[Bloom Reports for the Washington Cascades: 2013]


Mount Adams: Bird Creek Meadows

The Climbers Trail from the Bird Creek Meadows parking lot west to the top of the southern lateral moraine of the Mazama Glacier, then downhill to the Round the Mountain Trail #66 & west to near the boundary with the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, then east along Traill #66 back to the Bird Creek Meadows parking area.

Yakama Indian Reservation

August 12 & 13, 2013

Bird Creek Meadows August 12, 2013.

A small winding creek lined with Lewis' monkeyflower at, Bird Creek Meadows.......August 12, 2013.

* Indicates the wildflower is in bloom.

Wildflowers in Bloom at Bird Creek Meadows:

Butter Bolete

King Bolete

Coral - Ramira sp. ?

Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen: Letharia columbiana

Rhizoplaca sp. ?

Blistered Rock Tripe: Umbilicaria hyperborea

Juniper Haircap Moss: Polystichum juniperinum

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa

White Bark Pine: Pinus albicaulis

Mountain Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

* Small-wing Sedge: Carex microptera

* Black Alpine Sedge: Carex nigricans

* Showy Sedge: Carex spectabilis

* Drummond's Rush: Juncus drummondii

* Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus

* Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi

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

* Piper's Wood-rush: Luzula piperi

* Brome: Bromus (suksdorfii ?)

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

* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

* Subalpine Mariposa Lily: Calochortus subalpinus - Only blooming high in Bird Creek Meadows.

* Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride

* Beargrass: Xerophyllum tenax - A few plants still are blooming along streams in upper Bird Creek Meadows. It was a good bloom year for the beargrass!

* Newberry's Fleeceflower: Aconogonon davisiae ssp. davisiae (formerly Polygonum newberryi)

* Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Fading out of bloom.

* Alpine Buckwheat: Eriogonum pyrolifolium var. coryphaeum

* Haussknecht's Sulphur-flowered Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. haussknechtii

* Sulphur-flowered Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. umbellatum

* Mountain Sorrel: Oxyria digyna

* Pussypaws: Cistanthe umbellata var. caudicifera

* Nevada Lewisia: Lewisia nevadensis - Only blooming in moist meadows high in Bird Creek Meadows.

* Slender Mt. Sandwort: Arenaria capillaris ssp. americana

* Parry's Catchfly: Silene parryi

White Marsh Marigold: Caltha leptosepala ssp. howellii - Past bloom.

White Marsh Marigold: Caltha leptosepala ssp. leptosepala var. leptosepala - Past bloom.

* Columbia Gorge Rockcress: Arabis furcata - A few still blooming at higher altitudes.

* Lyall's Rockcress: Arabis lyallii var. lyallii

* Rusty Saxifrage: Saxifraga ferruginea var. vreelandii

* Tolmie's Saxifrage: Saxifraga tolmiei

* Partridge Foot: Luetkea pectinata

* Drummond's Cinquefoil: Potentilla drummondii var. drummondii

* Fan-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia

Cascade Mt. Ash: Sorbus scopulina var. grayi

* Rose Meadowsweet: Spiraea splendens var. splendens (formerly S. densiflora)

* Subalpine Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus - Fading out of bloom.

* Low Mt. Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii (formerly Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii)

* Silky Lupine: Lupinus sericeus ssp. sericeus var. flexuosus - Fading out of bloom except high in Bird Creek Meadows.

* Common Willow-herb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. glandulosum

* Alpine Willowherb: Epilobium hornemannii

* White Willowherb: Epilobium lactiflorum

* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum - Fading out of bloom.

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii

* Martindale's Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei - Fading out of bloom.

Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis - Fruits ripening.

* Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthillia secunda

* Pink Mountain-heather: Phyllodoce empetriformis - Mostly out of bloom.

* Yellow Mountain-heather: Phyllodoce glandulifera - Still in bloom on shaded, north-facing cliffs high in Bird Creek Meadows.

Dwarf Huckleberry: Vaccinium caespitosum - Fruits ripening.

Thinleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum

Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium - In fruit.

Alpine Shooting Star: Dodecatheon alpinum

* Mt. Bog Gentian: Gentiana calycosa var. calycosa - Beginning to bloom.

* Alpine Collomia: Collomia larsenii

* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa var. longistylis - Only blooming high in Bird Creek Meadows.

California Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium californicum

* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. compacta

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata ssp. miniata

* Magenta Paintbrush: Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola

* Suksdorf's Paintbrush: Castilleja suksdorfii

* Thompson's Paintbrush: Castilleja thompsonii - Only blooming around the moraines at the south and east side of the Mazama Glacier.

* Lewis' Monkeyflower: Erythranthe lewisii - Bloom is peaking.

* Turtle Heads: Nothochelone nemorosa

* Bracted Lousewort: Pedicularis bracteosa - Fading out of bloom.

* Elephanthead Lousewort: Pedicularis groenlandica - Fading out of bloom.

* Leafy (Sickle-top) Pedicularis: Pedicularis racemosa

* Glaucous Penstemon: Penstemon euglaucus - Fading out of bloom.

* Cliff Penstemon: Penstemon rupicola - Fading out of bloom.

* Tolmie's Penstemon: Penstemon procerus var. tolmiei - Fading out of bloom.

* American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii

* Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Orange agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca - Fading out of bloom.

* Alpine Pussytoes: Antennaria media

Woolly Pussytoes: Antennaria lanata

* Broad-leaved Arnica: Arnica latifolia var. gracilis

* Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis

Big Mt. Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana - Seen on south-facing slopes of the Ridge of Wonders to the north of the Hellroaring Viewpoint.

* Cutleaf Daisy: Erigeron compositus

* Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron glacialis ssp. glacialis

* Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus var. ledophyllus (formerly Aster ledophyllus)

* Alpine Hawkweed, Slender Hawkweed: Hieracium gracile var. gracile

* Scouler's Woolly-weed: Hieracium scouleri var. scouleri

* Smooth Mountain Dandelion: Nothocalais alpestris (formerly Microseris alpestris)

* Alpine Aster: Oreostemma alpigenum var. alpigenum (formerly Aster alpigenus)

* Arrow-leaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis

* Canada Goldenrod: Solidago canadensis var. salebrosa -

* Dwarf Goldenrod: Solidago simplex ssp. simplex var. nana


Animals Seen

Mountain Goats

Clark's Nutcrackers

Stellers Jays

Northern Flicker

Dark-eyed Juncos

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Pine Siskins

Rufous Hummingbirds

Cascades Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel: Spermophilus saturatus

Pale Tiger Swallowtails

Lorquin's Admirals

Hoary Commas ?

Hoffman's Checkerspots

Numerous unidentified Fritillarys

Clodius Parnassians ? - numerous

Orange Sulphur ?


Paul Slichter