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

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Mount Adams: Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Grand Meadows

September 28, 2008

This photo shows a view east over spikesrush (Eleocharis quinquefolia ?) meadows of Grand Meadows on September 28, 2008. The shrub with purplish foliage is bog huckleberry: Vaccinium uliginosum.

This photo shows a view east over spikesrush (Eleocharis quinquefolia ?) meadows of Grand Meadows on September 28, 2008. The shrub with purplish foliage is bog huckleberry: Vaccinium uliginosum.
The study area includes the roadside along Forest Road #8860 as well as the moist forest to the south of the road as well as Grand Meadows itself.

* Indicates the plant is currently in bloom.

1. Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense -

2. Hornwort: Ceratophyllum demersum -

3. Grand Fir: Abies grandis -

4. Noble Fir: Abies procera -

5. Alaska Cedar: Chamaecyparis nootkatensis -

6. Engelmann Spruce: Picea engelmannii -

7. Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta -

8. Western White Pine: Pinus monticola -

9. Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii -

10. Western Red Cedar: Thuja plicata -

11. Western Hemlock: Tsuga heterophylla -

12. Red Alder: Alnus rubra -

13. Dwarf Birch: Betula glandulosa -

14. Bog Willow: Salix pedicellaris -

15. Skunk Cabbage: Lysichiton americanum -

*16. Alpine Pondweed: Potamogeton alpinus -

17. Floating Pondweed: Potamogeton natans -

18. Yellow Pond-lily: Nuphar lutea ssp. polysepala -

19. Sitka Sedge: Carex aquatilis var. dives -

20. Star Sedge: Carex echinata ssp. echinata -

21. Mud Sedge: Carex limosa -

22. Woodrush Sedge: Carex luzulina var. ablata -

23. Clustered Field Sedge: Carex praegracilis - ?

24. Bladder Sedge: Carex utriculata -

25. Few-flowered Spikerush: Eleocharis quinqueflora - ?

26. Tall Cottongrass: Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. angustifolium -

27. Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius -

28. Bead Lily: Clintonia uniflora -

29. Star-flower False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum -

30. Rosy Twisted Stalk: Streptopus lanceolatus -

31. Sticky Tofieldia: Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla -

32. Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride var. eschscholtziianum -

33. Bear Grass: Xerophyllum tenax -

34. Marsh-marigold: Caltha leptosepala ssp. leptosepala -

35. False Bugbane: Trautvettaria caroliniensis var. occidentalis -

36. Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla -

37. Foamflower: Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata -

38. Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. semiintegrifolia -

39. Purple Cinquefoil: Comarum palustre -

40. Suksdorf's Hawthorn: Crataegus gaylussacia -

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

42. Rose: Rosa sp. -

43. Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa -

44. Five-leaved Bramble: Rubus pedatus -

45. Hardhack: Spiraea douglasii var. douglasii -

46. Marsh Violet: Viola palustris -

47. Tinker's Penny: Hypericum anagalloides -

48. Oregon Box: Paxistima myrsinites -

49. Sharptooth Angelica: Angelica arguta -

50. Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii -

51. Bunchberry: Cornus unalaschkensis -

52. Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata ssp. occidentalis -

53. Alpine Laurel: Kalmia microphylla -

54. Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthillia secunda -

55. Pink Wintergreen: Pyrola asarifolia -

56. Thinleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum -

57. Oval-leaved Huckleberry: Vaccinium ovalifolium -

58. Bog Huckleberry: Vaccinium uliginosum -

59. Tall Mt. Shooting Stars: Dodecatheon jeffreyi -

60. Buckbean: Menyanthes trifoliata -

61. Elephantheads: Pedicularis groenlandica -

62. Sickletop Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa ssp. racemosa -

63. Twinflower: Linnaea borealis -

64. Highbush Cranberry: Viburnum edule -

65. Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis -

66. White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum -

67. Meadow Hawkweed: Hieracium caespitosum -

68. Rocky Mt. Groundsel: Packera streptanthifolia -

69. Arrow-leaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis -

* 70. Leafy Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi -

*71. Western Mountain Aster: Symphyotrichum spathulatum var spathulatum -

72. Douglas Aster: Symphyotrichum subspicatum -

73. Common Danylion: Taraxacum officinale -

Animals Seen Along the Pacific Crest Trail:

Black Bear feeding upon Bog Huckleberry

Ravens

Canada Jays

Golden-crowned Sparrows

Savannah Sparrows

Mountain Chickadees

Salamanders

Cascade Frog

Pacific Treefrogs

Tadpoles

California Tortoiseshell

Big blue dragonflies

Fat diving beetles

Whirligig beetles

Backswimmers

Water Striders

Mt. Adams viewed from Grand Meadows. Photographed on September 28, 2008.

The photo above shows a view northeast towards the western slopes of Mt. Adams from Grand Meadows. Photographed on September 28, 2008.
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