July 26, 2009

Road #3521 from Reecer Creek Road #35 to High Creek

Wenatchee National Forest

A Washington Rare Plant Care and Conservation Program hike.

This route took us east along Road #3521 where we saw the following plants. Although we did not get that far, the Colockum State Wildlife Area partially adjoins this area to the east.

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa -

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 -

Rush: Juncus sp. -

Merten's Rush: Juncus mertensianus -

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

Wood-rush: Luzula sp. - Riparian sp.

* Needlegrass: Achnatherum sp. -

* Smooth Brome?: Bromus inermis -

* California Oatgrass: Danthonia californica -

* One-spike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata -

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides -

* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis -

Timothy ?: Phleum sp. -

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

* Rock Onion ?: Allium macrum - Fading out of bloom.

* Nevius' Garlic ?: Allium nevii (Synonym: Allium douglasii var. nevii) - A few plants still in bloom?

Common Camas: Camassia quamash (var. ?) -

Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum - Pods only.

Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods only.

Clasping-leaf Twisted-stalk: Streptopus amplexifolius -

* White False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum -

Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii - Going to seed.

* Slender Bog Orchid: Platanthera stricta -

* Hooded Ladies Tresses: Spiranthes romanzoffiana - Beginning to bloom.

* American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides -

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

Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum douglasii var. douglasii -

* Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum -

* Close-flowered Knotweed ?: Polygonum confertiflorum -

* Douglas' Knotweed: Eriogonum douglasii -

* Kellogg's Knotweed: Polygonum kelloggii -

* Heart-leaf Spring Beauty: Claytonia cordifolia - Blooming near the headwaters of High Creek.

Spring Beauty: Claytonia lanceolata -

Water Montia: Montia chamissoi -

* Slender Mountain Sandwort: Arenaria capillaris ssp. americana -

* Sticky Starwort: Pseudostellaria jamesiana -

* Parry's Campion: Silene parryi -

* Starwort: Stellaria sp. - Petals deeply cleft, much shorter than the sepals. Riparian.

* Columbian Monkshood: Aconitum columbianum -

* Kittitas Larkspur: Delphinium multiplex -

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum (var. nuttallianum?) -

Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismaefolius var. alismellus -

* Straight-beak Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. platyphyllus -

Small-petaled Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus -

Western Meadowrue: Thalictrum occidentale -

Western Globeflower: Trollius albiflorus - Past bloom, along the headwaters of High Creek.

Hairystem Rockcress: Arabis sparsiflora - Pods only.

* Lyall's Bittercress: Cardamine cordifolia var. lyallii -

Daggerpod: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides - Pods forming.

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium -

* Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum -

Mountain Mitrewort: Mitella pentandra -

Peak Saxifrage: Saxifraga nidifica var. nidifica (Synonym: Saxifraga integrifolia var. leptopetala) -

* Brook Saxifrage: Saxifraga odontoloma -

Sticky Gooseberry: Ribes viscosissimum -

Watson Gooseberry, Spiny Gooseberry: Ribes watsonianum -

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?) -

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

Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum -

* Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. flabellifolia -

* Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis (var. glabrata or var. permollis) -

Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata - Fading out of bloom.

Cascade Mountain-ash: Sorbus scopulina var. cascadensis -

Nuttall's Pea ?: Lathyrus nevadensis -

* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus -

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus -

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

Bigleaf Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus (var. polyphyllus?) - Blooming near the headwaters of High Creek.

Longstalk Clover: Trifolium longipes var. longipes -

Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum -

* American Vetch: Vicia americana -

* Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana ssp. procera -

* Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium -

Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea -

* Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum -

* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum -

Sharp-tooth Angelica: Angelica arguta -

* 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 -

Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens -

* Wood Nymph, Single Delight: Moneses uniflora -

* Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthilia secunda -

Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium -

Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens - Going to seed.

* White Shooting Star: Dodecatheon dentatum - Blooming near the headwaters of High Creek.

Narrowleaf Collomia: Collomia linearis -

* Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata -

Harkness's Flaxflower: Leptosiphon harknessii -

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Still in bloom near the headwaters of High Creek.

* Brewer's Navarretia: Navarretia breweri - A few still in bloom.

* Spreading Navarretia?: Navarretia divaricata ssp. divaricata - Fading out of bloom.

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

* Showy Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium californicum -

* Western Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium occidentale ssp. occidentale - Blooming near the headwaters of High Creek.

Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum -

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 -

* Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri -

* Mountain Monardella: Monardella odoratissima -

* Elmer's Paintbrush ?: Castilleja elmeri -

* Hairy Paintbrush, Hairy Owlclover: Castilleja tenuis -

* Yakima Birdbeak: Cordylanthus capitatus -

* Brewer's Monkeyflower: Mimulus breweri -

* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus - Blooming near the headwaters of High Creek.

* Lewis's Monkeyflower: Mimulus lewisii - Blooming near the headwaters of High Creek.

* Musk Monkeyflower: Mimulus moschatus var. moschatus -

* Primrose Monkeyflower: Mimulus primuloides -

Bracted Lousewort: Pedicularis bracteosa -

* Sickle-top Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa -

* Yellow Penstemon: Penstemon confertus -

Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus -

Chelan Penstemon: Penstemon pruinosus -

* American Brooklime: Veronica americana -

* American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii -

Black Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. melanocarpa -

* Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus -

* Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis -

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium -

* Tall Mountain Dandelion ?: Agoseris elata - Pink-flowered form. Could be pink-flowered form of orange agoseris?

* Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca -

Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides -

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea -

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia -

* Arnica: Arnica (fulgens or sororia ?) - "Parallel" leaf veins in narrower leaves.

* Mountain Arnica: Arnica latifolia -

* Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis -

* Nodding Arnica: Arnica parryi -

Mountain Big Sagerush: Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana -

Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata -

* Silvercrown: Cacaliopsis nardosmia -

Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense -

* Edible Thistle: Cirsium edule var. wenatchense -

* Eaton's Daisy: Erigeron eatonii var. villosus - Fading out of bloom.

* Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis -

* Foreign Fleabane: Erigeron peregrinus -

* Showy Daisy: Erigeron speciosus -

* Lowland Cudweed: Gnaphalium palustre -

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum -

* Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri -

* Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata -

* Rocky Mt. Butterweed: Packera streptanthifolia -

* Wenatchee Mountains Coneflower: Rudbeckia occidentalis var. alpicola -

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

* Tall Butterweed: Senecio serra -

* Arrowleaf Butterweed: Senecio triangularis - Blooming near the headwaters of High Creek.

Woolly Mock Goldenweed: Stenotus languinosus -

* Leafy Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum (var. parryi ?) -