[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)

Coniferous Forest Section on North Side of Road

April 30 2009

Baker's Yellow Violet: Viola nuttallii var. bakeri from this site (May 10, 2008)

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

1. Grand Fir: Abies grandis -

2. Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa -

3. Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii -

4. Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides -

* 5. Sedge #1: Carex sp. -

6. Sedge#2: Carex sp. -

7. Sedge #3: Carex sp. -

* 8. Meadow Foxtail ?: Alopecurus pratensis -

* 9. Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa -

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

11. Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum - Many plants still in bloom.

12. Star-flowered False Solomon Plume: Maianthemum stellatum -

13. False Hellebore: Veratrum (viride ?) -

14. Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis -

15. Rein Orchid: Piperia sp. -

16. American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides -

17. Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum -

* 18. Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata -

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

* 20. Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis -

* 21. Large-leaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla -

* 22. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum -

* 23. Plantain-leaf Buttercup: Ranunculus alismaefolius var. alismaefolius -

* 24. Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis -

25. Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii -

* 26. Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii -

* 27. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna -

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

* 29. Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora -

* 30. Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. integrifolia -

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

32. Tawny Horkelia: Horkelia fusca var. fusca -

33. Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba occidentalis -

34. Douglas' Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii -

35. Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus var. silvicola - Basal leaves are forming

36. Large-leaf Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus ssp. polyphyllus - Basal leaves are forming.

37. Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana (var. ?) -

* 38. Valley Yellow Violet: Viola vallicola -

39. Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens -

* 40. Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum -

* 41. Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis var. humilior -

* 42. Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus -

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

44. Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine -

45. Rosy Plectritis: Plectritis congesta - In bud.

* 46. European Corn-salad: Valerianella locusta -

47. Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa -

48. Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - A number of small plants.

49. Western Butterweed: Senecio integerrimus (var. ochroleucus ?) - In bud.

* 50. Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale -

Animals Seen Along This Route:

Elk seen basking in sun north of this position.

Tree Swallows

Pygmy Nuthatches

Paul Slichter E-mail