Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Mt. Adams: Muddy Meadows

August 28, 2012

Albatrellus sp. ?

Sculpted Puffball: Calvatia sculpta ?

Milk Mushroom: Lacteria sp. ?

False Chanterelle: Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca ?

Noble Fir: Abies procera

Common Juniper: Juniperus communis var. montana

Engelman Spruce: Picea engelmanii

Sitka Alder: Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata

Willow: Salix sp.

Bog Willow: Salix pedicellaris

Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Variable-leaf Pondweed: Potamogeton gramineus?

Leathery Grapefern: Botrychium multifidum

* Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius

* Rush: Juncus sp.

* Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus

Skunk Cabbage: Lysichiton americanus

Yellow Pond-lily: Nuphar lutea ssp. polysepala

* Star Sedge: Carex echinata ssp. echinata

* Hall's Sedge: Carex halliana

* Woolly-fruited Sedge: Carex lasiocarpa

Lakeshore Sedge: Carex lenticularis var. lipocarpa

* Bladder Sedge: Carex utriculata

* Blister Sedge: Carex vesicaria

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

* Small-fruited Bulrush: Scirpus microcarpus

* Needlegrass: Achnatherum sp. ?

* Red Fescue: Festuca rubra ssp. rubra ?

* Alpine Timothy: Phleum alpinum ssp. alpinum

Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. brevistyla

Bead Lily: Clintonia uniflora

Sticky Tofieldia: Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla

Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride var. eschscholtzii

Beargrass: Xerophyllum tenax

* Mountain Ladies Tresses: Spiranthes romanzoffiana

Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

* Marsh Marigold: Caltha leptosepala ssp. howellii - Only a few plants remain in bloom in the higher meadows.

False Bugbane: Trautvettaria caroliniensis var. occidentalis

Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla

Bunchberry: Cornus unalaschkensis

Leatherleaf Saxifrage: Leptarrhena pyrolifolia

Brewer's Mitrewort: Mitella breweri

* Fringed Grass-of-Parnassus: Parnassia fimbriata var. fimbriata

* Foamflower: Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata

Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

Drummond's Cinquefoil: Potentilla drummondii var. drummondii

Fan-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia

* Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

Fiveleaf Bramble: Rubus pedatus

* Hardhack: Spiraea douglasii var. douglasii

* Large-leaf Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus ssp. polyphyllus

* Alsike Clover: Trifolium hybridum ?

* Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes ssp. longipes - Fading out of bloom.

English Sundew: Drosera anglica

Round-leaf Violet: Viola orbiculata

Marsh Violet: Viola palustris

Tinker's Penny: Hypericum anagalloides

Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium

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

Sharptooth Angelica: Angelica arguta

* Western Water-hemlock: Cicuta douglasii

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii

Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata var. occidentalis

Sidebells Pyrola: Pyrola secunda var. secunda

White Rhododendron: Rhododendron albiflorum

Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium

Bog Huckleberry: Vaccinium uliginosum

* Jeffrey's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon jeffreyi (or Alpine Shooting Star: Dodecatheon alpinum ?)

Buckbean: Menyanthes trifoliata

* California Polemonium: Polemonium californicum

* Suksdorf's Paintbrush: Castilleja suksdorfii- Fading out of bloom.

* Elephant-head Lousewort: Pedicularis groenlandica- Fading out of bloom.

* Leafy Pedicularis: Pedicularis racemosa

English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

* Twinflower: Linnaea borealis

Highbush Cranberry: Vibernum edule

Northern Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

* Scouler's Harebells: Campanula scouleri

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Broad-leaved Arnica: Arnica latifolia

* Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis

* Tall Mountain Aster: Canadanthus modestus

* Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron glacialis var. glacialis

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* Oxeye Daisy: Leucanthemum vulgare

* Apargidium: Microseris borealis

Alpine Meadow Groundsel: Packera cymbalarioides

Arrowleaf Butterweed: Senecio triangularis

* Canada Goldenrod: Solidago lepida var. salebrosa