[Wildflower bloom in the Southern Washington Cascades: 2013]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

South Tieton Trail #1120

Conrad Meadows to one mile uphill from Conrad Creek crossing

Note: This hike passes through multiple meadows which are closed to public access as they are in private ownership.

A Washington Native Plant Society hike.

June 27, 28 &30, 2013

Washington Native Plant Society hike to Conrad Meadows, Wenatchee NF......June 30, 2013

Some of the participants in the WNPS hike at Conrad Meadows, Gifford Pinchot National Forest.........June 30, 2013.

View north across Conrad Meadow.........June 28, 2013. - A view down Conrad Creek from the bridge crossing along the South Tieton Trail #1120, Wenatchee National Forest........June 28, 2013.


* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Noble Fir: Abies procera ?

Nootka Cedar: Chamaecyparis nookatensis

Western Larch: Larix occidentalis

Engelmann Spruce: Picea engelmannii

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. murrayana

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii

Mountain Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia or Sitka Alder: Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata ?

Oregon Boxwood: Paxistima myrsinites

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

Horse-hair Lichen: Bryoria sp.

Tube Lichen: Hypogymnia sp.

Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen: Letharia columbiana

Wolf Lichen: Letharia vulpina

Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis

Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella (wallacei ?)

Juniper Hair Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum

Polytrichum Moss: Polytrichum pilferum

Racomitrium Moss: Racomitrium (canescens ?)

Common Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Scouring Rush: Equisetum hyemale

Lace Lip Fern: Cheilanthes gracillima

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

* Bigleaf Sedge: Carex amplifolia

* Slender Beak Sedge: Carex athrostachya ?

* Douglas' Sedge: Carex douglasii

* Woolly-fruited Sedge: Carex pellita

Lakeshore Sedge: Carex lenticularis var. lipocarpa

* Small-wing Sedge: Carex microptera ?

* Small-fruit Bulrush: Scirpus microcarpus

* Baltic Rush: Juncus balticus

* Toad Rush: Juncus bufonius

Pacific Rush: Juncus effusus (var. ?) - In bud.

* Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius

* Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus

* Small-flowered Woodrush: Luzula parviflora

* Common Western Needlegrass: Achnatherum occidentalis ssp. pubescens

* Foxtail: Alopecurus aequalis or Alopecurus geniculatus ?

* Smooth Brome: Bromus inermis ?

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* Orchardgrass: Dactylis glomerata

* Timber Oatgrass: Danthonia intermedia ?

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides (formerly Sitanion hystrix)

Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

* Alpine Timothy: Phleum alpinum ssp. alpinum

Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

* Subalpine Mariposa Lily: Calochortus subalpinus

* Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. quamash ?

Bead Lily: Clintonia uniflora - In bud.

* False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule

* Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

Panicle Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum ?

* Meadow Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion venenosum

Wood Lily: Trillium ovatum

* White False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum - Beginning to bloom.

* White Bog Orchid: Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata

* Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

* Sulfur-flowered Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. majus

* Prostrate Knotweed: Polygonum aviculare

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

* Kellogg's Knotweed: Polygonum polygaloides var. kelloggii

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

* Willow Dock: Rumex salicifolius

* Heart-leaved Springbeauty: Claytonia cordifolia

Western Springbeauty: Claytonia lanceolata - Past bloom.

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

Nevada Lewisia: Lewisia pygmaea var. nevadensis

* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis - Fading out of bloom except where wet.

* Slender Mt. Sandwort: Arenaria capillaris ssp. americana

* Mouse-ear Chickweed: Cerastium vulgatum

* Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla - Fading out of bloom.

* Sticky Starwort: Pseudostellaria jamesiana

* Arctic Pearlwort: Sagina (saginoides ?) - Beginning to bloom.

Oregon Catchfly: Silene oregana - In bud.

* Red Sandspurry: Spergularia rubra

* Crisped Starwort: Stellaria crispa

Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa

Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens

* Lyall's Anemone: Anemone lyallii

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum ?

* Creeping Buttercup: Ranunculus repens

* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus

* Western Meadowrue: Thalictrum occidentale

* Tower Mustard: Arabis glabra

* Holbeoll's Rockcress: Arabis holboellii (var. retrofracta ?)

American Wintercress: Barbarea orthoceras

* Shepherd's Purse: Capsella bursa-pastoris

* Large Mountain Bittercress: Cardamine cordifolia

* Pennsylvania Bittercress: Cardamine pensylvanica

* Mountain Tansymustard: Descurainia incisa ssp. viscosa

* Western Tansymustard: Rorippa curvisiliqua

* Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum - Beginning to bloom.

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Heartleaf Saxifrage: Micranthes nelsoniana var. cascadensis

* Alpine Mitrewort, Five-stamen Mitrewort: Mitella pentandra

* Saxifraga integrifolia var.

* Brook Saxifrage: Saxifraga odontoloma

* Buttercup Suksdorfia: Suksdorfia ranunculifolia

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

Northern Black Currant: Ribes hudsonianum

* Prickly Gooseberry: Ribes lacustre

* Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

*Large-leaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. macrophyllum

* Drummond's Cinquefoil: Potentilla drummondii var. drummondii

* Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa var. glandulosa

* Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa ssp. glabrata

* Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis (var. glabrata ?)

Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

American Red Raspberry: Rubus idaeus or Blackcap Raspberry: Rubus leucodermis ?

* Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

Birchleaf Spiraea: Spiraea betulifolia

Menzie's Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii var. menziesii

* Nevada Pea: Lathyrus nevadensis var. nevadensis

* Arctic Lupine, Subalpine Lupine: Lupinus arcticus (Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus)

* Silky Lupine: Lupinus sericeus ssp. sericeus var. flexuosus

* Least Hop Clover: Trifolium dubium

* Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes ssp. longipes - Fading out of bloom.

* White Clover: Trifolium repens

* American Vetch: Vicia americana var. americana

False-mermaid: Floerkea proserpinacoides

* Hooked Spur Violet: Viola adunca

* Stream Violet: Viola glabella

Round-leaved Violet: Viola orbiculata

Marsh Violet: Viola palustris

* Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana var. procera

* Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium

* Alpine Willowherb: Epilobium anagallidum

* Watson's Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum var. watsonii

* Alpine Willowherb: Epilobium anagallidifolium ?

Glaucous Willowherb: Epilobium glaberrimum (var. ?)

* Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum

* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum

* Dwarf Goundsmoke: Gayophytum humile

* Long-leaf Evening Primrose: Oenothera subacaulis

Sharptooth Angelica: Angelica arguta

Cow Parsnip: Heracleum lanatum - In bud.

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

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

* Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

* Western Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri

* Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens - Fading out of bloom.

Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

Little Prince's Pine: Chimaphila menziesii - In bud.

Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata

Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthillia secunda

Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea

Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium

* Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana

* Harkness' Linanthus: Linanthus harknessii

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa var. longistylis

* Narrow-leaved Collomia: Collomia linearis

* Yellow-staining Collomia: Collomia tinctoria

*California Polemonium: Polemonium californicum

* Western Polemonium: Polemonium occidentale ssp. occidentale

Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum

* Fendler's Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum fendleri

* Silver-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. leptosepala

* Rigid Fireweed: Amsinckia menziesii var. menziesii

* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha affinis

* Torrey's Cryptanth: Cryptantha torreyana ?

* Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha - Beginning to bloom.

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

* Scouler's Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys scouleri var. penicillatus

* Selfheal: Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata

* Suksdorf's Paintbrush: Castilleja suksdorfii

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Fading out of bloom except at seeps.

* Brewer's Monkeyflower: Mimulus breweri

* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus

* Lewis' Monkeyflower: Mimulus lewisii - Just beginning to bloom.

* Musk Monkeyflower: Mimulus moschatus

* Primrose Monkeyflower: Mimulus primuloides

* Large Mountain Monkeyflower: Mimulus tillingii var. caespitosus

* Elephantheads: Pedicularis groenlandica - Most plants past bloom.

* Tapertip Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus var. attenuatus - Blue-flowered form.

* Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus

* Rydberg's Penstemon: Penstemon rydbergii

* American Brooklime: Veronica americana

* Corn Speedwell: Veronica arvensis

* Purslane Speedwell: Veronica peregrina var. xalapensis

* Thymeleaf Speedwell: Veronica serpyllifolia var. serpyllifolia

* Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii

Broadleaf Plantain: Plantago major

* Small Bedstraw: Galium trifidum var. pacificum

* Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

Twinflower: Linnaea borealis

* Purpleflower Honeysuckle: Lonicera conjugialis

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis

Scouler's Harebell: Campanula scouleri

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor

* Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa - Past bloom.

Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

* Racemose Pussytoes: Antennaria racemosa

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Fading out of bloom.

Nodding Arnica: Arnica parryi - In bud.

* Elk Thistle: Cirsium scariosum

Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare

Scabland Goldenweed: Ericameria bloomeri

* Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron glacialis ssp. glacialis

Showy Fleabane: Erigeron speciosus - In bud.

* Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum

Rough-leaved Aster: Eurybia radulina

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

Scouler's Woolly-weed: Hieracium scouleri var. scouleri - In bud.

* Oxeye Daisy: Leucanthemum vulgare

* Silvercrown Luina: Luina nardosmia

Pineappleweed: Matricaria discoidea - In bud.

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

* Falsegold Groundsel: Packera pseudaurea

* Sweet Marsh Groundsel: Senecio foetidus var. hydrophiloides

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

* Tall Butterweed: Senecio serra

* Arrow-leaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis

Leafy Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi or Western Mountain Aster: Symphyotrichum spathulatum var spathulatum - In bud.

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale


Animals Seen in Swampy Meadows:

Cascade Golden-mantled Ground Squirrels

Chipmunks

Douglas' Squirrel

Elk herd (cows with fawns)

Red-tailed Hawk

Common Nighthawks

Northern Flickers

Red-breasted Sapsucker feeding young in snag

Red-winged Blackbirds

Steller's Jays

Western Tanagers

American Robins

Hermit Thrushes ?

Western Wood Peewees

Evening Grosbeaks

Cassin's Finches

Chipping Sparrows

Song Sparrows

Vesper Sparrows ?

Dark-eyed Juncos

Pine Siskins

Yellow-rumped Warblers

Tree Swallows

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Mountain Chickadees

Cascade Frogs

Milbert's Tortoiseshell

Mourning Cloaks

Ochre Ringlets

Mountain Parnassian

Checkerspots

Fritillaries

Boisduval's Blues ?

Pacific Dotted Blues ?

Western Tailed Blues


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