[Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Washington: 2008]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Mount Adams Wilderness: Pacific Crest Trail

Road #521 to Horseshoe Meadows

September 13, 2008

Rattlsnake Plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia

Rattlsnake Plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia

1. Haircap Moss: Polytrichium juniperinum ? -

2. Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina ssp. cyclosorum -

3. Deer Fern: Blechnum spicant -

4. Lace Lip Fern: Cheilanthes gracillima -

5. Cascade Rockbrake: Cryptogramma cascadensis -

6. Brittle Fern: Cystopteris fragilis -

7. Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum ssp. pubescens -

8. Pacific Silver Fir: Abies amabilis -

9. Grand Fir: Abies grandis -

10. Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa -

11. Noble Fir: Abies procera -

12. Engelmann Spruce: Picea engelmannii -

13. Western White Pine: Pinus monticola -

14. Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii -

15. Western Red Cedar: Thuja plicata -

16. Western Hemlock: Tsuga heterophylla -

17. Mountain Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana -

18. Red Alder: Alnus rubra -

19. Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa -

20. Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana -

21. Long-stolon Sedge or Ross' Sedge: Carex inops or C. rossii -

22. Lakeshore Sedge: Carex lenticularis var. lipocarpa -

23. Merten's Sedge: Carex mertensii -

24. Alpine Nerved Sedge: Carex neurophora -

25. Black Alpine Sedge: Carex nigricans -

26. Thick-headed Sedge: Carex pachystachya -

27. Showy Sedge: Carex spectabilis -

28. California Oatgrass: Danthonia californica - At the trailhead.

29. Drummond's Rush: Juncus drummonidii -

30. Thread Rush: Juncus filiformis -

31. Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus -

32. Parry's Rush: Juncus parryii -

33. Hitchcock's Wood-rush: Luzula glabrata var. hitchcockii -

*34. Alpine Timothy: Phleum alpinum ssp. alpinum -

*35. Cat's Ear Lily: Calochortus subalpinus - A few still in bloom.

*36. Bead Lily: Clintonia uniflora -

37. Columbia Tiger Lily: Lilium columbianum -

38. Clasping-leaf Twisted Stalk: Streptopus amplexifolius var. amplexifolius -

39. Rosy Twisted Stalk: Streptopus lanceolatus -

40. Wood Lily: Trillium ovatum -

41. Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride -

42. Bear Grass: Xerophyllum tenax -

*43. Rattlesnake-plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia -

44. Twayblade: Listera sp. -

45. Fleeceflower: Aconogonon davisiae var. davisiae -

46. Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella -

*47. Pussypaws: Cistanthe umbellata var. caudicifera -

48. Red Sandspurry: Spergularia rubra -

49. Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa var. formosa -

50. White Marsh-marigold: Caltha leptosepala ssp. howellii -

51. False Bugbane: Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. occidentalis -

52. Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla -

*53. Cascade Rock Cress: Arabis furcata -

*54. Brewer's Mitrewort: Mitella breweri -

*55. Alpine Mitrewort: Mitella pentandra - A few plants still blooming at higher elevations along the trail.

56. Brook Saxifrage: Saxifraga odontoloma -

*57. Foamflower: Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata -

58. Stink Currant: Ribes bracteosum -

59. Swamp Gooseberry: Ribes lacustre -

60. Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. semiintegrifolia -

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

*62. Partridgefoot: Luetkea pectinata - Still blooming at higher elevations.

*63. Drummond's Cinquefoil: Potentilla drummondii ssp. drummondii -

*64. Fan-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia -

*65. Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus - Common at all elevations.

66. Five-leaved Bramble: Rubus pedatus -

67. Salmonberry: Rubus spectabilis -

68. Cascade Mt. Ash: Sorbus scopulina var. cascadensis -

69. Western Mt. Ash: Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi -

*70. Subalpine Spiraea: Spiraea splendens ssp. splendens -

*71. Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius -

*72. Subalpine Lupine: Lupinus lupinus ssp. subalpinus -

*73. White Clover: Trifolium repens - At the trailhead.

74. Wood Sorrel: Oxalis sp. -

75. Stream Violet: Viola glabella -

76. Round-leaved Violet: Viola orbiculata -

77. Oregon Box: Paxistima myrsinites -

78. Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium -

*79. Spreading Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum -

*80. Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii -

81. Purple Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza purpurea -

*82. Bunchberry: Cornus unalaschkensis -

82. Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis -

*83. Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata ssp. occidentalis -

84. Slender Wintergreen: Gaultheria (probably ovatifolia ?) -

*85. Pink Heather: Phyllodoce empetriformis -

*86. Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthillia secunda -

*87. Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea -

88. Pink Wintergreen: Pyrola asarifolia -

89. Cascade Azalea: Rhododendron albiflorum -

90. Thinleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium memranaceum -

91. Oval-leaved Huckleberry: Vaccinium ovalifolium -

92. Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium -

*93. Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa -

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

*95. Magenta Paintbrush: Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola -

*96. Turtleheads: Nothochelone nemorosa -

*97. Sickletop Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa ssp. racemosa -

98. Cliff Penstemon: Penstemon rupicola -

*99. American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii -

100. English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata -

101. Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum -

*102. Starflower: Linnaea borealis -

103. Red or Black Elderberry: Sambuccus racemosa (var. racemosa or melanocarpa) -

104. Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis -

*105. Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritcaea -

106. Wooly Pussytoes: Antennaria lanata -

*107. Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca -

*108. Broad-leaf Arnica: Arnica latifolia -

*109. Foreign Daisy, Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron glacialis ssp. glacialis-

*110. Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus var. ledophyllus -

*111. White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum -

*112. Slender Hawkweed: Hieracium triste (formerly Hieracium gracile var. gracile) -

*113. Smooth Mountain Dandylion: Nothocalais alpestris -

*114. Arrow-leaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis -


Animals Seen Along the Pacific Crest Trail:

Black-tailed Deer

Elk herd bugling

Douglas Squirrel

Chipmunks

Pika

Ravens

Northern Flicker

Steller's Jays

Gray Jays

Yellow-rumped Warblers

Pine Siskins

Winter Wren

Tadpoles

Small Fritillaries

Big Blue Dragonflies

Blue Damselflies

Anna's Blues

Numerous small biting mosquitoes


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