Wildflowers of Swampy Meadows

Road 23: --- 46 10.051' --- W 121 37.840' --- Elevation: 3931' --- +/- 20'

Edge of far meadow: --- N 46 10.004' --- W 121 38.117' --- Elevation: 3880'

Swampy Meadows is at the northwest corner of the intersections of FS Rds #23 & #8810.

* Indicates the wildflower is in bloom.

1. Club moss: Lycopodium sp.

2. Smooth Scouring-rush: Equisetum laevigatum

3. Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina

4. Western Red Cedar: Thuja plicata

5. Pacific Silver Fir: Abies amabilis

6. Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa

7. Engelman Spruce: Picea engelmanii

8. Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii

9. Western Hemlock: Tsuga heterophylla

10. Mt. Hemlock: Tsuga mertensiana

11. Dwarf Birch: Betula glandulosa

12. Bog Willow: Salix pedicellaris

13. Common Rush: Juncus effusus var. gracilis

14. Inflated Sedge: Carex vesicaria

15. Narrow-leaved Cotton-grass: Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. scabriusculum

16. Chamisso's Cotton-grass: Eriophorum chamissonis ?

17. Floating Pondweed: Potamogeton natans

18. Skunk-cabbage: Lysichiton americanus

19. Bead Lily / Queen's Cup: Clintonia uniflora

20. Hooker's Fairy Bells: Prosartes hookeri var. oreganum

21. Rosy Twisted Stalk: Streptopus rosea

22. Tofieldia: Tofieldia glutinosa

23. Western Trillium: Trillium ovatum ssp. ovatum

24. Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride

25. Bear Grass: Xerophyllum tenax

26. Early Coralroot: Corallorhiza trifida - In fruit.

27. Heart-leaf: Twayblade: Listera cordata

* 28. White Bog Orchid: Platanthera (Habenaria) species

29. Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla

* 30. Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa var. formosa

* 31. Little Buttercup: Ranunculus unciniatus

32. Tassel-rue: Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. occidentalis

* 33. Bunchberry: Cornus unalaschkensis

34. Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea ssp. sericea

35. Great Sundew: Drosera anglica

36. Brewer's Mitrewort: Mitella breweri

* 37. Foamflower: Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata

38. Swamp Currant: Ribes lacustre

* 39. Marsh Cinquefoil: Comarum palustris

40. Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetalla

41. Large-leaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. macrophyllum

42. Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

43. Five-leaved Bramble: Rubus pedatus

44. Salmonberry: Rubus spectabilis

* 45. Douglas's Spiraea / Hardhack: Spiraea douglasii

46. Subalpine Spirea: Spiraea splendens var. splendens

* 47. White Clover: Trifolium repens var. repens

48. Bog St. John's-wort: Hypericum anagalloides

49. Stream Violet: Viola glabella

50. Round-leaved Violet: Viola orbiculata

51. Purple Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza purpurea - In seed.

* * 52. Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata ssp. occidentalis

53. Slender Wintergreen: Gaultheria ovatifolia

* 54. Wood Nymph: Moneses uniflora ssp. reticulata

55. Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthillia secunda - Past bloom.

* 56. Pink Wintergreen: Pyrola asarifolia ssp. asarifolia

57. Thinleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum

58. Early Blueberry: Vaccinium ovalifolium

59. Bog Blueberry: Vaccinium uliginosum

60. Jeffrey's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon jeffreyi

61. Buckbean: Menyanthes trifoliata

* 62. Heal-all: Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata

63. Cooley's Hedge-nettle: Stachys cooleyae

* 64. Primrose Monkeyflower: Erythranthe primuloides

65. Elephant's Head: Pedicularis groenlandica ssp. surrecta

* 66. Ram's-horn Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa ssp. racemosa

67. Mt. Bladderwort, Flatleaf Bladderwort: Utricularia intermedia

* 68. English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

69. Cleavers: Galium aparine

* 70. Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

* 71. Twinflower: Linnaea borealis ssp. longiflora

72. High-bush Cranberry: Viburnum edule

73. Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

* 74. Leafy Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi

* 75. Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus var. ledophyllus

76. Tall Northern Aster: Canadanthus modestus - In bud.

* 77. Oxeye Daisy: Leucanthemum vulgare

* 78. Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare

* 79. Smooth Hawksbeard: Crepis capillaris

* 80 White Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* 81. Nipplewort: Lapsana communis

* 82. Cleft-leaf Butterweed: Senecio cymbalarioides

* 83. Tansy Ragwort: Senecio jacobaea - On shoulder of FS Rd 8810 sevral hundred yards from its junction with FS Rd 23.

* 84. Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis

* 85. Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale ssp. officinale

Cascade Frog

Turkey Vulture

Female Mallard Duck

Solitary Sandpiper

blue Dragonflies

Meadowhawk Dragonflies (male reddish & female golden)

blue Damselflies