Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington, Trail #1373 from Howard Creek to Grouse Springs, Wenatchee N.F.: July 25, 2009

[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington: 2009]

Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington

July 25, 2009

Trail #1373 from Howard Creek south past Grouse Springs onto Colockum State Wildlife Area lands

Wenatchee National Forest

A Washington Rare Plant Care and Conservation Program hike.

Wildflower meadows at Grouse Springs in the western Colockum State Wildlife Area................July 25, 2009. Trail #1373 begins at the northern edge of the meadows and proceeds generally in a northwestern direction, first crossing Howard Creek, then proceeding eventuallly to Haney Meadows. The trail is used fairly heavily by dirt bikes and horses during the weekends. Flowers that can be seen in the photo include white false hellebore, hairy arnica and Columbia monkshood.

Trail #1373 took us through coniferous forest and open sagebrush to Grouse Springs which is part of the Colockum State Wildlife Area. We then traveled partly cross country as well as via a jeep road heading south towards Naneum Creek. As this road descended the last slopes towards Naneum Creek, we turned west at a gated road which stays level and headed towards a small, oblong lake which is naturally formed and has an outlet to Naneum Creek at its west end.

* Indicates the plant is currently in bloom.

Grand Fir: Abies grandis -

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa -

Western Larch: Larix occidentalis -

Engelmann Spruce: Picea engelmannii -

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta -

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa -

Rocky Mt. Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii -

Black Cottonwood: Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa -

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides -

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri -

* Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius -

* Hitchcock's Wood-rush: Luzula glabrata var. hitchcockiana -

* Needlegrass: Achnatherum sp. -

* Pinegrass: Calamagrostis rubescens -

* One-spike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata -

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides -

* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis -

Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa -

* Bluebunch Wheatgrass ?: Pseudoroegenaria spicata var. spicata (Synonym: Agropyron spicatum var. spicata) -

Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum - Pods only.

Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods only.

False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum -

Clasping-leaf Twisted-stalk: Streptopus amplexifolius -

* California False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum -

Meadow Death Camas: Zigadenus venenosus - Pods only.

Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis - Past bloom.

Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii - Going to seed.

Western Rattlesnake Plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia -

* Alaska Rein-orchid: Piperia unalascensis -

* Slender Bog Orchid: Platanthera stricta -

* Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica -

* Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum (var. leianthemum ?) -

* Douglas' Knotweed: Eriogonum douglasii -

* Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum -

* Sulfur Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. hypoleium -

* Kellogg's Knotweed: Polygonum kelloggii -

Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella -

* Slender Mountain Sandwort: Arenaria capillaris ssp. americana -

* Sticky Starwort: Pseudostellaria jamesiana -

* Parry's Campion: Silene parryi -

* Red Sandspurry: Spergularia rubra -

* Starwort: Stellaria longifolia/ longipes -

* Columbian Monkshood: Aconitum columbianum -

Baneberry: Actaea rubra -

Columbia Clematis, Rock Clematis: Clematis occidentalis var. dissectum -

* Columbia Clematis: Clematis occidentalis var. grosseserrata -

* Meadow Larkspur, Two-spike Larkspur: Delphinium distichum -

* Pale Larkspur: Delphinium glaucum -

* Kittitas Larkspur: Delphinium multiplex -

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum (var. nuttallianum?) - Dark blue flowers, fading out of bloom.

Wenatchee Larkspur ?: Delphinium viridescens - In bud. No coloration other than green on the well-developed buds.

* Bird'sbeak Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. platyphyllus -

Little Buttercup: Ranunculus unciniatus -

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium -

Holboell's Rockcress: Arabis holboellii -

Sicklepod Rockcress: Arabis sparsiflora (var. atrorubens or var. subvillosa) -

* Large Mountain Bittercress: Cardamine cordifolia var. lyallii -

* Lanceleaf Stonecrop: Sedum lanceolatum -

* Alpine Mitrewort: Mitella pentandra -

* Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii -

Sticky Gooseberry: Ribes viscosissimum -

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?) -

* Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana var. platypetala -

Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum -

* Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor -

Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata -

Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa -

Nutka Rose: Rosa nutkana -

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus -

* Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius -

* Burke's Lupine ?: Lupinus polyphyllus (var. burkei) -

* Longstalk Clover: Trifolium longipes var. longipes -

* Lanszwert's Pea: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. lanszwertii -

Nuttall's Peavine: Lathyrus nevadensis (var. puniceus ?) -

* American Vetch: Vicia americana -

Marsh Violet ?: Viola palustris -

Oregon Boxwood: Pachistima myrsinites -

* Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium -

* Enchanter's Nightshade: Circaea alpina -

Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea -

* Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum -

* Common Willowherb: Epilobium glandulosum -

* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum -

Sharp-tooth Angelica: Angelica arguta -

* Cow Parsnip: Heracleum lanatum -

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi -

Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule -

Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum -

Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi -

Western Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis -

* Common Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri ssp. borealis -

* Turpentine Wavewing: Pteryxia terebinthina -

Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens -

Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis -

Little Prince's-pine: Chimaphila menziesii -

* Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthilia secunda -

* Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea -

Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium -

Narrowleaf Collomia: Collomia linearis -

* Staining Collomia: Collomia tinctoria -

* Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata -

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis -

* Needle-leaf Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta (var. ?) - Fading out of bloom.

* Showy Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium californicum -

Fendler's Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum fendleri var. albifrons -

* Narrow-sepal Phacelia: Phacelia leptosepala -

Tall Phacelia: Phacelia procera -

* Cryptanth: Cryptantha sp. - Very tiny flowers. Stems branched near base and fairly lax.

* Jessica's Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha -

Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale -

* Scouler's Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys scouleri -

* Mountain Monardella: Monardella odoratissima -

* Elmer's Paintbrush ?: Castilleja elmeri -

Small-flowered Blue-eyd Mary: Collinsia parviflora -

* Short-flowered Monkeyflower: Mimulus breviflorus -

* Brewer's Monkeyflower: Mimulus breweri -

* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus -

* Lewis's Monkeyflower: Mimulus lewisii -

* Musk Monkeyflower: Mimulus moschatus var. moschatus -

* Hairy Indian Paintbrush, Hairy Owl Clover: Castilleja tenuis (Synonym: Orthocarpus hispidus) -

* Bracted Lousewort: Pedicularis bracteosa -

* Sickle-top Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa -

* Yellow Penstemon: Penstemon confertus -

Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus -

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus -

* American Brooklime: Veronica americana -

* American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii -

* Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum -

Black Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. melanocarpa -

Heterocodon: Heterocodon rariflorum -

* Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea -

Common Snowberry?: Symphoricarpos albus -

* Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis -

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium -

* Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca -

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia -

* Mountain Arnica: Arnica latifolia -

* Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis -

* Nodding Arnica: Arnica parryi -

Mountain Big Sagerush: Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana -

Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata -

* Edible Thistle: Cirsium edule var. wenatchense -

Greene's Goldenweed: Ericameria greenei -

* Foreign Fleabane: Erigeron peregrinus -

* Showy Daisy: Erigeron speciosus -

* Lowland Cudweed: Gnaphalium palustre -

* Slender Hawkweed: Hieracium triste -

* Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri -

* Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata -

* Slender Tarweed: Madia gracilis -

* Rocky Mt. Butterweed: Packera streptanthifolia -

Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus (var. exaltatus ?) -

* Tall Butterweed: Senecio serra -

* Arrowleaf Butterweed: Senecio triangularis -

* Rocky Mountains Canada Goldenrod: Solidago lepida (var. salebrosa?) -

* Dwarf Goldenrod: Solidago simplex var. nana -

* Leafy Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi -

Paul Slichter