[Wildflower bloom in the Southern Washington Cascades: 2008]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Mount Adams: East End of Kreps Lane from the Bridge to the Highway

Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge

July 31, 2008

Mt. Adams as viewed across Conboy Lake NWR from Kreps Lane........July 31, 2008

Mt. Adams as viewed across Conboy Lake NWR from Kreps Lane........July 31, 2008.
* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

* 1. Long-bract Sedge: Carex athrostachya -

* 2. Inflated Sedge: Carex vesicaria -

* 3. Common Spikerush: Eleocharis palustris -

*4. Floating-leaved Pondweed: Potamogeton natans -

* 5. Hooded Ladies' Tresses: Spiranthes romanzoffiana -

* 6. Small Creeping Buttercup: Ranunculus flammula -

* 7. Hardhack, Douglas' Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii -

* 8. American Bird's-foot Clover: Acmispon americanus var. americanus -

* 9. Thyme-leaf Spurge: Euphorbia serpyllifolia -

* 10. Autumn Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum -

* 11. Dense-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium densiflorum -

* 12. Common Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri ssp. borealis -

13. Water Parsnip: Sium suave -

*14 . Fragrant Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys figuratus -

* 15. Marsh Speedwell: Veronica scutellata -

* 16. Common Bladderwort: Utricularia vulgaris -

* 17. Showy Downingia: Downingia elegans -

* 18. Meadow Knapweed: Centaurea pratensis -

* 19. Chicory: Cichorum intybus -

* 20. Hall's Goldenweed: Columbiadora hallii -

* 21. Hareleaf, Rabbitleaf: Lagophylla ramosissima -

* 22. Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata -

* 23. Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans -

Animals Seen Along This Route:

Turkey Vulture

Kestrel

Meadow Larks

Violet-green Swallows

Lazuli Buntings (nesting pair)

Western Bluebirds

American Robins

Western Wood Peewees

Pine Siskins

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Western Fence Lizard

Skippers on Meadow Knapweed

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