[Wildflower bloom in the Southern Washington Cascades: 2013]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Mt. Adams: Kelly Unit (Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge)

Note: This wildlife unit is closed to public access.

June 25, 2013

Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea

Common Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Witch's Hair: Allectoria sp.

Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri

Tube Lichen: Hypogymnia sp.

Wolf Lichen: Letharia vulpina

Pelt Lichen: Peltigera sp.

Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis

Juniper Hair Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii

Mountain Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia

Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus

Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus

Filbert: Corylus cornuta ssp. californica - Fruits forming.

White Poplar: Populus alba

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana

Coyote Willow: Salix exigua ?

Pacific Willow: Salix lasiandra (var. ?)

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana

Leathery Grape-fern: Botrichium multifidum

Common Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Leathery Grapefern: Sceptridium multifidum

Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

* Water Sedge: Carex aquatilis var. aquatilis

* Slender-beak Sedge: Carex athrostachya

* Golden Sedge: Carex aurea

* Fragile-sheath Sedge: Carex fracta var. fracta

Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

* Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis

Short-beak Sedge: Carex simulata

* Awl-ftuit Sedge: Carex stipata var. stipata

* Beaked Sedge: Carex utriculata

* Small-fruited Bulrush: Scirpus microcarpus

* Baltic Rush: Juncus balticus

* Toad Rush: Juncus bufonius

* Colorado Rush: Juncus confusus ?

* Soft Rush: Juncus effusus ssp. effusus

* Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolis var. ensifolius

* Nevada Rush: Juncus nevadensis var. nevadensis

* Poverty Rush: Juncus tenuis

* Common Cat-tail - Typha latifolius

* Water Foxtail: Alopecurus geniculatus ?

* Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus pratensis

Meadow Brome: Bromus commutatus

* Soft Brome: Bromus hordeaceus

* California Oatgrass: Danthonia californica

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

* Common Velvetgrass: Holcus lanatus

* Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha

* Reed Canarygrass: Phalaris arundinacea

Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Pale False Mannagrass: Torreyochloa pallida var. pauciflora

* North African Grass: Ventenata dubia

* Northern Water Plantain: Allisma triviale

* Burr Reed: Sparganium sp.

* Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - Fading out of bloom.

Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii ?

* Long-bearded Mariposa: Calochortus longebarbatus var. longebarbatus

Common Camas: Camassia quamash (ssp. ?) - Fruits maturing.

* Columbia Lily, Tiger Lily: Lilium columbianum

Wood Lily: Trillium ovatum

* Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina

* Blue-eyed Grass: Sisyrinchium idahoense

* Alaska Rein Orchid: Piperia unalascensis

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

* Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis - Past bloom.

* Nodding Chickweed: Cerastium nutans ?

* Deptford Pink: Dianthus armeria

Largeleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

* Longstalk Starwort: Stellaria longipes

* Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa var. formosa

Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis

* Birdbeak Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. orthorhynchus - Fading out of bloom.

* Creeping Buttercup: Ranunculus repens

* Woodland Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus - Fading out of bloom.

Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii - Fruit maturing.

Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens

* Smith's Pepperwort: Lepidium heterophyllum ?

* Western Yellowcress: Rorippa curvisiliqua

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?) - Fruits forming.

Suksdorf's Hawthorn: Crataegus suksdorfii - Fruits forming.

Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata

Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

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

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor - In bud.

* Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocalis glandulosa ssp.glandulosa

Graceful Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa ssp. glabrata

Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. gracilis

* Erect Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana

* Nootka Rose: Rosa nutkana

* Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana

Trailing Blackberry, Pacific Blackberry: Rubus ursinus

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

* Spanish Clover: Acmispon americanus ssp. americanus

* Nevada Deer-vetch: Acmispon nevadensis ssp. nevadensis

Desert Peavine: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. aridus - Past bloom.

* Bird'sfoot Trefoil: Lotus corniculatus

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus var. silvicola

* Large-leaf Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus ssp. polyphyllus

* Wyeth Lupine: Lupinus wyethii

* Golden Clover: Trifolium aureum

* Least Hop Clover: Trifolium dubium

* Alsike Clover: Trifolium hybridum

* Longstalk Clover: Trifolium longipes

* Purple Clover: Trifolium praetense

* American Vetch: Vicia americana

* Hairy Vetch: Vicia villosa

* Hooked Spur Violet: Viola adunca

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

Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum

Spatulaleaf Loosestrife: Lythrum portula

* Winecup Clarkia: Clarkia purpurea ssp. quadrivulnera

* Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea

* Watson's Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum (var. watsonii ?)

* Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum ?

* Water Hemlock: Cicuta douglasii

Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum - Fading out of bloom.

Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi - Fruits forming.

Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens - Past bloom.

Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata

* Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea

Broadleaf Starflower: Trientalis borealis ssp. latifolia

* Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium

* Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora ?

* Prickly Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta ssp. propinqua

Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

* Yellow and Blue Scorpionweed: Myosotis discolor - Fading out of bloom.

* Small Forget-me-not: Myosotis laxa

* Scouler's Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys scouleri ?

Spearmint: Mentha spicata

* Self Heal: Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata

* Hairy Paintbrush: Castilleja tenuis (Orthocarpus hispidus)

Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

* Marsh Speedwell: Veronica scutellata

Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

* Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale

* Small Bedstraw: Galium trifidum ssp. columbianum

* Kelloggia: Kelloggia galioides

Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa

* Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea

* Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpus albus ssp. laevigata

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

* Scouler's Harebells: Campanula scouleri

* Showy Downingia: Downingia elegans

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Large-flowered Agoseris: Agoseris grandiflora - In bud.

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

Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea

* Narrow-leaved Arnica: Arnica chamissonis ssp. incana

* Rayless Arnica: Arnica discoidea - Fading out of bloom.

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

Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare - In bud.

Rabbitbrush Goldenweed: Ericameria bloomeri

Rayless Fleabane: Erigeron inornatus var. inornatus - In bud.

Rough Aster: Eurybia radulina

* Western Marsh Cudweed: Gnaphalium palustre

* Marsh Cudweed: Gnaphalium uliginosum

* White Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum - Beginning to bloom.

* Meadow Hawkweed: Hieracium caespitosum - Too numerous.

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - In bud.

* False Dandelion: Hypochaeris radicata

Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola

* Oxeye Daisy: Leucanthemum vulgare

* Little Tarweed: Madia exigua

* Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata

* Slender Tarweed: Madia gracilis

* Pineappleweed: Matricaria matricarioides

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

* Streambank Butterweed: Packera pseudaurea

Rayless Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma carthamoides var. carthamoides - In bud.

* Douglas' Aster: Symhyotrichum subspicatum

* Yellow Salsify, Oysterplant: Tragopogon dubius

* Northern Mules Ears: Wyethia amplexicaulis


Animals Seen Along This Route:

Vole

Virginia Rail

Common Snipes

Harriers - Nesting pair?

Red-tailed Hawk

Turkey Vultures

Common Nighthawks

Northern Flickers

Olive-sided Flycatchers

Says Phoebes

Western Wood Peewee

Crows

Red-winged Blackbirds

American Robins

Mountain Bluebird

Western Bluebirds

Western Tanagers

Cedar Waxwings

Chipping Sparrows

Song Sparrows

Cliff Swallows

Tree Swallows

Yellowthroats - both sexes including female defending nest.

Mountain Chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatches

House Wrens

Hummingbird

Garter Snakes

Pacific Tree Frog

Ochre Ringlet

Large White Moth


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