[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 Plant Survey

June 9, 2022

A dense patch of broad-leaved lupine (Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius) covers the forest floor at the Klickitat Canyon Community Forest......June 9, 2022.

A dense patch of broad-leaved lupine (Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius) covers the forest floor at the Klickitat Canyon Community Forest......June 9, 2022.

*indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Tube Lichen: Hypogymnia (physodes ?)

Tuckermannopsis Lichen: Tuckermannopsis sp.

Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis

Juniper Haircap Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum ssp. pubscens -

* Toad Rush: Juncus bufonius

* Large-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macrantha

* Hood's Sedge: Carex hoodii ?

* Geyer's Sedge: Carex geyeri

* Long-rhizome Sedge: Carex inops ssp. inops

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

* Tall Oatgrass: Arrhenatherum elatius

* Brome: Bromus sp. - Tall, green plants. Non-native?

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

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

* Blue Wildrye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus

* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

* Fescue: - Green.

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Kentucky Bluegrass: Poa pratensis ?

* 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

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana

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.

* Spotted Coralroot: Corallorhiza maculata ssp. maculata

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

* Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Beginning to bloom on the north rim of Outlet Creek Canyon.

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

Common Knotweed: Polygonum aviculare (ssp. ?) - Weed at pullouts along Fish Hatchery Road.

*Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

* Kellogg's Knotweed: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. kelloggii

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella - Fairly common weed in waste areas.

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

* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis

* Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

* Red Sandspurry: Spergularia rubra - Uncommon weed here.

Shining Starwort: Stellaria nitens - Past bloom.

* Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa - Klickitat Canyon slopes.

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

Columbia Rockcress: Boechera pauciflora or Sicklepod Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora - Spreading fruits. Outcrops on Klickitat Canyon rim.

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

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

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum - Crest of the Klickitat Canyon. Green fruits developing.

* 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

Sulfur Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta - In bud. Occasional in waste places.

Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum

Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

* Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana - Fading out of bloom along the Klickitat Canyon rim.

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

Baldhip Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

Blackcap Raspberry: Rubus leucodermis

Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

Shinyleaf Spiraea: Spiraea lucida

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

Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis

* Lanzwert's Peavine: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. lanszwertii

* 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

* Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus - Beginning to bloom. This shrub appears to be largely absent east of the Fish Hatchery Road, but abundant on the west side of that road.

Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum ssp. perforatum

Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium

Common Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea - In bud.

Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

* Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum

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

Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana

Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

Kinnikinnick: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata

Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedaea

* Western Starflower: Lysimachia latifolia

Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium - In bud.

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

* Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana - Beginning to bloom.

Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

* Harkness's Desert-trumpets: Leptosiphon harknessii - Beginning to bloom.

* 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 - sprawling, prostrate plants

* Popcorn-flower: Plagiobothrys sp. - erect plants.

* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. hispida

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii

* Barrett's Penstemon: Penstemon barrettiae

* Fine-toothed Beardtongue: Penstemon subserratus - Beginning to bloom.

* English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata - Weed at pull outs along Fish Hatchery Road.

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

* Cleavers: Galium aparine

Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea

Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis var. hesperius

Rare-flowered Heterocodon: Heterocodon rariflorum

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - Beginning to bloom.

Large-flowered Agoseris: Agoseris grandiflora var. grandiflora

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

* Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa

* 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 - Now out of bloom.

Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare - Occasional weed in waste places.

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.

White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum - In bud.

Meadow Hawkweed: Hieracium caesptiosum - In bud.

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - In bud.

* False Dandelion: Hypochaeris radicata - Uncommon in waste areas.

Oxeye Daisy: Leucanthemum vulgare - Occasional at pulloffs along Fish Hatchery Road.

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

* Woollyheads: Psilocarphus tenellus ?

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

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

* Salsify: Tragopogon dubius - Beginning to bloom. Fairly common in open areas.


Animals Observed in the Klickitat Canyon Community Forest:

Western Fence Lizards

Carnivorous Ground Beetles

Carpenter Ants - Including migrating queen.

Great Arctic

Green Hairstreak

Melissa's Blues ?

Mosquitos - Too numerous

Ochre Ringlets

Pale Swallowtails

Propertius Duskywings

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