[Wildflower bloom in the Southern Washington Cascades: 2015]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Mt. Adams: Southwest Portion of Klickitat Canyon Natural Resource Conservation Area

May 1, 2015

The Klickitat River Gorge as seen from the western rim in the Klickitat Canyon NRCA.......May 1, 2015.

A view downstream into the Klickitat River Gorge from the west rim in the Klickitat Canyon Natural Resource Conservation Area.........May 1, 2015.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

* Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis var. affinis

Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora - In bud.

Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis - Basal leaves.

Rein Orchid: Piperia species - Basal leaves only.

Water Montia: Montia chamissoi - In bud.

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis var. aquatilis

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (L. bulbifera)

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora

* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. semiintegrifolia?) - A few plants beginning to bloom on the upper west rim of the Klickitat canyon.

* Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata

* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

* Old Man's Whiskers: Geum triflorum ssp. ciliatum

Pinewoods Horkelia: Horkelia fusca ssp. fusca

* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

* Bog Deervetch: Lotus pinnatus

* Wyeth Lupine: Lupinus wyethii

* Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus - Beginning to bloom.

* Baker's Violet: Viola bakeri

* Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea

* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

*Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

* Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

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

* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens

* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum

* Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilis - Common in places.

* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum - Plants seem to be very variable here, showing characteristics of both this and the following variety.

* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

* Forget-me-not: Myosotis sp.

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora

Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides - Basal leaves only.

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana

* Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri

* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides

Northern Mule's Ears: Wyethia amplexicaulis


Animals Observed Along This Route:

Western Wood Peewee

Western Tanager ? - Singing, not seen.

Dark-eyed Juncos

Boisduval Blues

Greenish Blues?

Spring Azures

Brown Elfins ?

Western Pine Elfins

Green Hairstreaks

Pale Swallowtails


Paul Slichter