[Wildflower bloom in the Southern Washington Cascades: 2018]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Tiffany Springs Campground and Parachute Meadows

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

July 29, 2018

Parachute Meadows, Okanogan-Wenatchee NF: July 29, 2018 - Parachute Meadows, Okanogan-Wenatchee NF: July 29, 2018

A view down Paracchute Meadows (left) and uphill through Parachute Meadows (right), Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.........July 29, 2018.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Subalpine Larch: Larix lyallii

Engelmann Spruce: Picea engelmannii

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta (var. ?)

* Tea-leaved Willow: Salix planifolia - Fading out of bloom, beginning to spread seed.

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

* Drummond's Rush: Juncus drummondii

Small-flowered Woodrush: Luzula parviflora

* Long-bract Sedge: Carex athrostachya

* Lesser Blackscale Sedge: Carex atrosquama

* Silvery Sedge: Carex canescens ssp. canescens

* Different-nerve Sedge: Carex heteroneura (former var. epapillosa)

* Hood's Sedge: Carex hoodii

* Raynold's Sedge: Carex raynoldsii

* Mountain Sedge: Carex scopulorum var. bracteosa

* Needlegrass: Achnatherum sp.

* Large Mountain Brome: Bromus carinatus var. marginatus

* Suksdorf's Brome: Bromus suksdorfii ?

* California Oatgrass: Danthonia californica

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

* Blue Wildrye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus

* Prairie Junegrass: Koehleria macrantha

* Alpine Timothy: Phleum alpinum

* White Bog Candle: Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata

* Alpine Bistort: Bistorta vivipara

* Subalpine Sulfur Flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. majus

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii var. douglasii

* Kellogg's Knotweed: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. kelloggii

* Fescue Sandwort: Eremogone capillaris ssp. americana

* Long-leaved Starwort: Stellaria longifolia

* Goldie's Starwort: Stellaria longipes ssp. longipes

* Columbia Monkshood: Aconitum columbianum ssp. columbianum

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus

* Western Meadowrue: Thalictrum occidentale

Western Globeflower: Trollius albiflorus - Past bloom.

Slender Draba: Draba albertina - Forming fruits.

* Brook Saxifrage: Micranthes odontoloma

* Shrubby Cinquefoil: Dasiphora floribunda

* Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

* Largeleaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum

* Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

* Drummond's Cinquefoil: Potentilla drummondii ssp. drummondii

* Varied-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla glaucophylla var. glaucophylla

* Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. gracilis

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

* Alpine Milkvetch: Astragalus alpinus var. alpinus

* Silky Lupine: Lupinus sericeus

White Clover: Trifolium repens - Around the campground.

* Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium

* Alpine Willowherb: Epilobium (hornemannii ssp. hornemannii ?)

Bog Laurel: Kalmia microphylla var. microphylla

* Smooth Labrador Tea: Rhododendron columbianum - Fading out of bloom

Dwarf Bilberry: Vaccinium caespitosum

Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium

* Northern Gentian: Gentianella amarella ssp. acuta

Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha

* Elmer's Paintbrush: Castilleja elmeri or Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. acuta ?

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata var. miniata

* Bracted Lousewort: Pedicularis bracteosa var. latifolia - Fading out of bloom.

* Tolmie's Penstemon: Penstemon (procerus var. tolmiei ?) or * Washington Penstemon: Penstemon washingtonensis

* Thyme-leaved Speedwell: Veronica serpyllifolia var. humifusa

* Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii

* Mountain Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca var. aurantiaca

* Pink Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca var. carnea

* Pale Agoseris: Agoseris glauca var. dasycephala

* Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

* Woolly Pussytoes: Antennaria lanata

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea

* Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis

* Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron glacialis ssp. glacialis

Meadow Hawkweed: Hieracium caespitosum - Reported from Parachute Meadows but not observed this trip.

* Alpine Hawkweed: Hieracium triste

* Rayless Alpine Butterweed: Packera pauciflora

* Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis

* Northern Goldenrod: Solidago multiradiata

* Leafybract Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale


Animals Seenalong the Goat Ridge Trail #95:

Mule Deer

Columbian Ground Squirrels ?

Least Chipmunks ?

Red-tailed Hawk

Clark's Nutcrackers

American Robins

Mountain Bluebirds

Cassin's Finches

Lincoln Sparrows

Pine Siskins

Dark-eyed Juncos

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Rufous Hummingbirds

Ochre Ringlets

Snowberry Checkerspots

Arctic Fritillaries - Small

Mountain Parnassians

Butler's Alpines ?


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