[Wildflower bloom in the Southern Washington Cascades: 2020]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Washington

Mt. Adams: Willard Springs Foot Trail (Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge)

May 15, 2020

Massed bloom of plantain-leaved buttercups (Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius) along the east side of Laurel Road, Conboy Lake NWR......May 15, 2020.

Massed bloom of plantain-leaved buttercups (Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius) along the east side of Laurel Road, Conboy Lake NWR......May 15, 2020.

*indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Smooth Horsetail: Equisetum laevigatum

Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum ssp. pubescens - Fiddleheads visible.

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas' Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Mountain Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia - Beginning to leaf out.

Pacific Dogwood: Cornus nuttallii

California Filbert: Corylus cornuta var. californica

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana

* Cusick's Sedge: Carex cusickii

Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri - Past bloom.

* Beaked Sedge: Carex utriculata

* Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. brevistyla - Beginning to bloom.

* Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis var. affinis

Columbia Lily: Lilium columbianum - Leaves.

* Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum - Beginning to bloom.

* Spotted Coralroot: Corallorhiza maculata

Rein Orchid: Piperia species - Basal leaves only.

* Common Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata ssp. californica

* Pussypaws: Calyptridium umbellatum

* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra

* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis

* Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophyllum

* Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa var. formosa - Beginning to bloom.

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius

* Creeping Spearwort: Ranunculus flammula var. ovalis

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

* Swamp Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. orthorhynchus

* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus

* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium - Fading out of bloom.

* Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens - Fading out of bloom.

* Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Fading out of bloom in shady areas.

* Field Pepperweed: Lepidium heterophyllum - In bloom at refuge headquarters parking area.

Meadow Alumroot: Heuchera chlorantha - Basal leaves only.

Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (formerly Lithophragma bulbifera)

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Straggly Currant: Ribes divaricatum

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. )

Purple Marshlocks: Comarum palustre

* Suksdorf's Hawthorn: Crataegus gaylussacia

* Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa ssp. glabrata

* Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. californica

* Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

Oregon Crabapple: Malus fusca

Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. gracilis - Leaves.

Sulphur Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta - Leaves.

* Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana - Beginning to bloom.

* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

* Nevada Peavine: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. lanszwertii - Beginning to bloom.

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus var. silvicola - Beginning to bloom.

* Pacific Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lepidus

* Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus

* Large-leaf Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus ssp. polyphyllus - Beginning to bloom.

* Baker's Violet: Viola nuttallii var. bakeri

* Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea var. venosa

Common Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea - Leaves.

* Bur-chervil: Anthriscus caucalis

Western Water-hemlock: Cicuta douglasii

* Indian Parsnip: Cymopterus terebinthinus - Beginning to bloom.

Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maxima - Basal leaves only.

* Fern-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium multifidum

* Nine Leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum - Beginning to bloom.

* Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi - Beginning to bloom.

Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens

Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis ssp. nevadensis

Kinnikinnick: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana - In bud.

Western Starflower: Trientalis latifolia - In bud.

* Buckbean: Menyanthes trifoliata

Night-blooming Morning Glory: Calystegia atriplicifolia ssp. atriplicifolia - Leafy vines forming.

* Midget Phlox: Phlox gracilis (formerly Microsteris gracilis var. humilior) -

Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

Wood's Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. austiniae

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia

* Slender Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora -

* Common Bedstraw: Galium aparine

Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale

Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

Twinflower: Linnaea borealis

* Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa - Beginning to bloom.

* Black Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis var. hesperius

* Rosy Plectritis: Plectritis congesta

Round-leaf Harebell: Campanula rotundifolia

Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor - Basal leaves only.

Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa - Basal leaves only.

Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides - In bud.

* Field Pussytoes: Antennaria howellii ssp. howellii

Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Leaves.

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

* Western Butterweed: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus - Beginning to bloom.

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale


Animals Seen Along This Route:

Northern Harrier

Greater Sandhill Cranes

Black-backed Woodpecker - female

Hairy Woodpeckers

Northern Flicker

White-headed Woodpeckers

Gadwalls

Green-winged Teal

Mallards

Shovelers

Red-winged Blackbirds

Yellow-headed Blackbirds

European Starlings

American Robins

Chipping Sparrows

Dark-eyed Juncos

Yellow-rumped Warblers

Yellowthroats

Tree Swallows

House Wrens

Lilac-bordered Coppers

Sulphurs

Western Pine Elfins


Paul Slichter