Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Washington Cascades: 2022


Wildflower Bloom along the Divide Creek Trail #112 to alpine areas above the Pacific Crest Trail

Mount Adams Wilderness

August 22, 2022

The photo above shows the northwest side of Mt. Adams with the prominent Adams Glacier .........September 18, 2008. The north climb route is visible on the skyline at left.

Wildflowers in Bloom Above the Pacific Crest Trail (From the Divide Camp Trail #112 to the base of the terminal Moraine of the Adams Glacier)

(* Denotes the plant was in bloom.):

Boletes: Boletus sp. - Large. More than a week old.

Dog Vomit Slime Mold: Fuligo septica

Deer Fern: Struthiopteris spicant

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa

Whitebark Pine: Pinus albicaulis

Mt. Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

* Black Alpine Sedge: Carex nigricans

* Showy Sedge: Carex spectabilis

* Spike Trisetum: Trisetum spicatum

* Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus

* Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi

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

* Alpine Timothy: Phleum alpinum ssp. alpinum

Avalanche Lily: Erythronium montanum - Just past bloom. Witherning white tepals observed on some plants.

* Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride var. eschscholzianum

Bear Grass: Xerophyllum tenax - No plants of this species bloomed here this year.

* Alpine Buckwheat: Eriogonum pyrolifolium var. coryphaeum

* Pussypaws: Calytridium umbellatum

Pygmy Lewisia: Lewisia pygmaea - Past bloom.

* Creeping Buttercup: Ranunculus repens - Near trailhead.

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

Brewer's Mitrewort: Brewerimitella breweri - Past bloom.

* Tolmie's Saxifrage: Saxifraga tolmiei

* Foamflower: Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata

* Partridge Foot: Luetkea pectinata - Fading out of bloom.

* Drummond's Cinquefoil: Potentilla drummondii - Fading out of bloom.

* Fanleaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia - Fading out of bloom.

* Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

Sibbaldia: Sibbaldia procumbens - Past bloom.

* Subalpine Spiraea: Spiraea splendens

* Arctic Lupine, Subalpine Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus - Past peak bloom.

* Low Mt. Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

Round-leaved Violet: Viola orbiculata - Past bloom.

* Alpine Willowherb: Epilobium anagallidifolium

* Club-pod Willowherb: Epilobium clavatum

* White-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium lactiflorum

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi

* White Mountain Heather: Cassiope mertensiana var. mertensiana

* Pink Mountain-heath: Phyllodoce empetriformis - Fading out of bloom.

Cascade Azalea: Rhododendron albiflorum - Fading out of bloom.

Thinleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum

Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium

* Mountain Bog Gentian: Gentiana calycosa

* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa var. longistylis - Past peak bloom.

* Magenta Paintbrush: Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola

* Lewis' Monkeyflower: Erythranthe lewisii

* Bracted Lousewort: Pedicularis bracteosa var. bracteosa - Fading out of bloom.

* Sickletop Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa var. racemosa

* Davidson's Penstemon: Penstemon davidsonii var. davidsonii - Mostly past bloom.

* Tolmie's Penstemon: Penstemon procerus var. tolmiei - Fading out of bloom.

* American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii

Red Elderberry or Black Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa (var. melanocarpa or var. racemosa) - Green fruits developing.

* Mountain Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca - Fading out of bloom.

* Alpine Pussytoes: Antennaria media or A. alpina

* Woolly Pussytoes: Antennaria lanata - Fading out of bloom.

* Broad-leaved Arnica: Arnica latifolia

* Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron glacialis ssp. glacialis

* Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus var. ledophyllus

* Alpine Hawkweed: Hieracium triste

* Northern Microseris: Nothocalais alpestris - Fading out of bloom.

* Alpine aster: Oreostemma alpigenum var. alpigenum

* Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis var. triangularis

Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale


Paul Slichter