Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Panakanic: Private lands south of Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge

May 17, 2013

This area is a large vernally moist meadow surrounded by coniferous forest in the mountains south of Conboy Lake Wildlife Refuge. This particular area is privately owned, and we were fortunate to obtain permission to visit. The area is full of small roads which can be tough to navigate (become lost on) and are rough for low-slung vehicles.

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Vine Maple: Acer circinatum

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

California Filbert: Corylus cornuta var. californica

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana

* Bebb's Willow: Salix bebbiana ?

* Pacific Willow: Salix lasiandra var. lasiandra ?

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana ?

Bolete: Boletus sp. ?

Imshaug's Witch's Hair: Allectoria imshaugii ?

Cup Lichen: Cladonia furcata

Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri

Tube Lichen: Hypogymnia sp.

Wolf Lichen: Letharia vulpina

Pelt Lichen: Peltigera sp.

Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis

Palm Tree Moss: ?

Water Moss: Fontinalis sp. ?

Polytrichum Moss: Polytrichum pilferum

Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

* Slender-beak Sedge: Carex athrostachya

* Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis

* Woolly Sedge: Carex pellita ?

* Bladder Sedge: Carex utricularia

* Sedge: Carex sp. ?

Common Spikerush: Eleocharis palustris

Spikerush: Eleocharis sp.

* Toad Rush: Juncus bufonius

Pacific Rush: Juncus effusus (var. ?)

Poverty Rush: Juncus tenuis ? - In bud.

* Common Woodrush: Luzula multiflora ?

* Foxtail: Alopecurus (aequalis or geniculatus ?)

* Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus pratensis

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

Orchard Grass: Dactylis glomerata - In bud.

Reed Canary Grass: Phalaris arundinacea

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda var. secunda - Past bloom.

American Water Plantain: Alisma plantago-aquatica

Bur Reed: Sparganium sp. ?

Long-bearded Mariposa Lily: Calochortus longebarbatus var. longebarbatus

* Large Camas: Camassia leichtlinii var. suksdorfii

* Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. quamash - Beginning to bloom.

Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - Past bloom.

* Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis var. affinis

Columbia Lily, Tiger Lily: Lilium columbianum - In bud.

* Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

Wood Lily: Trillium ovatum - Now past bloom at this location.

Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflorum ssp. howellii - In bud.

Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride var. eschscholzianum

* Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis

* Blue-eyed Grass: Sisyrinchium idahoense

Fairy Slipper: Calypso bulbosa

* Spotted Coralroot: Corallorhiza maculata

* Striped Coralroot: Corallorhiza striata

Rattlesnake Plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia

Rein-orchid: Platanthera (elegans or unalascensis) ?

* American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides

Water Smartweed: Polygonum amphibia

Close-flowered Knotweed: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. confertiflorum - In bud.

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

Willow Dock: Rumex salicifolius

Common Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata var. californica - In bud.

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata

* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra

* Water Montia: Montia chamissoi

Dwarf Montia: Montia dichotoma ? - Past bloom.

* Water Chickweed: Montia fontana - Fading out of bloom.

* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis - Fading out of bloom.

* Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophyllum

Sticky Chickweed: Cerastium glomeratum

* Nodding Chickweed: Cerastium nutans ?

* Longstalk Starwort: Stellaria longipes

Columbian Monkshood: Aconitum columbainum ssp. columbianum

Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa var. formosa - In bud.

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis var. aquatilus

* Plantain-leaf Buttercup: Ranunculus alismaefolius var. alismaefolius

* Creeping Spearwort: Ranunculus flammula (var. ?)

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

* Birdsbeak Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. platyphyllus

* Woodland Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus - Blooming along road.

Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii

Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

* Hairy Bittercress: Cardamine hirsuta ?

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Fading out of bloom.

* Pepperwort: Lepidium heterophyllum

Bog Yellowcress: Rorippa palustris

Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum - In bud.

Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (formerly Lithophragma bulbifera)

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora

Straggly Currant, Straggly Gooseberry: Ribes divaricatum - Fruits forming.

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. )

* Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier cusickii

* Suksdorf's Hawthorn: Crataegus gaylussacia

* Woods Strawberry, Mt. Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. californica

* Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala -

* Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

Western Crabapple: Malus fusca

Pacific Ninebark: Physocarpus capitatus

* Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa ssp. glandulosa

Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. gracilis (var. fastigiata form)

* Sour Cherry: Prunus cerasus ? - Fading out of bloom.

* Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa

Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus

Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum - Some with flower buds forming.

Hardhack, Douglas' Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii (var. ?)

Nevada Deer-vetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis

Bog Deer-vetch: Hosacki pinnata - In bud.

Pea: Lathyrus sp.

* Leafy Pea: Lathyrus polyphyllus ?

Bird's-foot Deer-vetch: Lotus corniculatus ?

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus

* Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus

* Large-leaf Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus ssp. polyphyllus - Beginning to bloom.

* Common Broad-leaved Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius ? - I can't remember whether this was on the upland meadow (and into the forest edges) around the wet meadows or not.

* Least Hop Clover: Trifolium dubium

* Red Clover: Trifolium pratense

* American Vetch: Vicia americana

Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana

* Hooked-spur Violet: Viola adunca

* Baker's Violet: Viola bakeri

Night-blooming False Bindweed: Calystegia atriplicifolia ssp. atriplicifolia

Redstem Ceanothus, Oregon Tea Tree: Ceanothus sanguineus

* Ciliate Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum

Angelica: Angelica sp.

* Burr Chervil: Anthriscus scandicina

Douglas' Water-hemlock: Cicuta douglasii ?

Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maximum - Basal leaves only.

* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule -

* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

* Common Sweet-cicely: Osmohiza berteroi

* Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens

Kinnikinnick: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea

Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium

Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. nitida - In bud.

Broadleaf Starflower: Lysimachia latifolia

* Babystars: Leptosiphon bicolor - Beginning to bloom.

Needle-leaf Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis var. gracilis - Fading out of bloom.

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis var. humilis

* Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. parviflora

* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa

* Hound's Tongue: Cynoglossum officinale

* Bay Fortet-me-not: Myosotis laxa

* Yellow and Blue Scorpionweed: Myosotis discolor

* Fragrant Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys figuratus

* Matted Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys scouleri var. penicillatus

Selfheal: Prunella vulgaris

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata var. miniata - Beginning to bloom.

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Bractless Hedge-hyssop: Gratiola ebracteata - In bud.

Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

* Thyme-leaved Speedwell: Veronica serpyllifolia (ssp. serpyllifolia ?)

* Clustered Broomrape: Aphyllon franciscanum - Flowers a creamy yellow-white.

English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

Common Plantain: Plantago major

Piedmont Bedstraw: Cruciata pedimontana

* Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale - In bud.

Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

Twinflower: Linnaea borealis

Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis var. hesperius

* Rosy Plectritis: Plectritis congesta

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

* Corn Salad: Valerianella locusta

Scouler's Harebell: Campanula scouleri

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis - In bud.

Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor

Meadow Arnica: Arnica chamissonis

Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

Rayless Arnica: Arnica discoidea ?

Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare

Woolly Sunflower, Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum - In bud.

Rough-leaved Aster: Eurybia radulina

White Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum ? - Native.

Meadow Hawkweed: Hieracium caespitosum - In bud. - Bad weed.

False Dandylion: Hypochaeris radicata - In bud.

Oxeye Daisy: Leucanthemum vulgare

Sweet -marsh Butterweed: Senecio hydrophiloides - In bud.

* Western Butterweed: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus - Beginning to bloom.

Aster: Symphyotrichum sp.

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius

* Northern Wyethia: Wyethia amplexicaulis

Cinnamon Teal - male

Common Snipe

Stellers Jay

Northern Flicker

Red-naped Sapsucker

Common Robins

Red-winged Blackbirds

Starling

Song Sparrows

White-crowned Sparrows

Violet-green Swallows

Tree Swallows

Garter Snakes

Tadpoles

Silvery Blues - resting on spikerush stems and camas flowers.

Fritillary - Medium size.

Tent Caterpillars

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