Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Mt. Adams: Lakeside Road (Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge)

Public Fishing Area

April 30, 2009

1. Sedge: Carex sp. - Just about to bloom. Aquatic species.

2. Common Camas: Camassia quamash ?-

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

* 4. Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis -

* 5. Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum -

* 6. Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis -

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

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

9. Large-leaved Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus - Basal leaves only.

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

* 11. Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule -

* 12. Yellow and Blue Scorpionweed: Myosotis discolor -

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

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

* 15. Corn Salad: Valerianella locusta -

Mallards

Ring-billed Ducks

Red-winged Blackbird

Common Robins

Yellow-rumped Warblers

Orange and black fuzzy caterpillars