[Wildflower bloom in the Washington Cascades: 2013]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Mt. Adams Country: Young's Wetlands (a Columbia Land Trust property)

September 15, 2013

Aspens at the edge of a camas meadow at Young's Wetland......September 15, 2013.

Quaking aspens and pines at the edge of a dry camas meadow at Young's Wetlands..........September 15, 2013.

*indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Pixie Cups: Cladonia sp.

Tube Lichen: Hypogymnia sp.

Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen: Letharia columbiana

Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis

Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Common Scouring Rush: Equisetum hyemale

Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum

Western Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinium var. pubescens

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii

Red Alder: Alnus rubra

California Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta var. californica

Locust: Robinia sp.

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana

Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis ?

Woolly Sedge: Carex pellita (or C. lasiocarpa ?)

Hardstem Bulrush: Schoenoplectus acutus

* Pacific Rush: Juncus effusus ssp. pacificus

Nevada Rush: Juncus nevadensis ?

Poverty Rush: Juncus tenuis

Meadow Foxtail: Alopecuris pratensis

Brome: Bromus sp. Spikelets erect, held close to the stem, somewhat flattened.

Orchard Grass: Dactylis glomerata

Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha ?

North African Grass: Ventenata dubia

Skunk Cabbage: Lysichiton americanus

Floating Pondweed: Potamogeton natans

Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis

Long-bearded Mariposa: Calochortus longebarbatus var. longebarbatus

Common Camas: Camassia quamash (var. ?)

Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina

Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis

Rein Orchid: Piperia sp. ?

Kellogg's Knotweed: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. kelloggii

Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

* Chickweed: Cerastium (fontanum or nutans ?)

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa

Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis ?

Meadow Alumroot: Heuchera chlorantha

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia

Suksdorf's Hawthorn: Crataegus suksdorfii ?

Woodland Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata

Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis ssp. fastigiata

* Sulfur Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta - Fading out of bloom.

Western Crabapple: Pyrus fusca

Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

Blackcap: Rubus leucodermis

Pacific Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus

Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba occidentalis

Douglas' Spiraea, Hardhack: Spiraea douglasii

Nevada Deervetch: Lotus nevadensis

* Red Clover: Trifolium pratense

* White Clover: Trifolium repens

Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Thyme-leaved Spurge: Euphorbia serpyllifolia

* Tinker's Penny: Hypericum anagalloides

Common St. John's Wort: Hypericum perforatum

Western St. John's Wort: Hypericum scouleri ssp. scouleri

* Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

Ciliate Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum

* Dense-flower Willowherb: Epilobium densiflorum

* Torrey's Willowherb: Epilobium torreyi

Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum ?

* Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri

Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea

* Common Centaury: Centaurium erythraea

Broadleaf Starflower: Trientalis borealis ssp. latifolia

Field Morning Glory: Convolvulus arvensis

Prickly Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta (var. ?)

* Small-flowered Forget-me-not: Myosotis laxa

* Selfheal: Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata

* Cooley's Hedge-nettle: Stachys cooleyae

* Oblong Blue-curls: Trichostema oblongum

* Monkeyflower: Erythranthe sp. (one of the annual forms of E. guttata?)

* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata

* Primrose Monkeyflower: Erythranthe primuloides

* Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

American Brooklime: Veronica americana

Speedwell: Veronica sp. - Creeping

Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

* Milky Kelloggia: Kelloggia galioides

Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus

Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis

Field Pussytoes: Antennaria howellii ssp. howellii

Meadow Arnica: Arnica chamissonis ssp. incana

* Giant Mountain Aster: Canadanthus modestus - Fading out of bloom.

* Tyrol Knapweed: Centaurea nigrescens

* Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare

* Smooth Hawksbeard: Crepis capillaris

Woolly Sunflower, Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum

* Meadow Hawkweed: Hieracium cespitosum - Mostly past bloom.

Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola

Hareleaf: Lagophylla ramosissima

Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata

* Wall Lettuce: Mycelis muralis

* Rocky Mountains Canada Goldenrod: Solidago lepida (var. salebrosa ?)

* Western Meadow Aster: Symphyotrichum spathulatum

Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Animals Seen Along This Route:

Elk - heard

Mule Deer - Tracks

Ravens

Northern Flicker

Downy or Hairy Woodpeckers

Stellers Jays

Western Bluebirds ?

Dark-eyed Juncos

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Mountain Chickadees

Yellow-rumped Warblers

Tree or Violet-green Swallows (too high to ID positively)

Garter Snake

Pacific Tree Frogs

Praying Mantises

Mourning Cloak

Greenish Blue

Ochre Ringlets

Yellow Jackets


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