[Wildflower bloom in the Southern Washington Cascades: 2018]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Washington

Bypass Trail #97 and the Pacific Crest Trail #2000

From the Snowgrass Trail #96 to Cispus Pass

August 19 & 20, 2020

Masses of western anemones (Anemone occidentalis) with their plumed seed heads are found on the slopes along the Pacific Crest Trail below Big Horn, Goat Rocks Wilderness........August 19, 2020.

Masses of western anemones (Anemone occidentalis) with their plumed seed heads are found on the slopes along the Pacific Crest Trail below Big Horn, Goat Rocks Wilderness........August 19, 2020.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Silver Fir: Abies amabilis

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa

Nootka Cedar: Callitropsis nookatensis

Oregon Boxwood: Paxistima myrsinites

Whitebark Pine: Pinus albicaulis - Only seen along the crest of Curtis Gilbert Peak and a few down it's west face into the upper Klickitat River basin.

Mountain Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

Cascade Rockbrake: Cryptogramma cascadensis

Imbricate Sword Fern: Polysticum imbricans var. imbricans

* Drummond's Rush: Juncus drummondii

* Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus

* Hitchcock's Woodrush: Luzula hitchcockii

* Piper's Woodrush: Luzula piperi

* Hood's Sedge: Carex hoodii

* Merten's Sedge: Carex mertensii

* Black Alpine Sedge: Carex nigricans

* Showy Sedge: Carex spectabilis

* Many-spiked Cottongrass: Eriophorum angustifolium var. angustifolium ?

* Large Mountain Brome: Bromus sitchensis var. marginatus

* Slender Wood-reed: Cinna latifolia

* Blue Wild Rye: Elymus glaucus (var. ?)

* Green Fescue: Festuca viridula

* Alpine Timothy: Phleum alpinum - Cispus Basin.

* Subalpine Mariposa Lily: Calochortus subalpinus

Avalanche Lily: Erythronium montanum - Past bloom.

Sticky Asphodel: Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla

* Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride var. eschscholzianum ?

* Beargrass: Xerophyllum tenax - Fading out of bloom.

* Slender Bog Orchid: Platanthera stricta

* American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides

* Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

* Dirty Socks: Eriogonum pyrolifolium

* Heart-leaved Springbeauty: Claytonia cordifolia

Fescue Sandwort: Eremogone capillaris ssp. americana

* Parry's Campion: Silene parryi - Sticky.

* Northern Starwort: Stellaria calycantha

Western Pasqueflower: Anemone occidentalis

* Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

White Marsh Marigold: Caltha leptosepala

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Cispus Basin

* Cascade Rockcress: Arabis furcata - Fading fast.....

Lyall's Rockcress: Boechera lyallii - Erect fruits forming.

* Spreading Stonecrop: Sedum divergens

Leatherleaf Saxifrage: Leptarrhena pyrolifolia

* Rusty Saxifrage: Micranthes ferruginea

* Nelson's Brook Saxifrage: Micranthes nelsoniana var. cascadensis - Streamsides in Cispus Basin.

Mountain Saxifrage: Micranthes occidentalis

* Brook Saxifrage: Micranthes odontoloma

* Tolmie's Saxifrage: Micranthes tolmiei

Brewer's Mitrewort: Mitella breweri

* Fringed Grass-of-Parnassus: Parnassia fimbriata

* Partridgefoot: Luetkea pectinata

* Drummond's Cinquefoil: Potentilla drummondii ssp. drummondii

* Varied-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla glaucophylla var. glaucophylla ?

* Fanleaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia

* Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

Sitka Mountain Ash: Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi

* Subalpine Spiraea: Spiraea densiflora (var. splendens ?)

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

* Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium

* Alpine Willowherb: Epilobium anagallidum ?

* Club-fruited Willowherb: Epilobium clavatum

* Smooth Willowherb: Epilobium glaberrimum (former var. glaberrimum) - Fading out of bloom in Cispus Basin.

* Milk-flower Willowherb: Epilobium lactiflorum ?

* Yellow Willowherb: Epilobium luteum - Cispus Basin.

* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum

* Sharptooth Angelica: Angelica arguta

* Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maximum

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii

* Cascade Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei var. angustatum - In bloom at Cispus Pass

Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

* White Mountain Heather: Cassiope mertensiana ssp. mertensiana - Cispus Basin to Cispus Pass

* Pink Mountain Heather: Phyllodoce empetriformis - Cispus Basin to Cispus Pass.

* Cascade Azalea: Rhododendron albiflorum - One plant found in bloom.

Dwarf Bilberry: Vaccinium caespitosum

Cascade Blueberry: Vaccinium deliciosum

Thinleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum - Blooming where the snow had recently melted.

Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium

Tall Mountain Shooting Star: Dodecatheon jeffreyi

* Explorer's Gentian: Gentiana calycosa

* Alpine Collomia: Collomia debilis var. debilis - Cispus Basin to Cispus Pass.

* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa - Blooming at Cispus Pass

California Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium californicum

* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. compacta

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata var. miniata

* Magenta Paintbrush: Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola

* Suksdorf's Paintbrush: Castilleja suksdorfii

* Large Mountain Monkey-flower: Erythranthe caespitosa - Cispus Basin.

* Lewis' Monkeyflower: Erythranthe lewisii - Cispus Basin.

* Turtleheads: Nothochelone nemorosa

* Bracted Lousewort: Pedicularis bracteosa (var. ?) - Mostly past bloom.

* Coiled Lousewort: Pedicularis contorta var. contorta

* Elephantheads: Pedicularis groenlandica - Only a few flowers still in bloom.

* Sickletop Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa

Rock Penstemon: Penstemon rupicola - Cispus Basin.

* Cascade Penstemon: Penstemon serrulatus - Fading out of bloom.

* Cusick's Speedwell: Veronica cusickii - Fading out of bloom except at Cispus Pass.

* Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii - Cispus Basin

* Mountain Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis

* Harebells of Scotland: Campanula rotundifolia

* Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca var. aurantiaca

* Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

* Woolly Pussytoes: Antennaria lanata

* Mountain Arnica: Arnica latifolia

* Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis

* Nodding Arnica: Arnica parryi

* Rydberg's Arnica: Arnica rydbergii - Cispus Basin to Cispus Pass

* Alpine Wormwood: Artemisia norvegica ssp. saxatilis ? - Cispus Basin

* Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron glacialis ssp. glacialis

* Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - Cispus Basin. Uncommon.

* Alpine Hawkweed: Hieracium triste

* Mountain Dandylion: Nothocalais alpestris

* Tundra Aster: Oreostemma alpigenum var. alpigenum

* Alpine Meadow Butterweed: Packera subnuda var. subnuda

* American Sawwort: Saussurea americana

* Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis


Animals Seenalong the Goat Ridge Trail #95:

Mountain Goats - At least 47 in a group to the southeast of Ive's Peak.

Chipmunks

Douglas' Squirrels

Hoary Marmots - Heard

Pikas - Heard.

Kestrel

Prairie Falcon

Red-tailed Hawks

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Northern Flickers

Clark's Nutcrackers

Gray Jays

Raven

Steller's Jays

Varied Thrushes

Cassin's Finches

Pine Siskins

Yellow-rumped Warblers

Dark-eyed Juncos

Red-breasted Nuthatches

House Wren

Pacific Wrens

Vaux's Swifts

Rufous Hummingbirds

Cascade Frog


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