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

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Morrison Creek Campground

Mount Adams: Gifford Pinchot National Forest

August 22, 2008

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri from this site
* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

1. Subarctic Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina ssp. cyclosorum -

2. Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta -

3. Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides -

*4. Hood's Sedge: Carex hoodii -

*5. Hairy Needlegrass: Achantherum occidentale ssp. pubescens -

*6. Brome: Bromus sp. -

7. Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum -

8. Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride -

9. Bear Grass: Xerophyllum tenax -

*10. Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa -

11. Three-tooth Mitrewort: Mitella trifida -

12. Spiny Gooseberry: Ribes watsonianum - Spiny fruits developing.

13. Partridgefoot: Luetkea pectinata -

*14. Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus -

15. Oregon Boxwood: Paxistima myrsinites -

16. Baker's Violet: Viola bakeri -

17. Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium -

*18. Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii -

*19. Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthilia secunda var. secunda -

20. Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium -

*21. California Polemonium: Polemonium californicum -

*22. Magenta Paintbrush: Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola - ?

*23. Glaucous Penstemon: Penstemon euglaucus -

*24. Milk Kelloggia: Kelloggia galioides -

*25. Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis -

26. Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata -

*27. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis -

*28. Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca -

*29. Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea -

*30. Broad-leaf Arnica: Arnica latifolia -

*31. Douglas' Mugwort: Artemisia douglasiana -

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

*33. Showy Fleabane: Erigeron speciosus var. speciosus -

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

*35. White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum -

*36. Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri -

37. Oxeye Daisy: Leucanthemum vulgare -


Animals Seen at Morrison Creek Campground #73:

Gray Jays


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