Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington
Strawberry Mountain: Boundary Trail #1 from Bear Meadows Interpretive Site to to Trail #220
Gifford Pinchot National Forest and Mt. Saint Helens National Monument
June 21, 2015
* Indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.
Coral Fungi: Ramaria sp. - Dried remains.
Shaggy Manes ?
Ragged Lichen: Platismatia glauca
Western Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina ssp. cyclosorum
Deer Fern: Blechnum spicant
Irregular Polypody: Polypodium amorphum ?
Imbricate Sword Fern: Polystichum imbricans ? - Rock outcrops atop Strawberry Ridge.
Sword Fern: Polystichum munitum ?
Northern Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens
Pacific Silver Fir: Abies amabilis
Noble Fir: Abies procera
Common Juniper: Juniperus communis var. montana
Western White Pine: Pinus monticola
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Alaska Red Cedar: Thuja plicata
Mountain Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana
Vine Maple: Acer circinatum
Sitka Alder: Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata
Oregon Boxwood: Paxistima myrsinites
Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi
* Hitchcock's Smooth Woodrush: Luzula glabrata var. hitchcockii
* Small-flowered Woodrush: Luzula parviflora
* Merten's Sedge: Carex mertensii
* Orchard Grass: Dactylis glomerata - Trailhead.
* Blue Wild Rye: Elymus glauca ?
* Cat's Ear: Calochortus subalpinus - Blooming along upper Strawberry Ridge.
* Queen's Cup: Clintonia uniflora
* Avalanche Lily: Erythronium montanum - Fading out of bloom along the ridgeline south of Strawberry Mt.
* Columbia Lily: Lilium columbianum
* False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule - Fading out of bloom.
Wood Lily: Trillium ovatum - Just past bloom.
Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride ?
* Beargrass: Xerophyllum tenax
* Merten's Coralroot: Corallorhiza mertensiana
* Cascade Fleeceflower: Aconogonon davisiae - Beginning to bloom.
American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides
* Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compostium var. compostium
Broadleaf Knotweed: Polygonum minimum - In bud.
* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella - Trailhead
* Little-leaf Montia: Montia parvifolia - Beginning to bloom.
* Fescue Sandwort: Eremogone capillaris var. americana
* Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla - Fading out of bloom.
* Parry's Campion: Silene parryi
* Crimson Columbine: Aquilegia formosa
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
Creeping Buttercup: Ranunculus repens
* False Bugbane: Trautvetteria caroliniensis
* Western Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum
* Spreading Stonecrop: Sedum divergens
* Rusty Saxifrage: Micranthes ferruginea
* Brewer's Mitrewort: Mitella breweri
* Yellowdot Saxifrage: Saxifraga bronchialis ssp. austromontana
* Foamflower: Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata
Maple-leaf Currant: Ribes acerifolium
Stink Currant: Ribes bracteosum
Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia
* Sylvan Goatsbeard: Aruncus dioicus var. acuminatus
* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala
Partridgefoot: Luetkea pectinata
Fanleaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia
* Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus
* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus var. parviflorus
* Five-leaf Bramble: Rubus pedatus - Fading out of bloom.
Salmonberry: Rubus specatabilis
Cascade Mt. Ash: Sorbus scopulina var. cascadensis ?
Cascade Mountain Ash: Sorbus scopulina var. scopulina
Sitka Mountain-ash: Sorbus sitchensis (var. grayi ?)
* Rose Meadowsweet: Spiraea splendens
American Bird's-foot Trefoil: Acmispon americanus var. americanus
* Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius
Stream Violet: Viola glabella
Roundleaf Violet: Viola orbiculata
Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum
* Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum ?
* Spreading Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum ?
Sharptooth Angelica: Angelica arguta - In bud.
* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi
* Cascade Desert Parsley, Martindale's Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei
* Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi
Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis
Little Pipsissewa: Chimaphila menziesii - In bud.
Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata - In bud.
Slender Wintergreen: Gaultheria ovatifolia
* False Huckleberry: Menziesia ferruginea
Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthillia secunda - In bud.
Pink-flowered Wintergreen: Pyrola asarifolia
White-vein Shinleaf: Pyrola picta - In bud.
Cascade Azalea: Rhododendron albiflorum
Oval-leaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium ovalifolium
Thinleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum
* Nuttall's Linanthus: Leptosiphon nuttallii
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa
California Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium californicum
* Woodland Phacelia: Phacelia nemoralis ssp. oregonensis
* Tall Bluebells: Mertensia paniculata var. borealis ?
* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata ssp. miniata
* Butter and Eggs: Linaria vulgaris
* Woodland Beardtongue: Nothochelone nemorosa - Beginning to bloom.
* Bracted Lousewort: Pedicularis bracteosa
Sickle-top Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa
* Cardwells Penstemon: Penstemon cardwellii - Fading out of bloom.
* Rock Penstemon: Penstemon rupicola - Fading out of bloom.
* Cascade Penstemon: Penstemon serrulatus
* Red Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa
* Mountain Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis
Scot's Bluebells: Campanula rotundifolia
* Common Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca
* Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea - Beginning to bloom.
* Racemose Pussytoes: Antennaria racemosa
* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea - Beginning to bloom.
* Broadleaf Arnica: Arnica latifolia - Beginning to bloom.
* Subalpine Fleabane: Erigeron glacialis
Cascade Aster: Eucephallus ledophyllus var. ledophyllus - In bud.
* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - In bud.
* False Dandylion: Hypochaeris radicata
Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola - Trailhead.
* Oxeye Daisy: Leucanthemum vulgare - In bloom at the trailhead.
* Silverback Luina: Luina hypoleuca - Beginning to bloom.
* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus - Fading out of bloom.
* Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis
* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale - Trailhead.
* Salsify: Tragopogon dubius - Tailhead.
Elk: 2 does with calves and 1 yearling.
Bald Eagle
Turkey Vulture
Common Ravens
Northern Flicker
Gray Jays
Red Crossbills
Hermit Thrush - Heard
Townsend's Solitaires
Varied Thrush - Heard
Western Bluebirds
Dark-eyed Juncos
Pine Siskins
Rufous Hummingbirds
Pacific Tree Frog
Pale Swallowtails
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