July 25, 2009

Trail #1372 and Howard Creek from Road 3530 to Trail #1373

Wenatchee National Forest

A Washington Rare Plant Care and Conservation Program hike.

This route took us through coniferous forest and open sagebrush as well as talus slopes along Howard Creek to where Trail #1373 crosses Howard Creek. This was part of a loop hike involving trails #1372, #1373 and #1381 as well as FS Road #3530.

Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina ssp. cyclosorum

Brittle Fern: Cystopteris fragilis -

Common Horsetail: Equisetum arvense -

Grand Fir: Abies grandis -

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa -

Common Juniper: Juniperus communis var. montana -

Western Larch: Larix occidentalis -

Engelmann Spruce: Picea engelmannii -

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta -

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii -

Rocky Mt. Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii -

Red Alder: Alnus rubra -

Black Cottonwood: Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa -

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides -

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana -

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri -

* Rush: Juncus sp. -

* Wood-rush: Luzula sp. -

* Needlegrass: Achnatherum sp. -

* Foxtail, Meadow-foxtail: Alopecurus sp. -

* Brome: Bromus sp. -

* One-spike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata -

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides -

* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis -

* Pinegrass: Calamagrostis rubescens -

Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum - Pods only.

Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods only.

Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum -

* White-flowered False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum -

Panicled Death Camas: Zigadenus paniculatus - Pods only.

Meadow Death Camas: Zigadenus venonosus - Pods only.

* White Bog Orchid: Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys -

Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica -

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

* Douglas' Knotweed: Eriogonum douglasii -

Parsnip-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracloides -

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii -

Heart-leaf Spring Beauty: Claytonia cordifolia -

* Slender Mountain Sandwort: Arenaria capillaris ssp. americana -

Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla -

* Sticky Starwort: Pseudostellaria jamesiana -

Menzie's Campion: Silene menziesii -

* Parry's Campion: Silene parryi -

* Columbian Monkshood: Aconitum columbianum -

* Crimson Columbine: Aquilegia formosa -

* Pale Larkspur: Delphinium glaucum -

* Kittitas Larkspur: Delphinium multiplex -

Wenatchee Larkspur ?: Delphinium viridescens -

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

Small-petaled Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus -

Western Meadowrue: Thalictrum occidentale -

Globeflower: Trollius laxus -

Holboell's Rockcress: Arabis holboellii -

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

Large Mountain Bittercress: Cardamine cordifolia var. lyallii -

Mountain Tansy-mustard: Descurainia incana ssp. viscosa -

* Lance-leaf Stonecrop: Sedum lanceolatum -

* Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum -

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

Alpine Mitrewort: Mitella pentandra -

Three-tooth Mitrewort: Mitella trifida -

Brook Saxifrage: Saxifraga odontoloma -

* Northern Black Currant: Ribes hudsonianum -

Prickly Currant: Ribes lacustre -

Sticky Gooseberry: Ribes viscosissimum -

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?) -

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

* Large-leaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. macrophyllum -

Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum -

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

* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus -

* Birchleaf Spiraea: Spiraea betulifolia -

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

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus caudatus -

* 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 -

* American Vetch: Vicia americana -

Round-leaf Violet: Viola orbiculata -

Oregon Boxwood: Pachistima myrsinites -

* Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium -

* 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 -

* Common Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri ssp. borealis -

Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens -

* Wood Nymph, Single Delight: Moneses uniflora -

* Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthilia secunda -

Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium -

* White Shooting Star: Dodecatheon dentatum - Blooming along Howard Creek.

Narrowleaf Collomia: Collomia linearis - Past bloom.

* Staining Collomia: Collomia tinctoria -

* Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata -

Harkness' Linanthus: Leptosiphon harknessii -

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis -

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

* Showy Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium californicum -

* Western Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium occidentale ssp. occidentale -

Fendler's Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum fendleri var. albifrons -

Pacific Waterleaf ?: Hydrophyllum tenuipes -

* 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 -

* Mountain Monardella: Monardella odoratissima -

* Elmer's Paintbrush ?: Castilleja elmeri -

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata - Possibly a hybrid with Elmer's paintbrush as the calyx lobes are intermediate between the two?

Small-flowered Blue-eyd Mary: Collinsia parviflora -

* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus -

* Lewis's Monkeyflower: Mimulus lewisii -

* Musk Monkeyflower: Mimulus moschatus var. moschatus -

Bracted Lousewort: Pedicularis bracteosa -

* Sickle-top Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa -

* Yellow Penstemon: Penstemon confertus -

* Small-flowered Penstemon: Penstemon procerus var. procerus -

* American Brooklime: Veronica americana -

* American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii -

Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum -

Black Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. melanocarpa -

Common Snowberry?: Symphoricarpos albus -

Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus -

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium -

* Tall Mountain Dandelion: Agoseris elata - Yellow-flowered form.

* Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca -

* Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea - Begining to bloom.

Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides -

Racemose Pussytoes: Antennaria racemosa -

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea -

* Arnica: Arnica (fulgens or sororia ?) -

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia -

* Mountain Arnica: Arnica latifolia -

* Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis -

Western Mugwort: Artemisia ludoviciana -

Michaux's Wormwood: Artemisia michauxiana -

Mountain Big Sagerush: Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana -

Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata -

Canada Thistle: Crisium arvense -

* Edible Thistle: Cirsium edule var. wenatchense -

* Bitter Fleabane: Erigeron acris var. debilis -

* Foreign Fleabane: Erigeron peregrinus -

* Showy Daisy: Erigeron speciosus -

* Engelmann's Aster: Eurybia engelmannii -

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum -

* Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri -

* Silvercrown: Cacaliopsis nardosmia -

* Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata -

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans -

* Falsegold Groundsel: Packera pseudaurea var. pseudaurea -

* Rocky Mt. Butterweed: Packera streptanthifolia -

Sweet Coltsfoot: Petasites frigidus -

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

* Tall Butterweed: Senecio serra -

* Arrowleaf Butterweed: Senecio triangularis -

* Leafy Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi -

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale -

* Yellow Salisify: Tragopogon dubius -