[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington: 2012]

Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington

May 8, 2012

Odessa Craters Trail (BLM)

 

 


Puffballs:

Racomitrium Moss: Racomitrium

Woodsia

Bromus japonicum sppppppppppp????????

Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

Giant Wild Rye: Elymus cinereus

Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

* Bulbous bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Steppe Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

* Black Creeper Sedge ?: Carex praegracilis

* Willow: Salix

* Willow: Salix sp.

Toxicodendron sp. - Berries still present.

Onion: Allium (douglasii ?) - In bud. Species of moist swales

Sagebrush Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus - Basal leaves only seen.

Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum - In bud.

* Meadow Death Camas: Zigadenus venenosus

Western Blue Flag, Wild Iris: Iris missouriensis - In bud.

Heart-leaved Buckwheat, Northern Desert Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

Parsley Desert Buckwheat, Wyeth Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides

Snow Buckwheat: Eriogonum niveum - (or Eriogonum strictum ?)

* Thyme-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum thymoides - Beginning to bloom.

Stinging Nettles: Urtica lyallii - ?????

* Claytonia rubra ssp.

* Bitteroot: Lewisia rediviva - A few plants beginning to bloom.

Fameflower: Talinum spinescens

* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum

* Common Larkspur, Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

Sagebrush Buttercup: Ranunculus glaberrimus - Past bloom.

Hornseed Buttercup: Ranunculus testiculatus

Holboel's Rockcress: Arabis holboellii - In bud.

* Blue Mustard: Chorispora tenella

Descurainia

* Spring Draba, Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

Dagger-pod: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides - A few plants still in bloom.

Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum

* 29. Small-flowered Prairie-star: Lithophragma parviflora

* Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. - Fading out of bloom.

Golden Currant: Ribes aureum - Past bloom.

* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia

Silverweed: Potentilla anserina

Glandular Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa or possibly P. arguta

Sulphur Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. - In bud.

Wood's Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana

Thread-stalk Locoweed: Astragalus filipes - In bud. ????????

Specklepod Milk-vetch: Astragalus lentiginosus

* Woolly Pod Milk-vetch: Astragalus purshii - Several plants still in bloom.

Spanish Clover: Lotus unifoliolatus

Wild Flax: Linum perenne var. lewisii - In bud.

* Early Blue Violet, Hook-spur Violet: Viola adunca - Abundant in moist areas.

* Yellow Prairie Violet: Viola nuttallii (var. vallicola ?) - Abundant in moist areas.

Orange Globe Mallow: Sphaeralcea munroana -

Oregon Checkerbloom - Sidalcea oregana - Basal leaves only seen.

* Cymopterus terebinthina var.

Canby's Desert Parsley: Lomatium canbyi - Going to seed.

Fern-leaf Desert Parsley, Chocolate-tips: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum

Coeur d' Alene Desert Parsley: Lomatium farinosum - Going to seed.

* Biscuitroot, Large-fruited Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum

* Nine-leaved Desert Parsley: Lomatium simplex var. simplex (formerly Lomatium triternatum var. platycarpum) - ????

Few-flowered Shooting Star: Dodecatheon pulchellum - Past bloom.

* Narrow-leaved Collomia: Collomia linearis

Prickly Phlox: Leptodactylon pungens

* Phlox :

* Midget Phlox: Phlox gracilis (Microsteris gracilis) - Fading out of bloom.

* Long-leaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia - Beginning to bloom.

* Small-flowered Polemonium: Polemonium micranthum

California Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron californicus - Past bloom.

* Narrowleaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis

White-leaved Phacelia: Phacelia hastata - ?????????

* Blue Scorpion Grass: Myosotis micrantha

* Slender Popcorn-flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus

* Thompson's Paintbrush: Castilleja thompsonii - ??????

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Penstemon confertus ?

Scrophularia

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine var. echinospermum

* Longhorn Plectritis, White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla - In bud.

* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

Tarragon, Dragon Wormwood: Artemisia dracunculus

Prairie Sage: Artemisia ludoviciana

Rigid Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida

Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata var. tridentata

Three-tip Sagebrush: Artemisia tripartitia

* Arrow-leaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata

Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense

Slender Hawksbeard: Crepis atrabarba

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa (formerly Chrysothamnus nauseosus)

Green rabbitbrush: Ericameria viscidiflora (formerly Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus)

Erigeron corymbosus

Erigeron divergens - In bud.

Threadleaf Fleabane: Erigeron filifolius

* Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis

* Woolly Sunflower, Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium - Beginning to bloom.

Blanket-flower: Gaillardia aristata

*False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale - Already going to seed.


Animals Seen at this Site:

Mule Deer

Coyote

Red-tailed Hawk

Ravens

Pintails (mated pair) - In pothole pond.

Mallards - In pothole pond.

Coot - In pothle pond.

Western Meadowlarks

Red-winged Blackbirds

Brewers Blackbirds

Horned Larks

Violet-green Swallows

Rattlesnakes (2)

Bumblebees

Native Bees

Black moth with white spots


Paul Slichter