[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)

Public Fishing Area

April 27 , 2008

Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

* 1. Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - The only plants of this species in the area are at the base of several oaks.

2. Death Camas: Toxicoscordion sp. - Basal leaves only.

* 3. Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra -

* 4. Water Chickweed: Montia fontana -

* 5. Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis -

* 6. Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis -

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

* 8. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna -

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

10. Large-leaved Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus var. polyphyllus -

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

12. Navarretia: Navarretia sp. -

* 13. Littlebells Polemonium: Polemonium micranthum - Only found under several of the trees.

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


Animals Seen Along This Route:

Beaver - gnawed branches on lake bank

Mallards

Cinnamon Teals

Ring-billed Ducks

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Robins

White-crowned Sparrows

House Finches

Yellow Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warblers

Violet-green Swallows

Killdeer

Common Snipe

California Tortoiseshells


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