[Bloom Reports for the Washington Cascades: 2023]


Mount Adams: Bird Creek Meadows

The Climbers Trail from the Bird Creek Meadows parking lot west to the base of the southern lateral moraine of the Mazama Glacier and return

Yakama Indian Reservation

August 10, 2023

Wildflower bloom in upper Bird Creek Meadows, Yakama Nation lands at the southeastern corner of Mt. Adams.....August 10, 2023.

Wildflower meadows in upper Bird Creek Meadows, Yakama Nation lands at the southeastern corner of Mount Adams.......August 10, 2023.

* Indicates the wildflower is in bloom.

Wildflowers in Bloom at Bird Creek Meadows:

Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen: Letharia columbiana

Blistered Rock Tripe: Umbilicaria hyperborea

Sitka Spikemoss: Diphasiastrum sitchense

Juniper Haircap Moss: Polystichum juniperinum

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa

White Bark Pine: Pinus albicaulis

Mountain Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

* Black Alpine Sedge: Carex nigricans

* Showy Sedge: Carex spectabilis

* Drummond's Rush: Juncus drummondii

* Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus

* Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi

* Hitchcock's Wood-rush: Luzula hitchcockii

* Piper's Wood-rush: Luzula piperi

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides (formerly Sitanion hystrix)

* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride var. eschscholzianum

Beargrass: Xerophyllum tenax

* Newberry's Fleeceflower: Aconogonon davisiae ssp. davisiae

* Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

* Alpine Buckwheat: Eriogonum pyrolifolium var. coryphaeum

* Haussknecht's Sulphur-flowered Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. haussknechtii

* Pussypaws: Calypridium umbellatum

* Three-leaf Lewisia: Lewisia triphylla - Only blooming in moist meadows high in Bird Creek Meadows.

* Slender Mt. Sandwort: Arenaria capillaris ssp. americana

* Parry's Catchfly: Silene parryi

* Columbia Gorge Rockcress: Arabis furcata - A few still blooming at higher altitudes.

* Rusty Saxifrage: Micranthes ferruginea var. vreelandii

* Tolmie's Saxifrage: Micranthes tolmiei

* Partridge Foot: Luetkea pectinata

* Fan-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia

Cascade Mt. Ash: Sorbus scopulina var. grayi

* Rose Meadowsweet: Spiraea splendens

* Subalpine Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus

* Low Mt. Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

* Silky Lupine: Lupinus sericeus - Fading out of bloom except high in Bird Creek Meadows.

* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum - Fading out of bloom.

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii

* Martindale's Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei - Fading out of bloom.

* Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthillia secunda

* Pink Mountain-heather: Phyllodoce empetriformis

* Yellow Mountain-heather: Phyllodoce glanduliflora

Dwarf Huckleberry: Vaccinium caespitosum - Fruits ripening.

Thinleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum

Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium

* Mt. Bog Gentian: Gentiana calycosa var. calycosa - Beginning to bloom.

* Alpine Collomia: Collomia larsenii

* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa - Only blooming high in Bird Creek Meadows.

California Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium californicum

* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. compacta

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata ssp. miniata

* Magenta Paintbrush: Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola

* Suksdorf's Paintbrush: Castilleja suksdorfii

* Thompson's Paintbrush: Castilleja thompsonii - Only blooming around the moraines at the south and east side of the Mazama Glacier.

* Lewis' Monkeyflower: Erythranthe lewisii

* Turtle Heads: Nothochelone nemorosa

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

* Elephanthead Lousewort: Pedicularis groenlandica - Fading out of bloom.

* Leafy (Sickle-top) Pedicularis: Pedicularis racemosa

* Davidson's Penstemon: Penstemon davidsonii var. davidsonii

* Glaucous Penstemon: Penstemon euglaucus - Fading out of bloom.

* Tolmie's Penstemon: Penstemon procerus var. tolmiei

* American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii

* Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis - Fading out of bloom.

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Woolly Pussytoes: Antennaria lanata

* Slender Arnica: Arnica gracilis

* Mountain Arnica: Arnica latifolia

* Nodding Arnica: Arnica parryi

Big Mt. Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana - Seen on south-facing slopes of the Ridge of Wonders to the north of the Hellroaring Viewpoint.

Cutleaf Daisy: Erigeron compositus

* Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron glacialis ssp. glacialis

* Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus var. ledophyllus

* Alpine Hawkweed, Slender Hawkweed: Hieracium gracile var. gracile

* Smooth Mountain Dandelion: Nothocalais alpestris

* Alpine Aster: Oreostemma alpigenum var. alpigenum

* Arrow-leaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis

* Canada Goldenrod: Solidago canadensis var. salebrosa -

* Dwarf Goldenrod: Solidago simplex var. nana


Paul Slichter