[Wildflower Bloom in in Central and Eastern Washington: 2011]

Wildflowers Currently in Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington

US Highway 97

from Washington State Highway SR 14 to Toppenish, WA

June 9, 2011

Cusick's Sunflower: Helianthus cusickii

Cusick's Sunflower: Helianthus cusickii

* indicates the wildflower is currently blooming.

* Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* Basin Wildrye: Leymus cinereus

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicatum

* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. howellii

Meadow Deathcamas: Zigadenous venenosus

* Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

* Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum douglasii var. tenue

* Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. strictum ?)

Spiny Hopsage: Grayia spinosa

Greasewood: Sarcobatus vermiculatus

* Holboell's Rockcress: Arabis holboellii (var. retrofracta ?)

* Whitetop: Cardaria draba

* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum

* Tumble Mustard: Sisymbrium altissimum

* Small-flowered Prairie Stars: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?)

* Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii (var. douglasii ?)

* Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana (var. melanocarpa ?)

* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

* Nootka Rose: Rosa nutkana

Western Burnet: Sanguisorba annua

* Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus

* Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. aridus

* Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus

* Hybrid Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus x sericeus

* Bird Vetch: Vicia cracca

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

* Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum

* Orange Globemallow: Sphaeralcea munroana

* Poison Hemlock: Conium maculatum

* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayii

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. anomalum

* Field Bindweed: Convolvulus arvensis

* Purple Sage: Salvia dorrii

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Tapertip Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus var. attenuatus (or P. humilis ?) - In bud.

* Showy Penstemon: Penstemon speciosus

* Cleavers: Galium aparine

* Manroot: Marah oreganus

* Blue Elderberry: Sambucus mexicana

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana

* Bachelor's Buttons: Centaurea cyanus

* Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii

* Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa

Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa

* Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

* Cusick's Sunflower: Helianthus cusickii

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

* Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius

* Northern Mule's Ears: Wyethia amplexicaulis


Animals Seen Along This Route:

Turkey Vultures

White Pelicans

Mourning Dove

Western Wood Peewees

Brewer's Blackbirds

Red-winged Blackbirds

Vaux's Swifts

Cliff Swallows ?


Paul Slichter