Bloom Reports for the Washington Cascades: 2022


Wildflowers in Bloom Along the Killen Creek Trail #113

Mount Adams Wilderness

August 4, 2022

The photo above shows the northern side of Mt. Adams with the prominent Adams Glacier as seen from near the junction of the Pacific Crest Trail and Killen Creek Trail #113..........September 29, 2008.

* Denotes the plant was in bloom.

More extensive plant list for the Killen Creek Trail #113.

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa ssp. lasiocarpa

Coast Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Western Hemlock: Tsuga heterophylla

Mountain Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

* Barclay's Willow: Salix barclayi

* Showy Sedge: Carex spectabilis

* Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi

* Hitchcock's Wood-rush: Luzula glabrata ssp. hitchcockiana

* Small-flowered Wood-rush: Luzula parviflora

* Alpine Bentgrass: Agrostis variabilis

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

* Fescue: Festuca sp.

* Western Asphodel: Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla

* Dirty Socks: Eriogonum pyrolifolium

* Pussypaws: Calyptridium umbellatum

* Pygmy Lewisia: Lewisia pygmaea

* Broadleaved Marsh-marigold: Caltha biflora

* Brewer's Mitrewort: Brewerimitella breweri - Fading out of bloom.

* Partridge Foot: Luetkea pectinata

* Drummond's Cinquefoil: Potentilla drummondii var. drummondii

* Fan-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia

* Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

* Mountain Spiraea: Spiraea splendens var. splendens

* Broad-leaved Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

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

* Low Mt. Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

* Hooked Spur Violet: Viola adunca

* Hornemann's Willowherb: Epilobium hornemannii ssp. hornemannii ?

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii

* White Mountain Heather: Cassiope mertensiana

* Western Bog Laurel: Kalmia microphylla var.

* Sidebells Pyrola: Orthilia secunda

* Cascade Azalea: Rhododendron albiflorum var. albiflorum - Fading out of bloom.

Dwarf Huckleberry: Vaccinium caespitosum

* Cascade Bilberry: Vaccinium deliciosum

Thinleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum

Oval-leaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium ovalifolium

Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium

* Bog Blueberry: Vaccinium uliginosum

Mountain Bog Gentian: Gentiana calycosa var. calycosa

* Tall Mountain Shooting Star: Dodecatheon jeffreyi

* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa

* Magenta Paintbrush: Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola

* Turtleheads: Nothochelone nemorosa

* Elephanthead Lousewort: Pedicularis groenlandica

* Sickletop Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa var. racemosa

* American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii

* Northern Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Alpine Pussytoes: Antennaria alpina

* Woolly Pussytoes: Antennaria lanata

* Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron glacialis ssp. glacialis

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

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* Alpine Hawkweed: Hieracium triste

* Northern Microseris: Nothocalais alpestris

* Alpine aster: Oreostemma alpigenum var. alpigenum

* Arrow-leaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis


Paul Slichter