[Wildflower bloom in the Southern Washington Cascades: 2022]


Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Klickitat Canyon Natural Resources Conservation Area: Unit East of the Klickitat River

A Rare Care Monitoring Weekend Event

June 3, 2022

A view west towards the eastern base of Mount Adams (barely visible beneath the clouds) from the Klickitat Canyon Natural Resources Conservation Area......June 3, 2022.

A view west towards the eastern base of Mount Adams (barely visible beneath the clouds) from the Klickitat Canyon Natural Resources Conservation Area......June 3, 2022.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum ssp. pubscens -

Toad Rush: Juncus bufonius

* Kellogg's Rush: Juncus kelloggii

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

* Silver Hairgrass: Aira caryophyllea var. careyophyllea

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

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

* Prairie Junegrss: Koeleria macrantha - Beginning to bloom.

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata - Beginning to bloom.

* Small Fescue: Vulpia microstachys

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas' Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Vine Maple: Acer circinatum

* Creeping Oregon Grape: Mahonia repens

California Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta ssp. californica

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana

Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus ssp. macrocarpus

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

Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora (old variety howellii)

Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina

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

Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

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

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Fading out of bloom.

Oak Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii

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

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Violet Mock Brookfoam: Suksdorfia violacea

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia

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

* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana var. glauca

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor var. discolor

* Pink Pinwheels: Horkelia fusca var. fusca

Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum

* Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana

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

Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus

* Thick-leaved Peavine: Lathyrus lanszwertii (var. lanszwertii ?)

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus

* Pacific Lupine: Lupinus lepidus (var. lepidus ?)

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

Baker's Violet: Viola nuttallii var. bakeri

* Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea ssp. venosa

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

Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus

Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum ssp. perforatum

Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium

Common Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea - In bud.

* Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum

Dwarf Groundsmoke: Gayophytum (humile ?)

* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium brevifolium

Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata

Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedaea

* Western Starflower: Lysimachia latifolia

Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium

Night-blooming Morning-glory: Calystegia atriplicifolia ssp. atriplicifolia

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

Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

Mountain Navarretia: Navarretia divaricata

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

Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla ssp. virgata

* Cryptanth: Cryptanthus sp. - Small-flowered.

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

* Blue Forget-me-not: Myosotis stricta

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

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Chickweed Monkeyflower: Erythranthe alsinoides

* Short-flowered Monkeyflower: Erythranthe breviflora

* Pulsifer's Monkeyflower: Erythranthe pulsiferae

Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus

Fine-toothed Beardtongue: Penstemon subserratus - In bud.

Piedmont Bedstraw: Cruciata pedemontana

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis var. hesperius

Rare-flowered Heterocodon: Heterocodon rariflorum

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa

* Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides - Beginning to bloom.

* Deltoid Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea

Rough-leaved Aster: Eurybia radulina

California Rayless Fleabane: Erigeron inornatus var. inornatus

Rocky Mountain Sunflower: Helianthella uniflora var. douglasii

* Least Tarweed: Hemizonella minima

Meadow Hawkweed: Hieracium caesptiosum - In bud.

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - In bud.

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

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


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