[Wildflower bloom in the Southern Washington Cascades: 2019]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Bear Creek Mountain Trail #1130 from the Section 3 Lake Trailhead

July 31, 2019

Wildflowers blooming along the Bear Creek Mountain Trail #1130, Goat Rocks Wilderness.....July 31, 2019.

Wildflowers blooming along the Bear Creek Mountain Trail #1130, Goat Rocks Wilderness.....July 31, 2019. Here, one can see Suksdorf's paintbrush (Castilleja suksdorfii), mountain arnica (Arnica latifolia), arrowleaf groundsel (Senecio triangularis), subalpine daisy (Erigeron glacialis var. glacialis) and subalpine lupine (Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus).

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa

Nootka Cedar: Chamaecyparis nookatensis

Common Juniper: Juniperus communis var. jackii

Whitebark Pine: Pinus albicaulis

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Mountain Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

Common Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

* Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus

Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi

* Hitchcock's Woodrush: Luzula hitchcockii

* Piper's Woodrush: Luzula piperi

* Showy Sedge: Carex spectabilis

* Mountain Bentgrass: Agrostis variabilis ?

* Mountain Brome: Bromus sitchensis var. marginatus

* Tufted Hair Grass: Deschampsia cespitosa ?

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

* Alpine Timothy: Phleum alpinum

* Timothy: Phleum pratense

* Narrow False Oat: Trisetum spicatum

Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum ? - Fruits forming.

* White Bog Orchid: Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata

* Slender Bog Orchid: Platanthera stricta

* American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides

* Alpine Buckwheat: Eriogonum pyrolifolium

Mountain Sorrel: Oxyria digynia

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

* Pussypaws: Calyptridium umbellatum

* Heart-leaf Springbeauty: Claytonia cordifolia

* Alpine Sandwort: Cherleria obtusiloba

* Fescue Sandwort: Eremogone capillaris ssp. americana

* Northern Starwort: Stellaria calycantha ? - Sprawling across the ground in moist places.

Drummond's Anemone: Anemone drummondii - Past bloom.

* White Marsh Marigold: Caltha leptosepala (formerly C. leptosepala ssp. leptosepala)

* Dwarf Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismellus

* Cascade Rockcress: Arabis furcata

* Rusty Saxifrage: Micranthes ferruginea

* Brook Saxifrage: Micranthes odontoloma - Beginning to bloom.

* Bog Saxifrage: Micranthes oregana

* Tolmie's Saxifrage: Micranthes tolmiei

* Brewer's Mitrewort: Pectiantia breweri

* Fivestamen Mitrewort: Pectiantia pentandra

* Spotted Saxifrage: Saxifraga austromontana

* Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

* Partridgefoot: Luetkea pectinata

* Drummond's Cinquefoil: Potentilla drummondii

* Fanleaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia

* Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

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

* Low Mountain Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

* Silky Lupine: Lupinus sericeus

* Longstalk Clover: Trifolium longipes (var. longipes ?)

* Hooked Spur Violet: Viola adunca

* Ciliate Willowherb: Epilobium glandulosum

* Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum

* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum

* Cow Parsnip: Heracleum lanatum

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii

* Cascade Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei var. angustatum

* Mountain Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens

* White Mountain Heather: Cassiope mertensianus

Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthillia secunda - In bud.

* Pink Mountain Heather: Phyllodoce empetriformis

* Yellow Mountain Heather: Phyllodoce glandulifera

Dwarf Bilberry: Vaccinium caespitosum

Thinleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum

Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium

Explorer's Gentian: Gentiana calycosa - In bud.

* Alpine Mountain Trumpets: Collomia debilis var. debilis - Beginning to bloom.

* Harkness' Flaxflower: Leptosiphon harknessii

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa var. longistylis - Fading out of bloom.

Henderson's Phlox: Phlox hendersonii - Past bloom at the summit.

* California Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium californicum

* Western Polemonium: Polemonium occidentale

* Fendler's Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum fendleri var. albifrons

* Magenta Paintbrush: Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola

* Suksdorf's Paintbrush: Castilleja suksdorfii

* Thompson's Paintbrush: Castilleja thompsonii

* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata

* Lewis' Monkeyflower: Erythranthe lewisii - Beginning to bloom.

* Bracted Lousewort: Pedicularis bracteosa (var. latifolia ?) - Beginning to bloom.

* Elephantheads: Pedicularis groenlandica - Fading out of bloom except in the wettest meadows.

* Davidson's Penstemon: Penstemon davidsonii var. davidsonii

* Tolmie's Penstemon: Penstemon procerus var. tolmiei

* Rock Penstemon: Penstemon rupicola

* Cusick's Speedwell: Veronica cusickii

* Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii

Twinleaf Bedstraw: Galium bifolium

Black Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa (var. melanocarpa ?) - At summit. Only leaves.

* Mountain Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

* Rough Bellflower: Campanula scabrella

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - Only in bloom at summit.

* Pale Goat-chicory: Agoseris glauca var. dasycephala

* Woolly Pussytoes: Antennaria lanata

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea

* Mountain Arnica: Arnica latifolia

* Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis - Beginning to bloom.

* Nodding Arnica: Arnica parryi

* Rydberg's Arnica: Arnica rydbergii - Beginning to bloom.

* Cutleaf Daisy: Erigeron compositus

* Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron glacialis ssp. glacialis

* Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus - Beginning to bloom.

* Slender Hawkweed: Hieracium gracile

Scouer's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - In bud.

* Mountain Dandylion: Nothocalais alpestris

* Tundra Aster: Oreostemma alpigenum var. alpigenum

Tongue-leaf Luina: Rainiera stricta - In bud.

American Sawwort: Saussurea americana - In bud.

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus - Fading out of bloom.

* Arrow-leaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis - Beginning to bloom.

* Northern Goldenrod: Solidago multiradiata - Beginning to bloom at summit.

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

* Lyall's Goldenweed: Tonestus lyallii


Animals Seen in Swampy Meadows:

Cascade Golden-mantled Ground Squirrels

Douglas' Squirrel

Hoary Marmots

Pikas

Red-tailed Hawk

Turkey Vulture

Northern Flickers

Clark's Nutcrackers

Common Ravens

Gray Jays

Steller's Jays

American Robins

Dark-eyed Juncos

Mountain Chickadees

Ruby-crowned Kinglets

Anise Swallowtails

Pale Swallowtails

California Tortoiseshells

Checkerspots

Fritillaries

Blues


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