[Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Washington: 2012]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Mt. Adams: Swampy Meadows

August 30, 2012

Mt. Adams from Swampy Meadows..........August 30, 2012.

The photo above shows a view east towards Mt. Adams over the drying sedge meadows of Swampy Meadows onAugust 30, 2012.

The study area includes the roadside along Forest Road #23 as well as the moist forest to the west of the road as well as Swampy Meadows itself.

* Indicates the plant is currently in bloom.

Running Ground-pine: Lycopodium clavatum

Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina

Pacific Silver Fir: Abies amabilis

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Noble Fir: Abies procera

Engelmann Spruce: Picea engelmannii

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. murrayana

Western White Pine: Pinus monticola

Western Hemlock: Tsuga heterophylla

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

Bog Willow: Salix pedicellaris

Sitka Willow: Salix sitchensis ?

Red Alder: Alnus rubra

Dwarf Birch: Betula glandulosa

Coon's Tail: Ceratophyllum demersum

Smooth Horsetail: Equisetum laevigatum

Skunk Cabbage: Lysichiton americanum

Yellow Pond-lily: Nuphar lutea ssp. polysepala

* Variable-leaf Pondweed: Potamogeton gramineus ?

* Small Bur-reed: Sparganium natans

* Bigleaf Sedge: Carex amplifolia

Water Sedge: Carex aquatilis var. dives

Star Sedge: Carex echinata ssp. echinata

Wooly-fruited Sedge: Carex lasiocarpa

Lakeshore Sedge: Carex lenticularis var. lipocarpa

Mud Sedge: Carex limosa

Woodrush Sedge: Carex luzulina var. ablata

Bladder Sedge: Carex utriculata

Few-flowered Spikerush: Eleocharis quinqueflora

* Tall Cottongrass: Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. angustifolium

* Small-fruit Bulrush: Scirpus microcarpus

* Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius

Floating Rush: Juncus supiniformis

Bead Lily: Clintonia uniflora

Rosy Twisted Stalk: Streptopus lanceolatus

Sticky Tofieldia: Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla (formerly Tofieldia glutinosa var. brevistyla)

Wood Lily: Trillium ovatum

Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride

Bear Grass: Xerophyllum tenax

Rattlesnake-plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia

* White Bog Orchid: Platanthera dilatata (var. leucostachys ?) - Mostly past bloom.

* Slender Bog Orchid: Platanthera stricta - Fading out of bloom.

* Mountain Ladies Tresses: Spiranthes romanzoffiana - Fading out of bloom.

Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa var. formosa

White Marsh-marigold: Caltha leptosepala ssp. howellii

False Bugbane: Trautvettaria caroliniensis var. occidentalis

Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla

English Sundew: Drosera anglica

* Foamflower: Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata

Prickly Gooseberry: Ribes lacustre

Sticky Currant: Ribes viscosissimum

Purple Cinquefoil: Comarum palustre

Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

* Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

Five-leaved Bramble: Rubus pedatus

Salmonberry: Rubus spectabilis

* Hardhack: Spiraea douglasii var. douglasii

* Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

* White Clover: Trifolium repens

Marsh Violet: Viola palustris

Tinker's Penny: Hypericum anagalloides

Sharptooth Angelica: Angelica arguta

Glaucous Willowherb: Epilobium glaberrimum (var. ?)

* Western Water-hemlock: Cicuta douglasii

Bunchberry: Cornus unalaschkensis

Kinnikinnik: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

* Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata ssp. occidentalis

Slender Wintergreen: Gaultheria ovatifolia

Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthillia secunda

Pink Wintergreen: Pyrola asarifolia

Oval-leaved Huckleberry: Vaccinium ovalifolium

Bog Huckleberry: Vaccinium uliginosum

Tall Mt. Shooting Stars: Dodecatheon jeffreyi

Buckbean: Menyanthes trifoliata

Northern Bugleweed: Lycopus uniflorus

* Selfheal: Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata

* Cooley's Hedge-nettle: Stachys chamissonis var. cooleyae

* Suksdorf's Paintbrush: Castilleja suksdorfii

* Butter-and-eggs: Linaria vulgaris - Along Road 23.

* Elephantheads: Pedicularis groenlandica - Most plants past bloom.

* Sickletop Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa ssp. racemosa

* English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

* Twinflower: Linnaea borealis

Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

* Scouler's Harebell: Campanula scouleri

* Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

* Tall Mountain Aster: Canadanthus modestus

* Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* Rough Cat's-ear: Hypochaeris radicata

* Rocky Mt. Groundsel: Packera streptanthifolia

Arrow-leaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis

* Leafy Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi

* Western Mountain Aster: Symphyotrichum spathulatum var spathulatum


Animals Seen in Swampy Meadows:

Turkey Vulture

Snipe

Gray Jays

Violet-green Swallows

Vaux's Swifts

Cascade Frog

Pacific Treefrogs

Copper

Fritillaries

Large Blue Dragonflies


Swampy Meadows on the west side of Mt. Adams........August 30, 2012.- -Mt. Adams from Swampy Meadows..........August 30, 2012.

A pond with buckbean in it at Swampy Meadows, west slopes of Mt. Adams..........August 30, 2012. - Swampy Meadows, western slopes of Mt. Adams.........August 30, 2012.

Additional views of Swampy Meadows on the western slopes of Mt. Adams. Photographed on August 30, 2012. . The sedges are already starting to turn yellow as fall approaches.

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