Bloom Reports for the Washington Cascades: 2016


High Camp Trail #10 and Alpine Slopes Below the North Cleaver

Wildflowers in Bloom Above the Pacific Crest Trail (From the Pacific Crest Trail to about 8000'.)

Mount Adams Wilderness

August 12, 2016

A view of the north side of Mt. Adams from High Camp, Mt. Adams Wilderness........August 12, 2016.

The photo above shows the northern side of Mt. Adams with the prominent Adams Glacier descending to the right at center........August 12, 2016. The north climb route is visible along the cleaver which descends below the skyline at left.

(* Denotes the plant was in bloom.)

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa

Common Juniper: Juniperus communis var. montana

Whitebark Pine: Pinus albicaulis

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta (var. murrayana ?)

Mt. Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

* Black Alpine Sedge: Carex nigricans

Dunhead Sedge: Carex phaeocephala

* Showy Sedge: Carex spectabilis

* Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus

* Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi

* Hitchcock's Wood-rush: Luzula hitchcockii

* Piper's Wood-rush: Luzula piperi

* Alpine Bentgrass: Podagrostis humilis ?

* Squirrel-tail Grass: Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides

* Alpine Timothy: Phleum alpinum ssp. alpinum

* Spike Trisetum: Trisetum spicatum

* Alpine Mountain-sorrel: Oxyria digyna

* Pussypaws: Cistanthe umbellata var. caudicifera

* Dirty Socks: Eriogonum pyroliifolium var. coryphaeum

* Mountain Sorrel: Oxyria digyna

* Slender Mountain Sandwort: Eremogone capillaris ssp. americana

* Alpine Sandwort: Minuartia obtusiloba

* Cascade Rockcress: Arabis furcata

* Lyall's Rockcress: Boechera lyallii

* Alpine False Candytuft: Smelowskia ovalis

* Tolmie's Saxifrage: Micranthes tolmiei

* Gordon's Ivesia: Ivesia gordonii

* Partridgefoot: Luetkea pectinata

* Fanleaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia

Sibbaldia: Sibbaldia procumbens

* Arctic Lupine, Subalpine Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus

* Low Mt. Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

* Club-fruited Willowherb: Epilobium clavatum

* Hornemann's Willowherb: Epilobium hornemannii ssp. hornemannii

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi

Kinnickinick: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

* White Mountain Heather: Cassiope mertensiana var. mertensiana - Fading out of bloom.

* Mountain Laurel: Kalmia microphylla

* Red Mountain Heather: Phyllodoce empetriformis - Fading out of bloom.

* Yellow Mountain Heather: Phyllodoce glanduliflora - Fading out of bloom.

Dwarf Huckleberry: Vaccinium caespitosum

Blueleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium deliciosum

Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium

* Explorer's Gentian: Gentiana calycosa - Beginning to bloom.

* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa var. longistylis

* Sky-pilot: Polemonium elegans

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata var. miniata

* Magenta Paintbrush: Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola

* Thompson's Paintbrush: Castilleja thompsonii

* Davidson's Penstemon: Penstemon davidsonii - Fading out of bloom.

* Tolmie's Penstemon: Penstemon procerus var. tolmiei

* American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii

* Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Woolly Pussytoes: Antennaria lanata

* Alpine Pussytoes: Antennaria media

* Dark Pussytoes: Antennaria umbrinella

* Slender Arnica: Arnica gracilis

* Broad-leaved Arnica: Arnica latifolia

* Dwarf Mountain Fleabane: Erigeron compositus

* Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron glacialis var. glacialis

* Slender Hawkweed: Hieracium triste

* Dwarf Alpinegold: Hulsea nana

* Smooth Mountain Dandelion: Nothocalais alpestris

*Alpine aster: Oreostemma alpigenum var. alpigenum

* Dwarf Goldenrod: Solidago simplex var. nana


Animals Seen

Red-tailed Hawks

Kestrel

Ravens

Clarks Nutcrackers

Northern Flickers

Mountain Chickadees

Dark-eyed Juncos

Hoary Marmots

Pikas

Cascade Frogs


Paul Slichter