Mount Adams: Bird Creek Meadows

Wildflowers in Bloom at Bird Creek Meadows:

Lace Lip Fern: Cheilanthes gracillima

Cascade Rockbrake: Cryptogramma cascadensis - At Aiken Lava Flow

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa

White Bark Pine: Pinus albicaulis

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa

Mountain Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

* Narrow-leaf Bur-reed: Sparganium angustifolium

* Black Alpine Sedge: Carex nigricans

* Mountain Sedge: Carex scopulorum var. bracteosa

* Showy Sedge: Carex spectabilis

* Drummond's Rush: Juncus drummondii

* Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus

* Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi

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

Common Western Needlegrass: Achnatherum occidentale ssp. pubescens

Ticklegrass: Agrostis scabra

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides

* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

* Green Fescue: Festuca viridula

Subalpine Mariposa Lily: Calochortus subalpinus - Maturing fruits.

* Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride var. eschscholzianum

Beargrass: Xerophyllum tenax

* Hooded Ladie's-tresses: Spiranthes romanzoffiana - In peak bloom along streams and lakeshores.

* Newberry's Fleeceflower: Aconogonon davisiae ssp. davisiae - Fading out of bloom.

* Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

* Alpine Buckwheat: Eriogonum pyrolifolium var. coryphaeum

* Pussypaws: Calyptridium umbellatum

* Threeleaf Lewisia: Lewisia triphylla - Fading out of bloom.

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

* Fan-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia

Cascade Mt. Ash: Sorbus scopulina var. grayi

* Rose Meadowsweet: Spiraea splendens var. splenden

* Subalpine Lupine: Lupinus latifolius ssp. subalpinus - Fading out of bloom.

* Low Mt. Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii - Fading out of bloom.

* Silky Lupine: Lupinus sericeus ssp. sericeus - Fading out of bloom. Due to dryness this summer, many plants of this species did not bloom.

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

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii - Fading out of bloom.

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

Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthillia secunda

* Pink Mountain-heather: Phyllodoce empetriformis - Mostly out of bloom.

Dwarf Huckleberry: Vaccinium caespitosum

Cascade Blueberry: Vaccinium deliciosum - Fruits ripe.

Thinleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum - Fruits ripe.

Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium - In fruit.

* Mt. Bog Gentian: Gentiana calycosa var. calycosa - Nearing peak bloom.

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata ssp. miniata - Past peak bloom.

* Magenta Paintbrush: Castilleja parviflora var. oreopola - Past peak bloom.

* Mountain Monkeyflower: Castilleja caespitosa - At peak bloom.

* Lewis' Monkeyflower: Erythranthe lewisii - Nearing peak bloom.

* Turtle Heads: Nothochelone nemorosa

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

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

* Leafy (Sickle-top) Pedicularis: Pedicularis racemosa - Fading out of bloom.

* Glaucous Penstemon: Penstemon euglaucus - Past peak bloom.

* Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis - Past peak bloom.

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea - Peak bloom.

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

* Broad-leaved Arnica: Arnica latifolia - Past peak bloom.

Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis - In bloom at the base of Crooked Creek Falls.

* Nodding Arnica: Arnica parryi - Full bloom at Crooked Creek Falls.

* Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron glacialis ssp. glacialis - Fading out of bloom.

* Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus var. ledophyllus - Past peak bloom.

* Alpine Hawkweed, Slender Hawkweed: Hieracium gracile var. gracile - Fading out of bloom.

* Alpine Aster: Oreostemma alpigenum var. alpigenum - Past peak bloom.

* Slender Cudweed: Pseudognaphalium thermale - In burned forest near Bird Lake.

* Arrow-leaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis

* Leafybract Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi