[Bloom Reports for the Cascade Mountains of Washington: 2012]


Mount Adams: Hellroaring Meadows

Yakama Indian Reservation

August 12, 2012

Hellroaring Meadows, Mt. Adams........August 12, 2012.

Wildflower bloom in Hellroaring Meadows, Mt. Adams.......August 12, 2012.

* Indicates the wildflower is in bloom.

Wildflowers in Bloom Hellroaring Meadows:

Pacific Silver Fir: Abies amabilis

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa

Sitka Alder: Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata

Mountain Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

* Sheep Sedge: Carex illota ?

* Woodrush Sedge: Carex luzulina

* Black Alpine Sedge: Carex nigricans

* Rocky Mountain Sedge: Carex scopulorum var. bracteosa

* Showy Sedge: Carex spectabilis

* Southern Beaked Sedge: Carex utriculata ?

* Tall Cottongrass: Eriophorum angustifolium var. angustifolium

* Drummond's Rush: Juncus drummondii

* Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus

* Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi

* Hitchcock's Wood-rush: Luzula glabrata ssp. hitchcockii

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides (formerly Sitanion hystrix)

* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

* Subalpine Mariposa Lily: Calochortus subalpinus

* Queen's Cup: Clintonia uniflora

* Sticky Tofieldia: Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla

* Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride var. eschscholtzii

Beargrass: Xerophyllum tenax

* Western Twayblade: Listera caurina

* White Bog Orchid: Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata

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

* Newberry's Fleeceflower: Aconogonon davisiae ssp. davisiae (formerly Polygonum newberryi)

* Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

* Sulphur-flowered Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. umbellatum

* Pussypaws: Cistanthe umbellata var. caudicifera

* Slender Mt. Sandwort: Arenaria capillaris ssp. americana

Red Sandspurry: Spergularia rubra

* White Marsh Marigold: Caltha leptosepala ssp. howellii

* White Marsh Marigold: Caltha leptosepala ssp. leptosepala var. leptosepala

* Water Plantain Buttercup: Ranunculus alismaefolius var. alismellus

Columbia Gorge Rockcress: Arabis furcata

* Cascade Saxifrage: Saxifraga nelsoniana ssp. cascadensis

* Tolmie's Saxifrage: Saxifraga tolmiei

* Partridge Foot: Luetkea pectinata - Beginning to bloom.

* Fan-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia

* Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

Sitka Mt. Ash: Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi

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

* Subalpine Lupine: Lupinus latifolius ssp. subalpinus (formerly Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus)

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

* Hooked Spur Violet: Viola adunca

Tinkers Penny: Hypericum anagalloides

* Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium

* Common Willow-herb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. glandulosum

* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii

Common Sweetcicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

* White Mountain Heather: Cassiope mertensiana

Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata

* Pinesap: Monotropa hypopitys

Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthillia secunda

* Pink Mountain-heather: Phyllodoce empetriformis

* Western Azalea: Rhododendron albiflorum

Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium

* Alpine Shooting Star: Dodecatheon alpinum

* Western Polemonium: Polemonium occidentale ssp. occidentale

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata ssp. miniata

* Magenta Paintbrush: Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola

* Suksdorf's Paintbrush: Castilleja suksdorfii

* Primrose Monkeyflower: Erythranthe primuloides

* Large Mountain Monkeyflower: Erythranthe caespitosus

* Turtle Heads: Nothochelone nemorosa

* Bracted Lousewort: Pedicularis bracteosa

* Elephanthead Lousewort: Pedicularis groenlandica

* Leafy (Sickle-top) Pedicularis: Pedicularis racemosa

* Glaucous Penstemon: Penstemon euglaucus

Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus

* Woolly Pussytoes: Antennaria lanata

* Broad-leaved Arnica: Arnica latifolia

* Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron glacialis ssp. glacialis

* Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus var. ledophyllus

* Alpine Hawkweed, Slender Hawkweed: Hieracium gracile var. gracile

* Smooth Mountain Dandelion: Nothocalais alpestris

* Alpine Aster: Oreostemma alpigenum var. alpigenum

* Arrow-leaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis

* Canada Goldenrod: Solidago canadensis var. salebrosa


Animals Seen:

Sharp-shinned Hawk ?

Stellers Jays

American Robins

Dark-eyed Juncos

Pine Siskins

Winter Wrens

Pika

Garter Snakes swimming in Heart Lake

Cascade Frogs

Rough-skinned Newts

Mosquitoes

Lorquin's Admirals

Hoary Commas

Sulfur


Paul Slichter