[Bloom Reports for the Washington Cascades] - [Gifford Pinchot National Forest]


Wildflowers Along the Killen Creek Trail

Mount Adams Wilderness

August 2, 2003 and August 9, 2003

A Native Plant Society of Oregon Hike

Sticky Asphodel: Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla

Sticky Asphodel: Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla

KillenCreek Trailhead: --- N 46 17.293' --- W 121 33.135' --- Elevation: 4633' --- +/- 11'

High Camp (Climber's Camp): --- N 46 14.494' --- W 121 31.341' --- Elevation: 6922' --- +/- 33'

Highpoint of hike: --- N 46 14.364' --- W 121 30.483' --- Elevation: 7567' --- +/- 19'


* Indicates the wildflower is in bloom.

1. Club Moss: Lycopodium sp.

2. Juniper: Juniperus communis

3. Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa

4. Engelman Spruce: Picea engelmanii

5. White Bark Pine: Pinus albicaulis

6. Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta

7. Mt. Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

*8. Cottongrass: Eriophorum species

*9. Cat's Ear: Calochortus subalpinus

*10. Avalanche Lily: Erythronium montanum

*11. Sticky Asphodel: Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla

*13. Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride

*14. Bear Grass: Xerophyllum tenax

*15. Cushion Buckwheat: Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale

*16. Dirty Socks: Eriogonum pyrolaefolium

*17. Mountain Sorrel: Oxyria digynia

*18. Newberry's Fleeceflower: Aconogonon davisiae

*19. Pussy-paws: Cistanthe umbellata

*20. Mountain Sandwort: Arenaria capillaris

*21. Sandwort: Minuartia rubella ?

*22. Windflower: Anemone (drummondii or multifida)

*23. Marsh Marigold: Caltha biflora

*24. Lyall's Rock Cress: Boechera lyallii var. lyallii

25. Lancefruited Draba: Draba lonchocarpa ? - In fruit.

*26. Shortfruit Smelowskia: Smelowskia ovalis ?

*27. Forkhaired Rockcress: Arabis furcata

*28. Bunchberry: Cornus canadensis

29. Leatherleaf Saxifrage: Leptarrhena pyrolifolia ?

*30. Mitrewort: Mitella species

*31. Saxifrage: Saxifraga bronchialis var.

*32. Saxifrage: Saxifraga nelsonii or Saxifraga odontoloma

*33. Gordon's Ivesia: Ivesia gordonii

*34. Partridge Foot: Luetkea pectinata

*35. Fan-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia

*36. Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

37. Cascade Mt. Ash: Sorbus scopulina

38. Sitka Mt. Ash: Sorbus sitchensis

*39. Mountain Spiraea: Spiraea splendens

*40. Subalpine Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. subalpinus

*41. Broad-leaved Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

*42. Low Mt. Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

43. Round-leaved Violet: Viola orbiculata

*44. Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium

*45. Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii

46. Kinnikinnik: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

*47. White Mountain Heather: Cassiope mertensiana

*48. Pink Mountain-heath: Phyllodoce empetriformis

*49. Yellow Mountain-heath: Phyllodoce glandulifera

*50. Side-bells Wintergreen: Orthilia secunda

*51. White Rhododendron: Rhododendron albiflorum

52. Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium

*53. Jeffrey's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon jeffreyi

*54. Mt. Bog Gentian: Gentiana calycosa var. calycosa

*55. Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa var. longistylis

*56. Henderson's Phlox: Phlox hendersonii

*57. Elegant Polemonium: Polemonium elegans

*58. Showy Polemonium: Polemonium pulcherrimum

*59. Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida ?

*60. Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata

*61. Thompson's Paintbrush: Castilleja thompsonii

*62. Lewis' Monkeyflower: Erythranthe lewisii

*63. Elephant-head Lousewort: Pedicularis groenlandica

*64. Leafy (Sickle-top) Pedicularis: Pedicularis racemosa

*65. Davidson's Penstemon: Penstemon davidsonii

*66. Small-flowered Penstemon: Penstemon procerus var. tolmiei

*67. Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii

*68. Northern Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

*69. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

*70. Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca

*71. Mountain Agoseris: Agoseris glauca var. monticola

*72. Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

*73. . Broad-leaved Arnica: Arnica latifolia

*74. Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus

*75. Cut-leaf Daisy: Erigeron compositus var. glabratus

*76. Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron glacialis ssp. glacialis

*77. White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

*78. Alpine Hawkweed: Hieracium gracile

*79. Dwarf Hulsea: Hulsea nana

*80. Northern Microseris: Nothocalais borealis

*81. Arrow-leaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis

*82. Dune Goldenrod: Solidago simplex ssp. simplex var. nana (S. spathulata var. nana)

*83. Lyall's Goldenweed: Tonestus lyallii


Animals Seen:

American Robin - Several

Chipping Sparrow - Several

McGillivrays Warbler ? - Several

Gold-crowned Kinglets - Numerous

Dark-eyed Junco - numerous

Mt. Chickadees - Numerous

Red-brested Nuthatch - Numerous

Water Pipit - Two at lake above moraine

Northern Flicker - Several

Hairy or Downy Woodpecker - Several

Three-toed Woodpecker ? - One

Clark's Nutcracker- numerous near timberline

Common Raven: Several

Pika: Ochotona princeps

Great Spangled Fritillary

Camp Robber / Gray Jay- numerous


Paul Slichter