Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State

August 8, 2012

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa

Engelmann Spruce: Picea engelmanii

Whitebark Pine: Pinus albicaulis

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. murrayana

Mountain Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

* Willow: Salix sp.

* Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi

* Hitchcock's Smooth Woodrush: Luzula glabrata var. hitchcockii

* Woodrush Sedge: Carex luzulina

* Mountain Sedge: Carex scopulorum var. bracteosa

* Small-wing Sedge: Carex microptera ?

* Black Alpine Sedge: Carex nigricans

* Needle Spikerush: Eleocharis acicularis

* Common Spikerush: Eleocharis palustris

* Alaska Brome: Bromus (sitchensis ?)

* Alpine Timothy: Phleum alpinum ssp. alpinum

* Subalpine Mariposa Lily: Calochortus subalpinus

* Beargrass: Xerophyllum tenax

* Slender Bog Orchid: Platanthera stricta (formerly Habenaria saccata)

* Alpine Buckwheat: Eriogonum pyrolifolium var. coryphaeum

* Newberry's Fleeceflower / Davis' Knotweed: Polygonum davisiae (formerly P. newberryi or Aconogonon davisiae var. davisiae)

* Pussypaws: Cistanthe umbellata var. caudicifera

* Pygmy Lewisia: Lewisia pygmaea

* Threeleaf Lewisia: Lewisia triphylla

* Slender Mt. Sandwort: Arenaria capillaris ssp. americana

* Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa var. formosa

* White Marsh Marigold: Caltha leptosepala ssp. howellii - Nearing their peak of bloom.

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

* Plantainleaf Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismellus

Steers Head: Dicentra uniflora - About one or two days past their bloom.

* Columbia Gorge Rockcress: Arabis furcata

* Lyall's Rockcress: Arabis lyallii

* Alpine Mitrewort, Five-stamen Mitrewort: Mitella pentandra

Rusty Saxifrage: Saxifraga ferruginea var. vreelandii

* Swamp Currant: Ribes lacustre

* Partridgefoot: Luetkea pectinata - Beginning to bloom.

* Drummond's Cinquefoil: Potentilla drummondii ssp. drummondii

* Fan-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia

Sitka Mt. Ash: Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi

* Rose Meadowsweet: Spiraea splendens var. splendens (formerly Spiraea densiflora)

* Dwarf Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

* Silky Lupine: Lupinus sericeus ssp. sericeus var. flexuosus

* Arctic Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus

* Long-spurred Violet: Viola adunca

* Milkflower Willowherb: Epilobium lactiflorum

* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi

* Martindale's Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei

* Western Moss Heather: Cassiope mertensiana var. mertensiana

* Alpine Laurel: Kalmia microphylla

* Pink Heather: Phyllodoce empetriformis

Thinleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum

* Whortleberry: Vaccinium myrtillus var. oreophilum

Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium

* Alpine Shooting Star: Dodecatheon alpinum - 4 petals.

* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa var. longistylis

* California Polemonium: Polemonium californicum

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata ssp. miniata

* Magenta Paintbrush: Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola

* Suksdorf's Paintbrush: Castilleja suksdorfii

* Lewis' Monkeyflower: Erythranthe lewisii - Beginning to bloom. (Most plants are still a week or more away from bloom.)

* Bracted Lousewort: Pedicularis bracteosa (var. ?)

* Elephanthead Lousewort: Pedicularis groenlandica

* Sickletop Lousewort, Ram's-horn Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa ssp. racemosa

* Glaucous Penstemon: Penstemon euglaucous

* American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii

* Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

* Dark Pussytoes: Antennaria umbrinella

* Woolly Pussytoes: Antennaria lanata

* Mountain Arnica: Arnica latifolia

* Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis

* Cascade Aster: Eucephallus ledophyllus var. ledophyllus - Beginning to bloom.

* Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron glacialis ssp. glacialis

* Slender Hawkweed: Hieracium gracile var. gracile

* Smooth Mountain Dandelion: Nothocalais alpestris

* Alpine Aster: Oreostemma alpigenum var. alpigenum

* Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis