[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington: 2010]

Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington

Painted Rocks Trail: Little Spokane River Natural Area

Washington State Parks

May 23, 2010

Beds of yellow iris (Iris pseudacoris) line a small side channel of the Little Spokane River in the Little Spokane River Natural Area................May 23, 2010.

Beds of yellow iris (Iris pseudacoris) line a small side channel of the Little Spokane River in the Little Spokane River Natural Area................May 23, 2010.

* Indicates the plant is currently in bloom.

Norway Maple?: Acer platanoides ? - Not native.

Birch: Betula sp. - Native tree.

Black Cottonwood: Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa (Populus trichocarpa)

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

Wolfbane Lichen: Letharia vulpina

Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Common Scouring-rush: Equisetum hyemale

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Columbia Needlegrass: Achnatherum nelsonii ssp. nelsonii

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* Orchard Grass: Dactylis glomerata

* One-spike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata

* Needle and Thread: Heterostipa comata

* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa

* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

* Douglas' Onion: Allium douglasii or Allium columbianum (A. douglasii var. columbianum) ?

Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

Purple Trillium: Trillium petiolatum

* Douglas' Brodiaea: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. grandiflora

* Panicle Death Camas: Zigadenus paniculatus

* Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis

* Yellow Iris: Iris pseudacoris

Rein Orchid: Piperia sp. - In bud.

Snow Buckwheat: Eriogonum niveum

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

* Streambank Springbeauty: Claytonia parviflora var. parviflora

* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra

* European Chickweed: Cerastium pumilum ?

* Bluntleaf Sandwort: Moehringia lateriflora

Menzie's Catchfly: Silene menziesii

* Chickweed: Stellaria media

* Shining Chickweed: Stellaria nitens

Western Clematis: Clematis ligusticifolia

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

Creeping Buttercup: Ranunculus repens

* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus

* Spring Whitlowgrass: Draba verna

* Geyer's Twinpod: Physaria geyeri

* Tumble Mustard: Sisymbrium altissimum

* Roundleaf Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica (var. glabella or cylindrica ?)

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

* Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla arguta

Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis (var. pulcherrima ?) - In bud.

* Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa

Hardhack: Spiraea douglasii (var. menziesii)

* Silky Lupine: Lupinus sericeus

* Least Hopclover: Trifolium dubium

* American Vetch: Vicia americana

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

* Sticky Purple Geranium: Geranium viscossissimum

Cascara: Rhamnus purhsiana

* Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Kinnickinnick: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

* Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsmaefolium (var. ?) - In bud.

Hybrid Dogbane: Apocynum xfloribundum

Showy Milkweed: Asclepias speciosa

Narrowleaf Collomia: Collomia linearis

Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata

* Long-leaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia

* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata

* Thread-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis

* Rigid Fireweed: Amsinckia menziesii (var. ?)

* Viper's Bugloss: Echium vulgare

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

* Yellow and Blue Scorpionweed: Myosotis discolor

* Narrow-leaf Skullcap: Scutellaria angustifolia

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Dalmation Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica - In bud.

* Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. scouleri

Common Plantain: Plantago major

Indian Plantain: Plantago patagonica

* Annual Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine var. echinospermum

Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa

* European Corn-salad: Valerianella locusta

Teasel: Dipsacus sylvestris

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Common Burdock: Arctium minus

* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

* Howell's Pussytoes: Antennaria howellii var. howellii

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea

* Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagitatta

Douglas' Dustymaiden: Chaenactis douglasii

* Blanket Flower: Gaillardia aristata

Gumweed: Grindelia sp. - In bud.

Hairy Gold Aster: Heterotheca villosa ?

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

Woolly Groundsel: Packera cana - In bud.


Animals Seen at this Site:

Cottontail

American Robins

Mourning Doves

Red-wing Blackbirds

Western Wood Peewees

Chipping Sparrows

Mountain Chickadees

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Violet-green Swallows

Canyon Wren ?

Ant Lions

Large Bumblebees

Dragonflies


Paul Slichter