Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Panakanic: Private lands south of Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge

June 8, 2014

This area is a large vernally moist meadow surrounded by coniferous forest in the mountains south of Conboy Lake Wildlife Refuge. This particular area is privately owned, and we were fortunate to obtain permission to visit. The area is full of small roads which can be tough to navigate (become lost on) and are rough for low-slung vehicles. Most smaller roads should not be driven with regular vehicles during or after rainstorms.

Pacific Silver Fir: Abies amabilis

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Vine Maple: Acer circinatum

Red Alder: Alnus rubra

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

California Filbert: Corylus cornuta var. californica

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana

Pacific Willow: Salix lasiandra (var. lasiandra ?)

Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri

Wolf Lichen: Letharia vulpina

Ragged Lichen: Platismatia glauca

Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis

Water Moss: Fontinalis sp. ?

Floating Pondweed: Potamogeton natans

Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Nuttall's Quillwort: Isoetes nuttallii

Western Sword Fern: Polystichum munitum

* Water Sedge: Carex aquatilis var. aquatilis

* Slender-beak Sedge: Carex athrostachya

Golden Sedge: Carex aurea - Fruits maturing.

* Fragile Sheath Sedge: Carex fracta ?

* Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis

* Bladder Sedge: Carex utricularia

* Blister Sedge: Carex vesicaria ?

* Fox Sedge: Carex vulpinoidea ? or Awl-fruit Sedge: Carex stipata ?

* Needle Spikerush: Eleocharis acicularis

* Common Spikerush: Eleocharis palustris

* Small-fruited Bulrush: Scirpus microcarpus

* Baltic Rush: Juncus balticus ssp. ater

* Toad Rush: Juncus bufonius

* Sierra Rush: Juncus nevadensis var. nevadensis

Common Woodrush: Luzula comosa

* Shortawn Foxtail: Alopecurus aequalis

* Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus pratensis

* Tall Oat-grass: Arrhenatherum elatius

* Meadow Brome: Bromus commutatus ?

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* Bristly Dogtail: Cynosurus aristatus

* California Oatgrass: Danthonia californica

* Reed Canary Grass: Phalaris arundinacea

* North African Grass: Ventenata dubia

American Water Plantain: Alisma plantago-aquatica

Long-bearded Mariposa Lily: Calochortus longebarbatus var. longebarbatus - In bud.

* Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. quamash - Fading out of bloom.

* Large Camas: Camassia leichtlinii var. suksdorfii - Most plants past bloom with maturing fruits.

Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis var. affinis - Fruits maturing.

Columbia Lily, Tiger Lily: Lilium columbianum - In bud.

Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. howellii

* Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina - Beginning to bloom.

* Blue-eyed Grass: Sisyrinchium idahoense

* White Bog Orchid: Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata

* American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum - In bud.

Water Smartweed: Polygonum amphibia

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

Bitterdock: Rumex obtusifolius

* Willow Dock: Rumex salicifolius

Common Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata var. californica

* Water Montia: Montia chamissoi

* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis - Fading out of bloom.

* Nodding Chickweed: Cerastium nutans

Deptford Pink: Dianthus armeria

Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophyllum

* Red Sandspurry: Spergularia rubra

* Longstalk Starwort: Stellaria longipes

* Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa var. formosa

* Nuttall's Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallii

* Plantain-leaf Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius - Fading out of bloom.

* White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis var. aquatilus

* Creeping Spearwort: Ranunculus flammula (var. ?)

Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

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

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

Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla (Achlys californica may be present, too.)

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

* Curvepod Tansymustard: Rorippa curvisiliqua

* Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum - Fading out of bloom.

Suksdorf's Hawthorn: Crataegus gaylussacia

* Woods Strawberry, Mt. Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. californica

* Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

Largeleaf Avens: Geum macrophyllum (var. ?)

* Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum - Fading out of bloom.

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

* Pacific Ninebark: Physocarpus capitatus

Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis (var. ?)

* Sulfur Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa

* Nootka Rose: Rosa nutkana var. hispida

*Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus

Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum - Some with flower buds forming.

Hardhack, Douglas' Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii var. douglasii - Beginning to bloom.

Spanish Clover: Acmispon americanus var. americanus

* Nevada Deer-vetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis - Beginning to bloom.

* Bog Deer-vetch: Hosackia pinnata

* Desert Pea: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. aridus

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus

* Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus - Fading out of bloom.

* Large-leaf Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus ssp. polyphyllus

Rabbitsfoot Clover: Trifolium arvense

* Least Hop Clover: Trifolium dubium

* Alsike Clover: Trifolium hybridum

* Red Clover: Trifolium pratense

American Vetch: Vicia americana - In bud.

* Hooked-spur Violet: Viola adunca

* Baker's Violet: Viola bakeri - Fading out of bloom.

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

* Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana - Beginning to bloom.

* Tinker's Penny: Hypericum anagalloides

Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum - In bud.

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

Night-blooming False Bindweed: Calystegia atriplicifolia ssp. atriplicifolia

Winecup Clarkia: Clarkia purpurea ssp. quadrivulnera - In bud.

* Ciliate Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum

* Burr Chervil: Anthriscus scandicina

* Douglas' Water-hemlock: Cicuta douglasii

* Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maximum

* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - Fading out of bloom.

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

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

Common Sweet-cicely: Osmohiza berteroi - Past bloom.

Kinnikinnick: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi or Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis ?

Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea - New stems emerging from the ground.

Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. nitida - In bud.

* Broadleaf Starflower: Lysimachia latifolia

* Babystars: Leptosiphon bicolor

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis var. gracilis - Fading out of bloom.

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis var. humilior - Fading out of bloom.

Needle-leaf Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta var. intertexta

Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - Past bloom.

* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa - Fading out of bloom.

* Hound's Tongue: Cynoglossum officinale

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

* Bay Fortet-me-not: Myosotis laxa

* Fragrant Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys figuratus

* Matted Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys scouleri var. penicillatus - Erect stems.

Corn Mint: Mentha arvensis

Mint: Mentha sp.

* Selfheal: Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata var. miniata

* Thin Paintbrush: Castilleja tenuis

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata

* Primrose Monkeyflower: Erythranthe primuloides

* Bractless Hedge-hyssop: Gratiola ebracteata

* Rosy Owlsclover: Orthocarpus bracteosus

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

Purslane Speedwell: Veronica peregrina var. xalapensis - Past bloom.

* Skullcap Speedwell: Veronica scutellata

* English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

Piedmont Bedstraw: Cruciata pedimontana

* Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

* Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale - Beginning to bloom.

* Small Bedstraw: Galium trifidum ssp. columbianum

Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

Twinflower: Linnaea borealis

* Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

* Roundleaf Bluebell: Campanula rotundifolia

Scouler's Harebell: Campanula scouleri

Western Pearlflower: Heterocodon rariflorum

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis

Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea

* Dog Fennel: Anthemis cotula

* Meadow Arnica: Arnica chamissonis ( var. incana form) - Beginning to bloom.

Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Past bloom.

Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense

Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare

Hall's Goldenweed: Columbiadoria hallii

Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis - In bud.

Showy Fleabane: Erigeron speciosus - In bud.

* Woolly Sunflower, Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum

Marsh Cudweed: Gnaphalium palustre

White Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* Meadow Hawkweed: Hieracium caespitosum - Bad weed.

* False Dandylion: Hypochaeris radicata

Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola

* Oxeye Daisy: Leucanthemum vulgare

Cutleaf Microseris: Microseris laciniata

Wall Lettuce: Mycelis muralis

* Falsegold Groundsel: Packera pseudaurea

* Woolly Heads: Psilocarphus sp.

* Sweet -marsh Butterweed: Senecio hydrophiloides

* Western Mountain Aster: Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. spathulatum ? - Beginning to bloom.

Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale - Past bloom.

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius - Past bloom.

* Northern Wyethia: Wyethia amplexicaulis - Fading out of bloom.

Elk - tracks

Mule Deer - tracks

Red-tailed Hawk

Turkey Vulture

Turkey hen with about a dozen young.

Common Snipe

Steller"s Jay

Hermit Thrushes - calling

Brown-headed Grosbeaks

Brown-headed Cowbirds

Brewers Blackbirds

Red-winged Blackbirds

Western Meadowlarks

Western Wood Peewees

Chipping Sparrows

Song Sparrows

White-crowned Sparrows

Warbling Vireos

Yellow Warblers

Yellowthroats

Vireo ?

Violet-green Swallows

Tree Swallows

Vaux's Swifts

Garter Snakes

Tadpoles

Skimmers (Dragonflies with thick abdomens with bright, light blue coloration.)

Damselflies

Pale Swallowtails

Western Swallowtails

Mourning Cloak

Lorquin's Admiral

Orange Sulfurs ?

Pale Ochre

Silvery Blues - resting on spikerush stems and camas flowers.

Great Arctics

Fritillary - Small size, bright orange.

Mylitta crescent ?

Brown Elfin ?

Anglewings

Duskywings

Skipper

Purplish Coppers ?

Tent Caterpillars

Hoover Flies

Domestic Honeybees

Native Bees

Bumble Bees

Lady Bugs

Water Striders

Mosquitoes