June 8, 2009

Wedge Mt.

Wenatchee National Forest

Horsetail: Equisetum sp. -

Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina

Indian's Dream, Oregon Cliff Brake, Podfern: Aspidotis densa

Shasta Fern: Polystichum lemmonii

Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri -

* Wood Rush: Luzula sp. -

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum -

* Orchard Grass: Dactylis glomerata -

Grand Fir: Abies grandis -

Silver Fir ?: Abies amabilis -

Engelmann Spruce: Picea engelmannii -

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta -

Western White Pine: Pinus monticola -

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa -

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii -

Western Red Cedar ?: Thuja plicata -

Douglas Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii -

Red Alder: Alnus rubra -

* Sitka Alder: Alnus viridis -

Black Cottonwood: Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa -

* Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana -

* Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum -

Scalloped Onion: Allium crenulatum -

Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum - Pods developing.

Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods developing.

* Columbia Lily: Lilium columbianum -

* False Solomon's Seal: Maianthemum racemosum -

* Star-flowered False Solomon's Seal: Maianthemum stellatum -

Purple Trillium: Trillium petiolatum -

Western Rattlesnake Plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia -

Bog Orchid, Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp. - Green-flowered species, in bud.

* Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. leianthemum -

Sulfur Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. - In bud.

* Columbia Lewisia: Lewisia columbiana var. columbiana -

* Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva -

* Tweedy's Lewisia: Lewisia tweedyi -

* Fescue Sandwort: Eremegone capillaris -

* Largeleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla -

Douglas' Catchfly ?: Silene douglasii -

* Red Sandspurry: Spergularia rubra -

Monkshood: Aconitum columbiana -

Baneberry: Actaea rubra -

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum -

* Holboell's Rockcress: Arabis holboellii var. retrofracta -

Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum - In bud.

* Alpine Pennycress, Wild Candytuft: Thlaspi montanum var. montanum -

* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium -

Lance-leaf Stonecrop: Sedum lanceolatum - In bud.

* Lava Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica (var. cylindrica ?) -

* Three-toothed Mitrewort: Mitella trifida -

* Northern Black Currant, Hudson Bay Currant: Ribes hudsonianum -

* Prickly Currant: Ribes lacustre -

* Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum - Fading out of bloom.

* Sticky Gooseberry: Ribes viscosissimum -

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. alnifolia ? - Fading out of bloom.

Sylvan Goat'sbeard: Aruncus dioicus -

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor -

* Tall Cinquefoil ?: Potentilla arguta -

Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata -

Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa -

* Nootka Rose: Rosa nutkana -

Red Raspberry: Rubus idaeus -

* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus -

* Cascade Mt. Ash: Sorbus scopulina var. scopulina -

Spiraea: Spiraea betulifolia or Spiraea x pyramidata -

* Few-flowred Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus -

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus -

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

* Silky Lupine: Lupinus sericeus -

* White Clover: Trifolium repens -

* Pioneer Violet: Viola glabella -

* Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea -

Oregon Boxwood: Pachistima myrsinites -

* Redstem Ceanothus: Ceanothus sanguineus -

* Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus -

Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium -

Glaucous Willowherb: Epilobium glaberrimum -

Canby's Angelia ?: Angelica canbyi -

* Brandegee's Desert Parsley: Lomatium brandegeei -

* Wenatche Mountain Desert Parsley: Lomatium cuspidatum - Mostly past bloom here.

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule -

Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi -

* Western Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis -

* Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis -

* Green-flowered Wintergreen ?: Pyrola chlorantha -

White-veined Wintergreen: Pyrola picta -

* Huckleberry: Vaccinium sp. - Thin, toothed leaves

Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsmaefolium (var. ?) -

* Yellow-staining Mounain-trumpet: Collomia tinctoria -

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis -

* Diffuse Phlox: Phlox diffusa -

* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa -

* Low Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium californicum -

Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum -

* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata -

Cryptanth: Cryptantha sp. -

Great Hedge Nettle: Stachys chamissonis -

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata -

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora -

* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus -

* Lewis' Monkeyflower: Mimulus lewisii -

* Bracted Lousewort: Pedicularis bracteosus (var. latifolia ?) -

* Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus -

* Washington Penstemon: Penstemon washingtonensis -

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus -

* English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata -

Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum -

Black Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata -

* Red (or Black) Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa (var. arborescens or melanocarpa?) -

* Mountain Snowberry ?: Symphoricarpos oreophilus - ?

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium -

Pathfinder Plant: Adenocaulon bicolor -

Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea -

* Howell's Pussyoes: Antennaria howellii -

* Raceme Pussytoes: Antennaria racemosa -

* Mayweed Chamomile: Anthemis cotula -

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia -

* Mountain Arnica: Arnica latifolia var. latifolia -

* Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata - Some of the plants here looked very much like Balsamorhiza deltoidea.

Knapweed: Centaurea sp. -

Showy Fleabane: Erigeron speciosus -

Engelmann's Aster: Eucephalus engelmannii -

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri var. scouleri - In bud.

* Silvercrown Luina: Luina nardosmia -

Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus -

* Arrowleaf Butterweed: Senecio triangularis -

Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale -

* Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius -

Elk - tracks

Mule Deer - tracks

Ravens

Stellers Jay

Black-headed Grosbeaks

Western Tanagers

Townsend's Solitaires

Mountain Bluebirds

Olive-sided Flycatchers

Western Wood Peewees

Dark-eyed Juncos

Chipping Sparrows

Rock Wren

Hummingbird

California Silk Moth

Pale Tiger Swallowtail

California Tortoiseshells

Sara's Orangetips