[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington: 2011]

Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington

Escure Ranch: Rock Creek

Bureau of Land Management

May 13, 2011

Botany Washington: A Washington Native Plant Society Field Trip

Rock Creek at the Escure Ranch (BLM), eastern Adams County, WA..........May 14, 2011.

Rock Creek at the Escure Ranch (BLM), eastern Adams County, WA..........May 14, 2011.

* Indicates the plant is currently in bloom.

 

Box Elder: Acer negundo - Winged fruits forming.

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Narrow-leaf Willow: Salix exigua ?

* Ferriss' Scouring Rush: Equisetum xferrissii (E. hyemale x laevigatum)

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis ?

* Clustered Field Sedge: Carex praegracilis

Spike-rush: Eleocharis sp.

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* Fescue: Festuca (dura, rubra, etc?)

* Charming Barley: Hordeum murinum ssp. leporinum

Basin Wild Rye: Leymus cinereus

* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa

* Sandberg's Blue Grass: Poa secunda

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

* Common Hardgrass: Sclerochloa dura

Medusa-head: Taeniatherum caput-medusae

Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.

Onion: Allium sp. - In bud.

Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus

Common Camas: Camassia quamash

* Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

* Douglas' Brodiaea: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. grandiflora

* Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis

Parsnip-flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides - In bud.

Snow Buckwheat: Eriogonum niveum

* Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

Forage Kochia: Bassia prostrata (Kochia prostrata)

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata

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

* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis

Sticky Chickweed: Cerastium glomeratum - In bud.

* Jagged Chickeweed: Holosteum umbellatum

Western White Clematis: Clematis ligusticifolia

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

* Common Fumitory: Fumaria officinalis - Found along the road to the Escure Ranch

Tower Mustard: Arabis glabra

* Whitetop: Cardaria draba

* Blue Mustard: Chorispora tenella

Flixweed: Descurainia sophia - In bud.

* Spring Whitlowgrass: Draba verna

Scalepod: Idahoa scapigera

* Clasping Pepperweed: Lepidium perfoliatum

Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum

Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera

* Small-flowered Priaire Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

Northwest Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia (var. ?) - Just past bloom.

* Golden Currant: Ribes aureum

* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

Sticky Currant: Ribes viscosissimum ?

* Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. cusickii ?)

* Douglas; Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii

Silverweed: Potentilla anserina ssp. anserina - Not observed but reported in alkaline soils near the creek from this location.

Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis ?

Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata

Sulfur Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa - In bud.

Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontanus

Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba annua

Lupine: Lupinus sp.

Alfalfa: Medicago sativa

Vetch: Vicia sp.

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum

Klamath Weed: Hypericum perforatum

Western Poison-ivy: Toxicodendron rydbergii (Rhus radicans)

* Hooked-spur Violet: Viola adunca

* Valley Sagebrush Violet: Viola vallicola (Viola nuttallii var. vallicola)

* Burr Chervil: Anthriscus caucalis

Poison Hemlock: Conium maculatum

Cow Parsnip: Heracleum lanatum

* Swale Desert Parsley: Lomatium ambiguum

* Fern-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum

* Northern Biscuitroot: Lomatium farinosum var. farinosum - Fading out of bloom.

* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi

* Biscuit Root: Lomatium macrocarpum

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum (var. triternatum ?)

Field Bindweed: Convolvulus arvensis

* Dark-throated Shooting Star: Dodecatheon pulchellum var. pulchellum - Most plants past bloom.

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Longleaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia

* Annual Polemonium: Polemonium micranthum

* Bugloss Fiddleneck: Amsinckia lycopsoides

* Catchweed: Asperugo procumbens

* Gromwell: Lithospermum arvense

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

* Small-flowered Scorpiongrass: Myosotis micrantha

Nettleleaf Horsemint: Agastache urticifolia

* Henbit: Lamium amplexicaule

Red Dead-nettle: Lamium purpureum

Narrowleaf Skullcap: Scutellaria angustifolia ssp. angustifolia

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Dalmation Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica

Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii

Moth Mullein: Verbascum blatteria

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

* Corn Speedwell: Veronica arvensis

Woolly Plantain: Plantago patagonica

* Annual Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine var. echinospermum

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

Fuller's Teasel: Dipsacus fullonum (Dipsacus sylvestris)

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Common Burdock: Arctium minus

Russian Tarragon: Artemisia dracunculus

Western Wormwood: Artemisia ludoviciana (ssp. ludoviciana ?)

Scabland Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida

* Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagitatta

Rush Skeletonweed: Chondrilla juncea

Chicory: Cichorum intybus

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericamaeria nauseosa (var. speciosa ?)

Fleabane: Erigeron sp. (E. pumilus ?)

Blanket Flower: Gaillardia aristata

Resinweed: Grindelia squarrosa

Albert's Hawkweed: Hieracium albertinum (H. scouleri)

Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola

Scotch Cottonthistle: Onopordum acanthium

Butterweed Broundsel: Senecio serra

Canada Goldenrod: Solidago canadensis

Common Tansy: Tanacetum vulgare

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Animals Seen at this Site:

Vole

Red-tailed Hawk

Ravens

Pheasants

Western Meadowlarks

Brewer's Blackbirds

Red-winged Blackbirds

White-throated Swifts

Violet-green Swallows

Rough-winged Swallows

Bank Swallows

Barn Swallows

3 Rattlesnakes (2 were exceptionally aggressive!)

Carnivorous Ground Beetles


Rock Creek at the Escure Ranch (BLM), eastern Adams County, WA..........May 14, 2011.

Rock Creek at the Escure Ranch (BLM), eastern Adams County, WA..........May 14, 2011.

Rock Creek at the Escure Ranch (BLM), eastern Adams County, WA..........May 14, 2011.

Paul Slichter