[Wildflower bloom in the Southern Washington Cascades: 2009]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Mt. Adams: Kreps Lane (Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge)

April 30 , 2009

A view across the early spring wetlands of Conboy Lake NWR towards Mt. Adams from Kreps Lane.......April 27, 2008.

A view across the early spring wetlands of Conboy Lake NWR towards Mt. Adams from Kreps Lane.......April 27, 2008.
* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

1. Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense - Fertile stems emerging from ground.

* 2. Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis - Beginning to bloom.

* 3. Meadow Foxtail ?: Alepocurus pratensis -

* 4. Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa -

5. Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. breviflora - In bud.

* 6. Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum - Many plants still in bloom under the conifer trees.

7. Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Past bloom.

8. Alaska Rein Orchid: Piperia unalaschensis ? - Basal leaves only.

* 9. Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra -

* 10. Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis -

11. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum -

* 12. Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismaefolius var. alismaefolius -

* 13. Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis -

* 14. American Wintercress: Barbarea orthoceras -

* 15. Nuttall's Toothwort, Oak's Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii (formerly C. pulcherrima var. pulcherrima) -

* 16. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna var. boerhaavii -

* 17. Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium - Beginning to bloom.

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

* 19. Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. integrifolia - Beginning to bloom.

20. Wood's Strawberry: Fragaria vesca - Basal leaves only.

* 21. Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala - Beginning to bloom.

22. Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba occidentalis - Basal leaves only.

23. Large-leaf Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus ssp. polyphyllus - Basal leaves only.

24. Marsh Hollyhock: Sidalcea oregana - Basal leaves only.

* 25. Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - Beginning to bloom.

26. Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis - Basal leaves only.

* 27. Midget Phlox: Phlox gracilis (formerly Microsteris gracilis var. humilior) -

* 28. Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus -

29. Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - In bud.

* 30. Blue and Yellow Scorpion Flower: Myosotis discolor - Beginning to bloom.

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

* 32. Corn Salad: Valerianella locusta -

* 33. Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale -

Animals Seen Along This Route:

Many elk, mostly about 3-400 meters north of Kreps Lane.

Douglas Squirrel

Sandhill Cranes - Heard in distance.

Harrier

Turkey Vultures

Canada Geese

Wood Ducks

Shovelers

Green-winged Teals

Mallards

Northern Flickers

Red-breasted Sapsucker (Tapping on metal brackets on a power pole..........attracting a date perhaps?)

Common Robins

Western Bluebirds

Spotted Towhees

Ravens

Common Crows

Steller's Jays

Western Meadowlarks

Red-winged Blackbirds

Dark-eyed Juncos

Black-capped Chickadees

Cliff Swallows

Tree Swallows

Savannah Sparrow

Yellow-rumped Warblers

California Tortoiseshell

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