Bloom Reports for the Washington Cascades: 2008


Wildflowers in Bloom Along the Killen Creek Trail #113

Mount Adams Wilderness

September 29, 2008

This photo shows the northern side of Mt. Adams with the prominent Adams Glacier as seen from near the junction of the Pacific Crest Trail and Killen Creek Trail #113...........September 29, 2008.

This photo shows the northern side of Mt. Adams with the prominent Adams Glacier as seen from near the junction of the Pacific Crest Trail and Killen Creek Trail #113...........September 29, 2008.

Junction with Pacific Crest Trail: --- N 46 15.063' --- W 121 31.961' --- Elevation: 6088' --- +/- 21'

* Denotes the plant was in bloom.

Black Alpine Sedge: Carex nigricans

Thick-headed Sedge: Carex pachystachya ?

Presl's Sedge: Carex preslii

Mountain Sedge: Carex scopulorum var. bracteosa ?

Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi

Hitchcock's Wood-rush: Luzula hitchcockii

Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

* Alpine Timothy: Phleum alpinum ssp. alpinum

Leatherleaf Saxifrage: Leptarrhena pyrolifolia -

* Drummond's Cinquefoil: Potentilla drummondii var. drummondii

* Arctic Lupine, Subalpine Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii

* Mt. Bog Gentian: Gentiana calycosa var. calycosa

* Magenta Paintbrush: Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola

* Northern Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

* Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron glacialis ssp. glacialis

* Alpine Hawkweed: Hieracium triste

* Northern Microseris: Nothocalais alpestris

* Arrow-leaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis


Animals Seen

California Tortoiseshells

Small Fritillaries

Blues

Mt. Chickadees

American Robins

Varied Thrush

Brown-headed Cowbird

Camp Robber, Gray Jay


Paul Slichter