[Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Washington: 2010]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Washington

August 5, 2010

East Crater Trail #48

Indian Heaven Wilderness

Beargrass in full bloom amidst conifers near the shoreline of Junction Lake, Indian Heaven Wilderness............August 5, 2010.

Beargrass in full bloom amidst conifers near the shoreline of Junction Lake, Indian Heaven Wilderness........August 5, 2010.

Coral Fungus:

Deer Fern: Blechnum spicant

Woodfern: Dryopteris sp.

Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinium

Pacific Silver Fir: Abies amabilis

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa

Engelmann Spruce: Picea engelmannii ?

Western White Pine: Pinus monticola

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii

Mountain Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

Sitka Alder: Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata

Black Cottonwood: Populus balsamifera var. trichocarpa

* Water Sedge: Carex aquatilis var. aquatilis ?

* Merten's Sedge: Carex mertensii

* Black Alpine Sedge: Carex nigricans

* Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius

* Hitchcock's Woodrush: Luzula hitchcockii

* Bead Lily: Clintonia uniflora

* Avalanche Lily: Erythronium montanum

Rosy Twisted Stalk: Streptopus lanceolatus ?

Western Wake Robin, Trillium, Wood Lily: Trillium ovatum

Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride - In bud.

* Bear Grass: Xerophyllum tenax

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

* Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla

* White Marsh-marigold: Caltha leptosepala ssp. howellii

* Brewer's Mitrewort: Mitella breweri

* Foamflower: Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata

* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

Partridgefoot: Luetkea pectinata

* Drummond's Cinquefoil: Potentilla drummondii ssp. drummondii

* Fan-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia

* Roughfruit Berry: Rubus lasiococcus

* Five-leaved Bramble: Rubus pedatus

Sitka Mountain-ash: Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi

* Subalpine Spiraea: Spiraea splendens

* Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius ssp. latifolius

* Marsh Violet: Viola palustris

Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi

Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata ssp. occidentalis

Alpine Laurel: Kalmia microphylla

Sidebells Pyrola: Orthillia secunda (formerly Pyrola secunda) - In bud.

* Pink Mountain Heather: Phyllodoce empetriformis

* Cascade Azalea: Rhododendron albiflorum

Thinleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum

* Oval-leaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium ovalifolium

Bog Huckleberry: Vaccinium uliginosum

* Alpine Shooting Stars: Dodecatheon alpinum

* Woodland Beardtongue: Nothochelone nemorosa

* Sickletop Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa

* Common Plantain: Plantago major - Only at the trailhead.

* Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea - In bud.

Mountain Arnica: Arnica latifolia ? - Basal leaves.

* False Dandelion: Hypochaeris radicata - Only at the trailhead.

* Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis


Animals Seen Along This Hike:

Immature Goldeneye diving for fish in Junction Lake

Canada Jays (Camp Robbers)

Dark-eyed Juncos

Winter Wrens

Cascade Frogs

Salamanders

Trout

Swarms of mosquitoes near the ponds and lakes in the wilderness area

Swarms of small flies at lower elevations along the trail. - They were'nt biting, just swarming.


Junction Lake, Indian Heaven Wilderness............August 5, 2010.

Junction Lake, Indian Heaven Wilderness.........August 5, 2010.

Paul Slichter