Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Washington Cascades: 2008


Wildflower Bloom Along the Divide Camp Trail #112

Mount Adams Wilderness

September 18, 2008

This photo shows the northwest side of Mt. Adams with the prominent Adams Glacier as seen from near the junction of the Pacific Crest Trail and Divide Camp Trail #112.........September 18, 2008.

This photo shows the northwest side of Mt. Adams with the prominent Adams Glacier as seen from near the junction of the Pacific Crest Trail and Divide Camp Trail #112.........September 18, 2008.

Divide Camp Trailhead: --- N 46 16.142' --- W 121 34.724' --- Elevation: 4765' --- +/- 24'

Junction with Pacific Crest Trail: --- N 46 14.430' --- W 121 32.736' --- Elevation: 6029' --- +/- 16'


Wildflowers in Bloom along the Divide Camp Trail #112:

* Denotes the plant was in bloom.

1. Subalpine Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina

2. Pacific Silver Fir: Abies amabilis

3. Grand Fir: Abies grandis

4. Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa

5. Western Larch: Larix occidentalis

6. Engelman Spruce: Picea engelmanii

7. Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta

8. Mt. Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

9. Brome: Bromus sp.

10. Lakeshore Sedge: Carex lenticularis var. lipocarpa

11. Merten's Sedge: Carex mertensii

12. Black Alpine Sedge: Carex nigricans

13. Thick-headed Sedge: Carex pachystachya

14. Presl's Sedge: Carex preslii

15. Showy Sedge: Carex spectabilis

16. Drummond's Rush: Juncus drummondii

17. Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus

18. Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi

*19. Hitchcock's Wood-rush: Luzula glabrata ssp. hitchcockiana

*20. Alpine Timothy: Phleum alpinum ssp. alpinum

21. Avalanche Lily: Erythronium montanum

22. Rosy Twisted Stalk: Streptopus lanceolatus

*23. Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride var. escscholziana

*24. Bear Grass: Xerophyllum tenax

25. Northern Sandwort: Stellaria calycantha

26. White Marsh Marigold: Caltha leptosepala ssp. howellii

*27. Cascade Rockcress: Arabis furcata

*28. Alpine Mitrewort: Mitella pentandra

*29. Foamflower: Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata

*30. Partridge Foot: Luetkea pectinata

*31. Drummond's Cinquefoil: Potentilla drummondii var. drummondii

*32. Fan-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia

*33. Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

34. Five-leaved Bramble: Rubus pedatus

35. Sitka Mt. Ash: Sorbus sitchensis

*36. Mountain Spiraea: Spiraea splendens

*37. Arctic Lupine, Subalpine Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus

*38. Broad-leaved Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

*39. Low Mt. Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

40. Round-leaved Violet: Viola orbiculata

41. Marsh Violet: Viola palustris

42. Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium

*43. Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii

44. Purple Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza purpurea

45. Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellatum ssp. occidentalis

*46. Side-bells Wintergreen: Orthillia secunda

47. Pink Mountain-heath: Phyllodoce empetriformis

48. White Rhododendron: Rhododendron albiflorum

49. Huckleberry: Vaccinium sp.

50. Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium

51. Showy Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium californicum

*52. Mt. Bog Gentian: Gentiana calycosa var. calycosa

*53. Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa var. longistylis

*54. Magenta Paintbrush: Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola

*55. Leafy (Sickle-top) Pedicularis: Pedicularis racemosa

56. Northern Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

57. Agoseris: Agoseris sp.

*58. Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

*59. Broad-leaved Arnica: Arnica latifolia

*60. Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron glacialis ssp. glacialis

*61. Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus var. ledophyllus

*62. White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

*63. Alpine Hawkweed: Hieracium triste (formerly H. gracile)

64. Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

*65. Northern Microseris: Nothocalais alpestris

*66. Alpine aster: Oreostemma alpigenum var. alpigenum

*67. Arrow-leaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis


Animals Seen:

Small Fritillaries - Numerous

Dark-eyed Junco - a few

Mt. Chickadees - a few

Red-brested Nuthatch - a few

Pika: Ochotona princeps

Camp Robber / Gray Jay- several


Paul Slichter