Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington, Trail #1381 along Naneum Creek from Road 3530 east to small lake along Naneum Creek, 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 #1381 along Naneum Creek from Road 3530 east to a small lake along Naneum Creek

Wenatchee National Forest

A Washington Rare Plant Care and Conservation Program hike.

A view west along a small natural lake located along Naneum Creek about one mile east of FS Rd 3530. The outlet from the lake to Naneum Creek is at the west end of the lake. Trail #1381 begins where the rough road descends to lake level at the lower right in the photo. Photographed July 25, 2009.

Trail #1381 took us through riparian areas along Naneum Creek in coniferous forest, open sagebrush slopes and along talus from a road that descends towards Naneum Creek from Grouse Springs (in the western Colockum State Wildlife Area) west along the north side of a natural lake with an outlet to Naneum Creek at its western edge, and then westward along the edge of Naneum Creek to Road #3530.

* Indicates the plant is currently in bloom.

Grand Fir: Abies grandis -

Noble Fir: Abies procera -

Engelmann Spruce: Picea engelmannii -

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta -

Rocky Mt. Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii -

Black Cottonwood: Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa -

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides -

Lace Lip Fern: Cheilanthes gracillima -

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri -

Small-fruited Bulrush: Scirpus microcarpus -

* Needlegrass: Achnatherum sp. -

* Pinegrass: Calamagrostis rubescens -

* Orchard Grass: Dactylis glomerata -

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides -

* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis -

* One-spike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata -

Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum - Pods only.

* Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica -

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

* Douglas' Knotweed: Eriogonum douglasii -

* Slender Mountain Sandwort: Arenaria capillaris ssp. americana -

* Sticky Starwort: Pseudostellaria jamesiana -

* Parry's Campion: Silene parryi -

* Columbian Monkshood: Aconitum columbianum -

Pale Larkspur: Delphinium glaucum -

* Kittitas Larkspur: Delphinium multiplex -

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

Alpine Mitrewort: Mitella pentandra -

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?) -

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

* Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa ssp. pseudorupestris -

Cascade Mt. Ash: Sorbus scopulina -

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus caudatus -

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

* Longstalk Clover: Trifolium longipes var. longipes -

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

Sierra Pea: Lathyrus nevadensis (var. puniceus?) -

* American Vetch: Vicia americana -

* Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana var. procera -

Snow Brush: Ceanothus velutinus -

Oregon Boxwood: Pachistima myrsinites -

Soopolallie, Soapberry: Shepherdia canadensis -

* Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium -

* Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum -

* Common Willowherb: Epilobium glandulosum -

* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum -

Sharp-tooth Angelica: Angelica arguta -

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi -

* Turpentine Wavewing: Pteryxia terebinthina -

Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi -

* Common Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri ssp. borealis -

Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens -

Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata -

* Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthilia secunda -

Narrowleaf Collomia: Collomia linearis -

Staining Collomia: Collomia tinctoria -

* Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata -

Fendler's Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum fendleri var. albifrons -

* Narrow-sepal Phacelia: Phacelia leptosepala -

Tall Phacelia: Phacelia procera -

* Jessica's Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha -

Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale -

* Mountain Monardella: Monardella odoratissima -

* Elmer's Paintbrush ?: Castilleja elmeri -

* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus -

* Lewis's Monkeyflower: Mimulus lewisii -

Bracted Lousewort: Pedicularis bracteosa -

* Sickle-top Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa -

* Yellow Penstemon: Penstemon confertus -

* American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii -

Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata -

Black Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. melanocarpa -

Common Snowberry?: Symphoricarpos albus -

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium -

* Mountain Arnica: Arnica latifolia -

* Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis -

Mountain Big Sagerush: Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana -

Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata -

* Tall Mountain Aster: Canadanthus modestus -

* Hoary False Yarrow ?: Chaenactis douglasii -

* Branching Chaenactis: Chaenactis ramosa -

* Edible Thistle: Cirsium edule var. wenatchense -

Cutleaf Daisy: Erigeron compositus -

Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis -

* Foreign Fleabane: Erigeron peregrinus -

* Showy Daisy: Erigeron speciosus -

* Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri -

* Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata -

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

* Tall Butterweed: Senecio serra -

* Arrowleaf Butterweed: Senecio triangularis -

* Leafy Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi -

Meadows and basalt cliffs at the trailhead for Trail # 1381 along FS Rd 3530.

Meadows along FS Rd 3530 at the trailhead for Trail #1381. The trail proceeds east along Naneum Creek towards a small lake as well as west towards Naneum Meadows............July 25, 2009.

Paul Slichter