[Wildflower bloom in the Southern Washington Cascades: 2022]


Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Klickitat Canyon Community Forest: Unit West of the Klickitat River

A Rare Care Monitoring Weekend Event

June 4, 2022

Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii ssp. lemmonii (Synonyms: Achnatherum lemmoni var. lemmonii, Stipa columbiana var. columbiana, Stipa lemmonii var. jonesii, Stipa lemmonii var. lemmonii)

Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii ssp. lemmonii

*indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Dog Vomit Slime Mold: Fuligo septica

Sheathed Woodtuft: Kuenermyces mutabilis

Morel: Morchella sp.

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum ssp. pubscens

* Large-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macrantha

* Geyer's Sedge: Carex geyeri -

* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii ssp. lemmonii - Beginning to bloom.

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides (ssp. ?) - Beginning to bloom.

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Small Fescue: Vulpia microstachys

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas' Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Douglas' Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii

* Creeping Oregon Grape: Mahonia repens

California Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta ssp. californica

Oregon Boxwood: Paxistima myrsinites

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana

Willow: Salix sp.

Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus ssp. macrocarpus

False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule

* Panicle Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum - Fading out of bloom.

Alaska Rein Orchid: Platanthera (unalascensis ?) - In bud.

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

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

* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis

* Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

Shining Starwort: Stellaria nitens

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii

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

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum - Only a few left in bloom.

* Lava Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica

Brittle-leaf Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa or Nesting Saxifrage: Micranthes nidifica - Past bloom.

* Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa (old var. reflexa)

* Woodland Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. californica

* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana var. glauca

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor var. discolor

Pink Pinwheels: Horkelia fusca var. fusca

Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum

* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata var. tridentata - Fading out of bloom.

American Bird's-foot Trefoil: Acmispon americanus var. americanus

Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis

* Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius ssp. latifolius

* Pacific Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lepidus

Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus - In bud.

* American Vetch: Vicia americana ssp. americana - Beginning to bloom.

* Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea ssp. venosa

* Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus - Fading out of bloom.

* Redstem Ceanothus: Ceanothus sanguineus

Common Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea - In bud.

Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

Dwarf Groundsmoke: Gayophytum (humile ?)

* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense

* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium brevifolium

* Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

Kinnikinnick: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata

Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedaea

* Western Starflower: Lysimachia latifolia

Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium - In bud.

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

Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

Harkness's Desert-trumpets: Leptosiphon harknessii ?

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

Mountain Navarretia: Navarretia divaricata

Prickly Navarretia: Navarretia (intertexta ?)

Ball-headed Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - Past bloom.

* Cryptanth: Cryptanthus sp. - Small-flowered.

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

* Blue Forget-me-not: Myosotis stricta

* Slender-branched Popcorn-flower: Plagiobothrys leptocladus ?

* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. hispida - Beginning to bloom.

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Fairly common.

Fine-toothed Beardtongue: Penstemon subserratus - In bud.

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

* Cleavers: Galium aparine

Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea

Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis var. hesperius

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

Large-flowered Agoseris: Agoseris grandiflora var. grandiflora

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

* Howell's Pussytoes: Antennaria howellii ssp. howellii - Many fading out of bloom.

* Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides - Beginning to bloom.

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria microphylla

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

* Deltoid Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea

* Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri - Fading out of bloom.

Smooth Hawksbeard: Crepis capillaris

Rabbitbrush Goldenweed: Ericameria bloomeri

California Rayless Fleabane: Erigeron inornatus var. inornatus

* Small-flowred Tarweed: Hemizonella minima - A few minute plants are in bloom.

Meadow Hawkweed: Hieracium caesptiosum - In bud.

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - In bud.

False Dandelion: Hypochaeris radicata

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

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

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

* Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


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