Bloom Reports for the Washington Cascades: 2016


Upper Killen Creek Basin and Slopes Above Foggy Flats

Wildflowers in Bloom Above the Pacific Crest Trail (From the Pacific Crest Trail to about 7200'.)

Mount Adams Wilderness

August 12, 2016

A view of the north side of Mt. Adams in the southern Washington Cascades......August 11, 2016.

A view of the north side of Mount Adams less than a mile away with the icefall of Adams Glacier on the right, the North Cleave (north climb route) to its immediate left, Lava Glacier just right of center and the north lobe of Lyman Glacier descending below the clouds at the upper left edge of the peak.......August 11, 2016.

(* Denotes the plant was in bloom.)

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa

Common Juniper: Juniperus communis var. montana

Whitebark Pine: Pinus albicaulis

Mt. Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

* Black Alpine Sedge: Carex nigricans

* 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

* Mountain Bentgrass: Agrostis variabilis or 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 Catchfly: Silene suksdorfii

* 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

* Hornemann's Willowherb: Epilobium hornemannii ssp. hornemannii

Kinnickinick: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

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

* Pinesap: Hypopitys monotropa

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

* Yellow Mountain Heather: Phyllodoce glanduliflora

Blueleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium deliciosum

Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium

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

* Tall Mountain Shooting Star: Dodecatheon jeffreyi

* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa var. longistylis

* Henderson's Sedge: Pholox hendersonii - Mostly past bloom.

* Sky-pilot: Polemonium elegans

* Magenta Paintbrush: Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola

* Thompson's Paintbrush: Castilleja thompsonii

* Sickletop Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa

* 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

* Woolly Pussytoes: Antennaria lanata

* Alpine Pussytoes: Antennaria media

* Dark Pussytoes: Antennaria umbrinella

* Slender Arnica: Arnica gracilis

* Broad-leaved Arnica: Arnica latifolia

* Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis

* 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

* Arrowleaf Butterweed: Senecio triangularis

* Dwarf Goldenrod: Solidago simplex var. nana

* Lyall's Goldenweed: Tonestus lyallii


Animals Seen

Red-tailed Hawks - Light phase.

Kestrel - Pair

Northern Harrier

Prairie Falcon - Hazing northern harrier.

Ravens

Clarks Nutcrackers

Gray Jays

Northern Flickers

Bluebirds - Heard but not seen.

Mountain Chickadees

Dark-eyed Juncos

Pine Siskins

Yellow-rumped Warblers

Golden-crowned Kinglets - Feeding young.

Hoary Marmots - One with persistent alarm calls because of prairie falcon and northern harrier.

Least Chipmunks ?

Cascade Golden-mantled Ground Squirrels

Pikas

Cascade Frogs

Western Toads

Deer Flies

Horse Flies

Mosquitoes


Paul Slichter