Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Mount Adams: Shorthorn Trail #16 Between Morrison Creek Camp and the Round the Mountain Trail #9

July 7, 2021

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta

Mountain Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

Slide Alder: Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

Barclay's Willow: Salix barclayi

Sitka Willow: Salix sitchensis

Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

* Hall's Sedge: Carex halliana

* Long-stolon Sedge: Carex inops

* Small-wing Sedge: Carex microptera

* Ross' Sedge: Carex rossii

* Showy Sedge: Carex spectabilis

* Drummond's Rush: Juncus drummondii

* Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius

* Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus

* Hitchcock's Wood-rush: Luzula hitchcockii

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides

* Blue Wild Rye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus

* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

* Cat's-ear Lily, Cascade Mariposa Lily: Calochortus subalpinus

Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride var. eschscholzianum - In bud.

Beargrass: Xerophyllum tenax - Fading out of bloom.

* Slender Bog Orchid: Platanthera stricta

* Fleeceflower, Newberry's Knotweed: Aconogonon davisiae var. davisiae

* Alpine Buckwheat, Dirty Socks: Eriogonum pyrolifolium

* Pussypaws: Calyptridium umbellatum

* Slender Mountain Sandwort: Arenaria capillaris ssp. americana

Elkslip Marsh-marigold: Caltha leptosepala - Long past bloom.

* Cascade Rockcress: Arabis furcata - Fading out of bloom.

* Five-stamen Mitrewort: Pectiantia pentandra

* Brook Saxifrage: Micranthes odontoloma

Swamp Currant: Ribes lacustre

Sticky Currant: Ribes viscosissimum

* Partridgefoot: Luetkea pectinata

* Fan-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia

* Cascade Mt.-ash: Sorbus scopulina var. cascadensis

* Rosy Spiraea, Subalpine Spiraea: Spiraea splendens

* Cascade Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus

* Low Mountain Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

* Mt. Adams Lupine: Lupinus sericeus

* Marsh Violet: Viola palustris

Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium -

* Willowherb: Epilobium sp. - Pinkish flowers, found where wet.

* White Willowherb: Epilobium lactiflorum

* Spreading Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum -

Sharp-tooth Angelica: Angelica arguta -

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii -

* Martindale's Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei

Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata

* Side-bells Pyrola: Orthillia secunda

Pink Heather: Phyllodoce empetriformis

Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium

* Night-blooming Morning Glory: Calystegia atriplicifolia var. atriplicifolia

* Diffuse Phlox: Phlox diffusa

* Showy Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium californicum

* Silver-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. compacta

* Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla

* Woodland Phacelia: Phacelia nemoralis var. oregonensis

* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. acuta

* Magenta Paintbrush: Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola

* Suksdorf's Paintbrush: Castilleja suksdorfii

* Large Mountain Monkeyflower: Erythranthe caespitosus - Beginning to bloom.

* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata

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

* Turtleheads, Woodland Beardtongue: Nothochelone nemorosa

Sickletop Lousewort, Ram's-horn Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa ssp. racemosa

* Glaucous Penstemon: Penstemon euglaucus

* Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus - A few still in bloom.

* American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii

* Red Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. arborescens

* Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

Western Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis

* Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca

Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

* Woolly Pussytoes: Antennaria lanata

* Mt. Arnica, Broad-leaf Arnica: Arnica latifolia

* Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis

* Alpine Aster: Oreostemma alpigenum var alpigenum

* Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus var. ledophyllus - Beginning to bloom.

* Foreign Daisy: Erigeron glacialis ssp. glacialis

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum - Beginning to bloom.

* Slender Hawkweed: Hieracium triste (formerly Hieracium gracile var. gracile) -

* Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - At trailhead.

* Smooth Mt. Dandelion: Nothocalais alpestris

* Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis

Black-tailed Deer - Hoof prints

Pikas

Red-tailed Hawks - Observed in distance.

Turkey Vulture

Ravens

Clark's Nutcrackers

Woodpecker (Hairy or Three-toed?) - heard

Mountain Bluebirds

Dark-eyed Juncos

Pine Siskins

Boisduval's Blues

Field Crescents

Ochre Ringlets

Whites

Parnassians

Hoffman's Checkerspots

Snowberry Checkerspots

Great Arctic

Grasshoppers

Robber Fly

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