[Wildflower bloom in the Southern Washington Cascades: 2013]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Mt. Adams: Willard Springs Foot Trail (Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge)

June 20, 2013

Spotted Coralroot: Corallorhiza maculata

Spotted Coralroot Orchid: Corallorhiza maculata

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri

Tube Lichen: Hypogymnia sp.

Wolf Lichen: Letharia vulpina

Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana

Leathery Grape-fern: Botrichium multifidum

Common Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Duckweed: Lemna minor

* Water Sedge: Carex aquatilis var. aquatilis ?

* Golden Sedge: Carex aurea

* Star Sedge: Carex echinata ssp. echinata

* Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis

Short-beak Sedge: Carex simulata

Fox Sedge: Carex vulpinoidea ?

* Cottongrass: Eriophorum sp. (E. angustifolium ?)

* Toad Rush: Juncus bufonius

* Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolis var. ensifolius

* Nevada Rush: Juncus nevadensis var. badius

* Common Cat-tail - Typha latifoli

* Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus pratensis

* Meadow Brome: Bromus commutatus

* Soft Brome: Bromus hordeaceus

* Orchard Grass: Dactylis glomerata

* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

* Common Velvetgrass: Holcus lanatus ?

* Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha

* Reed Canarygrass: Phalaris arundinacea

* Pale False Mannagrass: Torreyochloa pallida var. pauciflora

* North African Grass: Ventenata dubia

* Subalpine Mariposa Lily: Calochortus subalpinus

Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis var. affinis - Pods ripening.

* Columbia Lily, Tiger Lily: Lilium columbianum - Beginning to bloom.

Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

* Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina

* Blue-eyed Grass: Sisyrinchium idahoense

* Spotted Coralroot: Corallorhiza maculata - Fading out of bloom.

* Phantom Orchid: Eburophyton austiniae - Numerous.

* Alaska Rein Orchid: Piperia unalascensis

* White Bog Candle: Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

* Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

* Western Dock: Rumex occidentalis ?

* Pussypaws: Cistanthe umbellata var. caudicifera

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata

* Nodding Chickweed: Cerastium nutans ?

Knawlweed: Scleranthus annuus

* Menzie's Catchfly: Silene menziesii var. menziesii

* Longstalk Starwort: Stellaria longipes

* Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa var. formosa

* White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis (var. capillaceus ?)

* Woodland Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus

* Clasping Pepperweed: Lepidium perfoliatum

* Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum

* Meadow Alumroot: Heuchera chlorantha

* Purple Marshlocks: Comarum palustre (formerly Potentilla palustris) - Beginning to bloom.

Suksdorf's Hawthorn: Crataegus suksdorfii

* Largeleaf Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. macrophyllum - Fading out of bloom.

Prairie Smoke, Old Man's Whiskers: Geum triflorum ssp. ciliatum

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor - In bud.

* Pinewoods Horkelia: Horkelia fusca ssp. fusca

* Rough Cinquefoil: Potentilla norvegica ?

* Erect Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana

Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Western Crabapple: Pyrus fusca

* Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa ?

* Nootka Rose: Rosa nutkana

* Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana

* Trailing Blackberry, Pacific Blackberry: Rubus ursinus

Hardhack: Spiraea douglasii var. douglasii - Beginning to bloom.

* Ame's Milk-vetch: Astragalus pulsiferae

* Desert Peavine: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. aridus

* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus ?

Spanish Clover: Acmispon americanus var. americanus

* Nevada Deer-vetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis

* Small-flowered Deer-vetch: Acmispon parviflorus

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus var. silvicola

* Pacific Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lepidus

* Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus

* Large-leaf Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus ssp. polyphyllus

* Wyeth Lupine: Lupinus wyethii ?

* Least Hop Clover: Trifolium dubium

* Alsike Clover: Trifolium hybridum

* Purple Clover: Trifolium praetense

* American Vetch: Vicia americana

* Common Vetch: Vicia sativa

* Hooked Spur Violet: Viola adunca

Baker's Violet: Viola bakeri

* Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

* Night-blooming False Bindweed: Calystegia atriplicifolia ssp. atriplicifolia

* Tinker's Penny, Bog St. John's Wort: Hypericum anagalloides

Scouler's St. John's Wort: Hypericum scouleri ssp. scouleri - In bud.

Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum

Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium

* Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea

* Sharptooth Angelica: Angelica arguta

* Water Hemlock: Cicuta douglasii

* Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maximum - Beginning to bloom.

* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum - Still blooming near Willard Springs.

* Turpentine Wavewing: Cymopterus terebinthinus var. terebinthinus

Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi - Fruits forming.

* Little Pipsissewa: Chimaphila menziesii

* Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata - Beginning to bloom.

Side-bells Wintergreen: Orthilia secunda - In bud.

* Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea

* Pink Wintergreen: Pyrola asarifolia - Beginning to bloom.

White-veined WIntergreen: Pyrola picta

* Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana

Buckbean: Menyanthes trifoliata

* Broadleaf Starflower: Trientalis borealis ssp. latifolia

* Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

* Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata - Beginning to bloom.

* Prickly Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta ssp. propinqua

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis var. humilior - Still blooming where moist.

* Varied-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla

* Slender Cryptanth: Cryptantha affinis

* Obscure Cryptanth: Cryptantha ambigua

* Common Cryptantha: Cryptantha intermedia

Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

* Small Forget-me-not: Myosotis laxa

* Self Heal: Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata

* Yerba Buena: Satureja douglasii

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata

* Hairy Paintbrush: Castilleja tenuis (Orthocarpus hispidus)

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Still blooming where moist.

* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata

* Primrose Monkeyflower: Erythranthe primuloides

* Candelabrum Monkeyflower: Erythranthe pulsiferae

* Rosy Owlclover: Orthocarpus bracteosus

* Finetooth Penstemon: Penstemon subserratus

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

* Marsh Speedwell: Veronica scutellata

* English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

* Piedmont Bedstraw: Crucieta pedimontanum

* Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

* Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale

* Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

* Kelloggia: Kelloggia galioides

* Scot's Bluebells: Campanula rotundifolia

* Twinflower: Linnaea borealis

* Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa - Beginning to bloom.

* Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea

* Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpus albus ssp. laevigata

* Trailing Snowberry, Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos hesperius (Symphoricarpos mollis)

Heterocodon: Heterocodon rariflorum

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor

Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa - Past bloom.

* Howell's Pussytoes: Antennaria howellii var. howellii - Mostly out of bloom.

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea -

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - Fading out of bloom. Shows some characteristics of B. deltoidea.

Hall's Goldenweed: Columbiadoria hallii - In bud.

* Smooth Hawksbeard: Crepis capillaris

Rabbitbrush Goldenweed: Ericameria bloomeri

Rough Aster: Eurybia radulina

* Marsh Cudweed: Gnaphalium palustre

* White Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum - Beginning to bloom.

* Meadow Hawkweed: Hieracium caespitosum - Too numerous.

* Oxeye Daisy: Leucanthemum vulgare

* Little Tarweed: Madia exigua

* Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata

* Pineappleweed: Matricaria matricarioides

* Streambank Butterweed: Packera pseudaurea

Meadow Woollyheads: Psilocarphus elatior ?

* Sweet-marsh Butterweed: Senecio foetidus

* Yellow Salsify, Oysterplant: Tragopogon dubius


Animals Seen Along This Route:

Douglas Squirrel

Black-tailed or Mule Deer, or hybrids

Elk herd with young

Bald Eagle

Harriers - Nesting pair?

Turkey Vultures

Sandhill Cranes - 3 pairs, one pair with a colt

Common Nighthawk

Northern Flicker

Downy or Hairy Woodpecker - Heard.

Eastern Kingbird

Western Wood Peewee

Starlings

Western Meadowlark

Ravens

Red-winged Blackbirds

Yellow-headed Blackbirds

American Robins

Black-headed Grosbeaks

Western Tanagers

Cedar Waxwings

House Finches

American Goldfinches

Chipping Sparrows

Song Sparrow

Dark-eyed Juncos

Cliff Swallows

Rough-winged Swallows

Tree Swallows

McGillivray's Warbler

Yellow Warblers

Yellow-rumped Warblers

Yellowthroats - both sexes including female defending nest.

Red-breasted Nuthatches

House Wrens

Bullfrog

Pacific Tree Frog

Mourning Cloak

Moth


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