Easy access to Council Lake, Babyshoe Pass and Takhlakh Lake finally reopened this morning after the November floods of 2006 washed out the road north of Road 90 (the Lewis River Road).

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Engelmann's Spruce: Picea engelmannii

Western Hemlock: Tsuga heterophylla

Sitka Alder: Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata

Bog Willow: Salix pedicellaris

Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Star Sedge: Carex echinata var. echinata

Lakeshore Sedge: Carex lenticularis var. lipocarpa

* Woodrush Sedge: Carex luzulina var. ablata

Veined Sedge: Carex neurophora

* Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis ?

Spikerush: Eleocharis sp.

Tall Cottongrass: Eriophoroum angustifolium var. angustifolium

* Arctic Rush: Juncus balticus ssp. ater

* Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius var. ensifolius

Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus

Skunk Cabbage: Lysichiton americanum

Rosy Twistedstalk: Streptopus lanceolatus

Sticky Tofieldia: Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla

Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride var. eschscholtzii

*White Bog Orchid: Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys

Slender Bog Orchid: Platanthera stricta

White Marsh-marigold: Caltha leptosepala ssp. howellii

Woodland Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus var. parviflorus

False Bugbane: Trautvettaria caroliniensis

Leatherleaf Saxifrage: Leptarrhena pyrolifolia

Blueleaf Strawberry, Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

Sitka Mountain-ash: Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi

Subalpine Spiraea, Rosy Spirea: Spiraea splendens var. splendens

*Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

English Sundew: Drosera anglica

Tinker's Penny: Hypericum anagalloides

Stream Violet: Viola glabella

* Marsh Violet: Viola palustris

Alpine Laurel: Kalmia microphylla

Cascade Azalea: Rhododendron albiflorum var. albiflorum

Oval-leaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium ovalifolium

Bog Huckleberry: Vaccinium uliginosum

* Mountain Bog Gentian: Gentiana calycosa

* Arctic Starflower: Trientalis europaea ssp. arctica

Bladderwort: Utricularia sp.

* Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

* Subalpine Fleabane: Erigeron glacialis var. glacialis

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

Meadow Hawkweed: Hieracium caespitosum

* Rough Ca'ts-ear, False Dandylion: Hypochaeris radicata

Rocky Mt. Butterweed: Packera streptanthifolia

* Arrowleaf Butterweed: Senecio triangularis

* Leafy Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi


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