[Wildflower Bloom in Central & Eastern Washington]

Gingko State Park

Trails to petrified logs several miles west of Vantage, WA

April 19, 2002

 

* Indicates that the plant is currently in bloom.

*Panicled Death-camas: Zigadenus paniculatus

*Douglas' Buckwheat/Thyme-leaved Buckwheat: Eriogonum douglasii var. douglasii / E. thymoides ?

*Spiny Hopsage: Atriplex spinosa

*Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

*Western Tansymustard: Descurainia pinnata

Shining Oregon Grape: Mahonia (Berberis) aquifolium

*Woollypod Milk-vetch: Astragalus purshii

*Medick Milk-vetch: Astragalus speirocarpus

*Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

*Hood's Phlox: Phlox hoodii

*Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa

*Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia lycopsoides

*Long-spurred Plectritis: Plectritis ciliosa

*Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida- Not in bloom.

*Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana

*Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri

*Low Hawkweed: Crepis modocensis ssp. rostrata ?

*Piper's or Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron piperiana or E. linearis ?

*Cushion Fleabane: Erigeron poliospermus

*Narrow-leaf Goldenweed: Stenotus stenophyllus

*False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides


Animals Seen:

5 Sage Sparrows

2 Huns

House Finches

several Meadowlarks


Paul Slichter