[Wildflower bloom in the Southern Washington Cascades: 2008]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Mt. Adams: Lakeside Road (Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge)

About one-third mile west of Fisher Hill Road

April 27 , 2008

Common Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. breviflora (April 13, 2007)

Common Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. breviflora (April 13, 2007)

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

1. Alder: Alnus sp. - Catkins forming. No leaves yet present.

2. Sedge: Carex sp. - New plants beginning to flower, remains of last years plants indicate they were up to 25-30 cm high and about as wide. Site is vernally moist.

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

* 4. Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica -

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

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

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

* 8. Water Chickweed: Montia fontana -

* 9. Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis -

* 10. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - A number of plants beginning to bloom.

* 11. Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis -

* 12. Nuttall's Toothwort, Oak's Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii -

* 13. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna -

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

15. Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia - In bud.

16. Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii - In bud.

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

* 18. Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis var. humilior -

* 19. Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus - Several plants seen in bloom.

20. Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii -

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

22. Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus (var. ?) - In bud.

* 23. Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale -


Animals Seen Along This Route:

Sandhill Crane

Kestrel

Common Robins

Spotted Towhees

Ravens

Western Meadowlarks

Black-capped Chickadees

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Yellow Warbler

California Tortoiseshells

Mourning Cloaks


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