[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington: 2009]

Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington

Swauk Campground

Wenatchee National Forest

July 26, 2009

Flower heads of Tall Mountain Aster: Canadanthus modestus

Tall Mountain Aster: Canadanthus modestus

Swauk Campground is in northern Kittitas County along US 97 between Old Blewett Road and Blewett Pass.


* Indicates the plant is currently in bloom.

Grand Fir: Abies grandis -

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa -

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii -

Red Alder: Alnus rubra -

* Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea -

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides -

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana -

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri -

* Little-fruit Bulrush: Scirpus microcarpus -

* Needlegrass: Achnatherum sp. -

Orchard Grass: Dactylis glomerata -

False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum -

Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum -

Panicle Death Camas: Zigadenus paniculatus - Pods only.

Meadow Death Camas: Zigadenus venenosus - Pods only.

* Western Rattlesnake Plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia -

* Alaska Rein-orchid: Piperia unalaschensis -

* Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica -

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii -

Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla -

Sticky Starwort: Pseudostellaria jamesiana -

Menzie's Campion: Silene menziesii -

* Columbian Monkshood: Aconitum columbianum -

Baneberry: Actaea rubra - Bright red berries present.

* Creeping Buttercup: Ranunculus repens -

Western Meadowrue: Thalictrum occidentale -

* False Bugbane: Trautvetteria caroliniensis -

Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla -

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium -

Pacific Mitrewort: Mitella trifida var. trifida -

* Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii -

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum -

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?) - Fruits forming.

Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii -

Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana var. platypetala -

Large-leaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. macrophyllum -

Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum -

* Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor -

* Tall Cinquefoil: Potentilla arguta -

* Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis -

Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa -

Nootka Rose: Rosa nutkana -

* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus -

* Spiraea: Spiraea betulifolia -

* Douglas' Spiraea, Hardhack: Spiraea douglasii -

* Pyramid Spiraea: Spiraea X pyramidata -

* Thick-leaved Peavine: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. lanszwertii -

Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus -

* Common St. John's Wort: Hypericum perforatum -

* Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea -

Ciliate Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum (or Epilobium ciliatum ssp. watsonii) -

* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum -

* Sharp-tooth Angelica: Angelica arguta -

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi -

Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi -

Western Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis -

* Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata -

Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea -

White-vein Wintergreen: Pyrola picta -

Red Huckleberry ?: Vaccinium parvifolium -

* Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora -

Fendler's Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum fendleri var. albifrons -

* Elmer's Paintbrush ?: Castilleja elmeri -

Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa -

Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata -

* Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea -

* Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus -

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium -

Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor -

Racemose Pussytoes: Antennaria racemosa -

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Fading out of bloom.

* Tall Mountain Aster: Canadanthus modestus -

* Edible Thistle: Cirsium edule (var. wenatchense ?) -

* Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare -

* Showy Daisy: Erigeron speciosus -

* Engelmann's Aster: Eucephalus engelmannii -

* Showy Aster: Eurybia conspicua -

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum -

* Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri -

Arctic Sweet Coltsfoot: Petasites frigidus -

* Arrowleaf Butterweed: Senecio triangularis -

* Canada Goldenrod: Solidago canadensis -

* Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale -

* Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius -


Paul Slichter