[Wildflower bloom in the Southern Washington Cascades: 2008]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Mount Adams: Willard Springs Foot Trail (Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge)

April 27, 2008

Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii from this site.

Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii from this site.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

1. Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis var. affinis - In bud.

* 2. Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica -

3. Rein Orchid: Piperia species - Basal leaves only.

* 4. Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis -

* 5. Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis -

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

* 7. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna -

* 8. Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (formerly Lithophragma bulbifera) - Beginning to bloom.

* 9. Baker's Violet: Viola bakeri -

10. Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea - Basal leaves only.

* 11. Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - Beginning to bloom.

* 12. Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora -

* 13. Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale -


Animals Seen Along This Route:

Red-tailed Hawk

Canada Geese

Ring-billed Ducks

Wood Ducks

Mallards

Sandhill Crane

Northern Flicker

Western Meadowlark

Red-winged Blackbirds

Townsend's Solitaire

Dark-eyed Juncos

Chipping Sparrows

Yellow Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Ruby-crowned Kinglets

Western Wood PeeWees


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