[Wildflower bloom in the Southern Washington Cascades: 2008]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Babyshoe Pass Meadows

Forest Road #23 (Trout Lake, WA to Randle, WA)

August 27, 2012

English Sundew: Drosera anglica
English Sundew: Drosera anglica

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Engelmann's Spruce: Picea engelmannii

Western Hemlock: Tsuga heterophylla

Sitka Alder: Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata

Bog Willow: Salix pedicellaris

Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina ssp. cyclosorum

Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

* Star Sedge: Carex echinata ssp. echinata

* Lakeshore Sedge: Carex lenticularis var. lipocarpa

* Woodrush Sedge: Carex luzulina var. ablata

* Merten's Rush: Carex mertensii

Veined Sedge: Carex neurophora

* Spikerush: Eleocharis sp.

* Tall Cottongrass: Eriophoroum angustifolium var. angustifolium - Fading out of bloom.

* Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius var. ensifolius

* Threadleaf Rush: Juncus filiformis ?

* Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus

Common Woodrush: Luzula multiflora ssp. multiflora

Skunk Cabbage: Lysichiton americanum

Sticky Tofieldia: Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla

* Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride var. eschscholtzii

* White Bog Orchid: Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys - Fading out of bloom.

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

* Mountain Ladies Tresses: Spiranthes romanzoffiana

White Marsh-marigold: Caltha leptosepala ssp. howellii

Subalpine Spiraea, Rosy Spirea: Spiraea splendens var. splendens

Salmonberry: Rubus spectabilis

* Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

* English Sundew: Drosera anglica

* Tinker's Penny: Hypericum anagalloides

* Common Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum (var. ciliatum ?)

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi

Alpine Laurel: Kalmia microphylla

Cascade Azalea: Rhododendron albiflorum var. albiflorum

Bog Huckleberry: Vaccinium uliginosum

* Mountain Bog Gentian: Gentiana calycosa

* American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii

* Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca

* Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

* Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis

* Subalpine Fleabane: Erigeron glacialis var. glacialis

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* Meadow Hawkweed: Hieracium caespitosum

* Rough Ca'ts-ear, False Dandylion: Hypochaeris radicata

* Rocky Mt. Butterweed: Packera streptanthifolia (formerly Senecio cymbalrioides)

Arrowleaf Butterweed: Senecio triangularis

* Leafy Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi


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