Bloom Reports for the Washington Cascades: 2013


Wildflowers in Bloom Along the Killen Creek Trail #113

Mount Adams Wilderness

August 20, 2013

The photo above shows the northern side of Mt. Adams with the prominent Adams Glacier as seen from near the junction of the Pacific Crest Trail and Killen Creek Trail #113..........September 29, 2008.

Junction with Pacific Crest Trail: --- N 46 15.063' --- W 121 31.961' --- Elevation: 6088' --- +/- 21'

* Denotes the plant was in bloom.

More extensive plant list for the Killen Creek Trail #113.

Juniper Haircap Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum ?

* Barclay's Willow: Salix barclayi ?

* Black Alpine Sedge: Carex nigricans

* Presl's Sedge: Carex preslii

* Showy Sedge: Carex spectabilis

* Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus

Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi

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

* Small-flowered Wood-rush: Luzula parviflora

* Seashore Bentgrass: Agrostis diegoensis (A. pallens) ? - Plants to 25 cm high with open inflorescence of moist subalpine meadows.

* Alpine Bentgrass: Agrostis variabilis

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

* Fescue: Festuca sp.

* Alpine Timothy: Phleum alpinum ssp. alpinum

* Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride var. eschscholtzii

* Pussypaws: Cistanthe umbellata var. caudicifera

* Brook Saxifrage: Saxifraga odontoloma

* Partridge Foot: Luetkea pectinata

* Drummond's Cinquefoil: Potentilla drummondii var. drummondii

* Fan-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia

* Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

* Mountain Spiraea: Spiraea splendens var. splendens

* Broad-leaved Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

* Arctic Lupine, Subalpine Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus

* Low Mt. Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

* Hornemann's Willowherb: Epilobium hornemannii ssp. hornemannii

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii

* Sidebells Pyrola: Orthilia secunda

Dwarf Huckleberry: Vaccinium caespitosum

Thinleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum

Oval-leaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium ovalifolium

Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium

* Mountain Bog Gentian: Gentiana calycosa var. calycosa

* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa var. longistylis

California Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium californicum

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata

* Magenta Paintbrush: Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola

* Lewis' Monkeyflower: Erythranthe lewisii

* Elephanthead Lousewort: Pedicularis groenlandica

* Sickletop Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa

* American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii

* Northern Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis - Fading out of bloom.

* Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron glacialis ssp. glacialis

* Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus var. ledophyllus

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* Alpine Hawkweed: Hieracium triste

* Northern Microseris: Nothocalais alpestris

* Alpine aster: Oreostemma alpigenum var. alpigenum

* Arrow-leaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis


Animals Seen

Coopers Hawk

Northern Flicker

Clark's Nutcrackers

Black-headed Grosbeaks

Chipping Sparrows

Dark-eyed Juncos

Pine Siskins

Chestnut-backed Chickadees

Mountain Chickadees

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Hutton's Vireos

Yellow-rumped Warblers

Golden-crowned Kinglets

Brown Creeper

Small Fritillaries

Blues


Paul Slichter