Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Washington Cascades: 2008

Wildflower Bloom on Alpine Slopes Below the Adams Glacier

Mount Adams Wilderness

September 18, 2008

The photo above shows the northwest side of Mt. Adams with the prominent Adams Glacier .........September 18, 2008. The north climb route is visible on the skyline at left.
Junction of Pacific Crest Trail & Divide Camp Trail: --- N 46 14.430' --- W 121 32.736' --- Elevation: 6029' --- +/- 16'

High Point at Base of Adams Glacier: --- N 46 13.710' --- W 121 31.951' --- Elevation: 6940' --- +/- 18'

Wildflowers in Bloom Above the Pacific Crest Trail (From the Divide Camp Trail #112 to the base of the Adams Glacier)

(* Denotes the plant was in bloom.):

Liverworts

Alpine Lady Fern: Athyrium alpestre var. americanum

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa

Common Juniper: Juniperus communis

Whitebark Pine: Pinus albicaulis

Mt. Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

Black Cottonwood: Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa - Bush-like plants up to a meter high, see high up on the "dry" sides and tops of some of the moraines.

Little Hare Sedge: Carex leporinella

Small-wing Sedge: Carex microptera ?

Black Alpine Sedge: Carex nigricans

Dunhead Sedge: Carex phaeocephala

Presl's Sedge: Carex preslii

Showy Sedge: Carex spectabilis

Squirrel-tail Grass: Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides

Spike Trisetum: Trisetum spicatum

Drummond's Rush: Juncus drummondii

Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus

Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi

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

* Alpine Timothy: Phleum alpinum ssp. alpinum

Cushion Buckwheat: Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale

* Alpine Buckwheat: Eriogonum pyrolifolium var. coryphaeum

* Pussypaws: Cistanthe umbellata var. caudicifera

* Suksdorf's Catchfly: Silene suksdorfii - A few still in bloom.

* Cascade Rockcress: Arabis furcata

* Lyall's Rockcress: Arabis lyallii var. lyallii

Littleleaf Rockcress: Arabis microphylla var. microphylla ?

* Tolmie's Saxifrage: Saxifraga tolmiei

* Partridge Foot: Luetkea pectinata

Sibbaldia: Sibbaldia procumbens

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

* Low Mt. Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

Club-pod Willowherb: Epilobium clavatum

Kinnickinick: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

* White Mountain Heather: Cassiope mertensiana var. mertensiana

* Yellow Heather: Phyllodoce glanduliflora

Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium

* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa var. longistylis

Henderson's Phlox: Phlox hendersonii ?

Sky-pilot: Polemonium elegans

* Magenta Paintbrush: Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola

* Lewis' Monkeyflower: Mimulus lewisii

* Davidson's Penstemon: Penstemon davidsonii

Tolmie's Penstemon: Penstemon procerus var. tolmiei

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca

Alpine Pussytoes: Antennaria media

Wooly Pussytoes: Antennaria lanata

* Broad-leaved Arnica: Arnica latifolia

* Dwarf Mountain Fleabane: Erigeron compositus - A few still in bloom at the highest elevations

* Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron glacialis ssp. glacialis (formerly E. peregrinus ssp. callianthemus)

* Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus var. ledophyllus (formerly Aster ledophyllus)

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

* Alpine aster: Oreostemma alpigenum var. alpigenum

Dwarf Goldenrod: Solidago simplex ssp. simplex var. nana - Just past bloom.

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

Animals Seen :

White-crowned Sparrows

American Robins

Stellers Jays

Hoary Marmots

Least Chipmunks

Blues

Paul Slichter