[Wildflower bloom in the Washington Cascades: 2015]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Panakanic: Private lands south of Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge

May 6, 2015

Camas meadows just beginning to bloom at Panakanic..........May 6, 2015.

Camas meadows just beginning to bloom at Panakanic..........May 6, 2015.


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.


* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Pacific Silver Fir: Abies amabilis ?

Grand Fir: Abies grandis ?

* Vine Maple: Acer circinatum

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

* Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana

* Bebb's Willow: Salix bebbiana ?

* Pacific Willow: Salix lasiandra var. lasiandra ?

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana ?

Coral Fungus: Ramaria sp. ?

Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri

Tube Lichen: Hypogymnia sp.

Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis

Water Moss: Fontinalis sp. ?

Juniper Haircap Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum

Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens

* Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis

Common Spikerush: Eleocharis palustris

Soft Rush: Juncus effusus var. effusus

* Common Woodrush: Luzula multiflora ?

* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii ssp. lemmonii - Beginning to bloom.

* Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus pratensis

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

Reed Canary Grass: Phalaris arundinacea

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

Bur Reed: Sparganium sp. ?

Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii - In bud.

Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus

* Large Camas: Camassia leichtlinii var. suksdorfii - Beginning to bloom.

* Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. quamash - Beginning to bloom.

Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. grandiflorum - Past bloom.

* Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis var. affinis

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

* False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule

* Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum - Beginning to bloom.

Hooker's Fairy Bell: Prosartes (hookeri ?)

* Wood Lily: Trillium ovatum - Fading out of bloom.

Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflorum ssp. howellii - In bud.

Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride var. eschscholzianum

* Fairy Slipper: Calypso bulbosa

Rein-orchid: Plantanthera (elegans or unalascensis) ?

* American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

Bitter Dock: Rumex obtusifolius

Willow Dock: Rumex salicifolius

Common Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata var. californica - In bud.

* Streambank Springbeauty: Claytonia parviflora

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata

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

* Water Montia: Montia chamissoi

* Water Chickweed: Montia fontana - Fading out of bloom.

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

* Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophyllum

Sticky Chickweed: Cerastium glomeratum

* Nodding Chickweed: Cerastium nutans ?

* Annual Knawl: Scleranthus annuus

Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa var. formosa

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis var. diffusus

* Plantain-leaf Buttercup: Ranunculus alismaefolius var. alismaefolius

* Creeping Spearwort: Ranunculus flammula (var. ?)

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

* Birdsbeak Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. platyphyllus

Woodland Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus

* Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii

Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla (Achlys californica may be present?)

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

* Pennsylvania Bittercress: Cardamine pennsylvanica

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Fading out of bloom.

* Pepperwort: Lepidium heterophyllum

Bog Yellowcress: Rorippa palustris

Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum

Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (formerly Lithophragma bulbifera)

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Pacific Mitrewort: Ozomelis trifida

Straggly Currant, Straggly Gooseberry: Ribes divaricatum - Past bloom.

* Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. )

* Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier cusickii

* Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii

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

* Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala -

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

* Western Crabapple: Malus fusca

Pacific Ninebark: Physocarpus capitatus

Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. gracilis (old var. fastigiata)

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa

Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus

Annual Burnet: Poteridium occidentale

Hardhack, Douglas' Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii var. menziesii

* Dryland Nevada Pea: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. aridus

* Nevada Pea: Lathyrus nevadensis var. nevadensis ?

* Leafy Pea: Lathyrus polyphyllus

Nevada Deer-vetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis

Bog Deer-vetch: Hosackia pinnata

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus

* Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus

Large-leaf Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus ssp. polyphyllus

* Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolilus var. latifolius

Red Clover: Trifolium pratense

* American Vetch: Vicia americana

Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana

* Hooked-spur Violet: Viola adunca

* Canary Violet: Viola praemorsa ssp. praemorsa

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Night-blooming False Bindweed: Calystegia atriplicifolia ssp. atriplicifolia

Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea

Ciliate Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum

* Burr Chervil: Anthriscus scandicina

Douglas' Water-hemlock: Cicuta douglasii ?

Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maximum - Basal leaves only.

Salt and Pepper: Lomatium gormanii or L. piperi

* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule -

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

* Common Sweet-cicely: Osmohiza berteroi

Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia monana

* Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens

Kinnikinnick: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea

Whitevein Wintergreen: Pyrola picta

Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium (var. ?)

Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. nitida

Broadleaf Starflower: Lysimachia latifolia

* Babystars: Leptosiphon bicolor - Beginning to bloom.

Needle-leaf Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta ?

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis var. gracilis

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis var. humilis

* Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus

* Ballheaded Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

* Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. parviflora

Hound's Tongue: Cynoglossum officinale

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

Bay Fortet-me-not: Myosotis laxa

* Yellow and Blue Scorpionweed: Myosotis discolor

* Slender Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus

Selfheal: Prunella vulgaris var. vulgaris

Yerba Buena: Clinopodium douglasii

Cooley's Hedgenettle: Stachys cooleyae

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

* Corn Speedwell: Veronica arvense

* Thyme-leaved Speedwell: Veronica serpyllifolia (ssp. serpyllifolia ?)

Narrowleaf Owlclover: Castilleja attenuata

* Clustered Broomrape: Aphyllon franciscanum - Flowers a creamy yellow-white.

* Dwarf Owlclover: Triphysaria pusilla

English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

Common Plantain: Plantago major

Piedmont Bedstraw: Cruciata pedimontana

* Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale

Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

Twinflower: Linnaea borealis

Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis

* Rosy Plectritis: Plectritis congesta

* Corn Salad: Valerianella locusta

Scouler's Harebell: Campanula scouleri

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis

Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor

Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides - In bud.

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Beginning to bloom.

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana or Balsamorhiza careyana X deltoidea ?

Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense

Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare

Woolly Sunflower, Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum

Rough-leaved Aster: Eurybia radulina

* Opposite-leaved Tarweed: Hemizonella minima

White Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

False Dandylion: Hypochaeris radicata - In bud.

Oxeye Daisy: Leucanthemum vulgare

Sweet -marsh Butterweed: Senecio hydrophiloides - In bud.

* Western Butterweed: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus - Beginning to bloom.

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Animals Seen Along This Route:

Great-horned Owl

Red-tailed Hawk

Turkey Vultures

Mallards

Wilson's Snipe

Greater Sandhill Cranes

Common Raven

Stellers Jay

Northern Flicker

Red-naped Sapsucker ?

American Robins

Hermit Thrushes - Calling

Western Bluebirds

Red-winged Blackbirds

Chipping Sparrows

Dark-eyed Juncos

Song Sparrows

White-crowned Sparrows

MacGillivray's Warblers

Yellow Warbler ?

Yellow-rumped Warblers

House Wrens

Northern Rough-winged Swallows

Tree Swallows

Violet-green Swallows

Small and large frogs or toads

Tadpoles

Silvery Blues - resting on spikerush stems and camas flowers.

 


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