[Wildflower bloom in the Southern Washington Cascades: 2008]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Mt. Adams: Kreps Lane (Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge)

April 27, 2008

A view across the early spring wetlands of Conboy Lake NWR towards Mt. Adams from Kreps Lane. (April 27, 2008)

A view across the early spring wetlands of Conboy Lake NWR towards Mt. Adams from Kreps Lane. (April 27, 2008)

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

1. Rock Onion: Allium macrum - In bud.

2. Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. breviflora - In bud.

* 3. Daffodils: -

* 4. Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum - Several plants still in bloom under the conifer trees.

* 5. Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica -

* 6. Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - A few plants still in bloom.

7. Alaska Rein Orchid: Piperia unalaschensis ? - Basal leaves only.

* 8. Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra -

* 9. Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis -

10. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - In bud.

11. Nuttall's Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallii ? - Basal leaves

* 12. Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis -

* 13. Nuttall's Toothwort, Oak's Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii (formerly C. pulcherrima var. pulcherrima) -

* 14. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna var. boerhaavii -

* 15. Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium -

* 16. Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (formerly Lithophragma bulbifera) -

17. Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. claytoniifolia - Basal leaves only.

* 18. Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. integrifolia - Beginning to bloom.

19. Wood's Strawberry: Fragaria vesca - Basal leaves only.

20. Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala - Basal leaves only.

21. Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba occidentalis - Basal leaves only.

22. Large-leaf Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus ssp. polyphyllus - Basal leaves only.

23. Marsh Hollyhock: Sidalcea oregana -

24. Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - In bud.

* 25. Salt & Pepper: Lomatium piperi -

26. Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis - Basal leaves only.

* 27. Midget Phlox: Phlox gracilis (formerly Microsteris gracilis var. humilior) -

* 28. Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus - One plant seen in bloom.

29. Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii -

30. Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus - Basal leaves present.

* 31. Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Beginning to bloom.

32. Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides - Basal leaves present.

* 33. Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale -


Animals Seen Along This Route:

200 elk (one herd of 100 animals)

Great Blue Heron

Common Snipe

Harrier

Kestrel

Wood Ducks

Shovelers

Cinnamon Teals

Green-winged Teals

Mallards

Pintails

Northern Flickers

Common Robins

Western Bluebirds

Spotted Towhees

Ravens

Common Crows

Steller's Jays

Western Meadowlarks

Red-winged Blackbirds

Starlings

Dark-eyed Juncos

Black-capped Chickadees

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Ruby-crowned Kinglets

Cliff Swallows

Yellow-rumped Warblers

Bewick's Wren

Winter Wren

California Tortoiseshells


A view south over wetlands from Kreps Lane in Conboy Lake NWR..........April 27, 2008.

A view south over wetlands from Kreps Lane in Conboy Lake NWR..........April 27, 2008.

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