[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington: 2012]

Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington

Reecer Creek Road (FS Road #35)

(including portions of FS Roads #3517 & #3521)

July 6 & 8, 2012

Wenatchee National Forest

Western Globeflower: Trollius albiflorus (T. laxus var. albiflorus)

Western Globeflower: Trollius albiflorus

* Indicates the plant is currently in bloom.

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa

Common Juniper: Juniperus communis var. montana

Western Larch: Larix occidentalis

Engelmann Spruce: Picea engelmannii

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. (ponderosa ?)

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Rocky Mt. Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii

Oregon Box: Paxistima myrsinites

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

* Many-ribbed Sedge: Carex pachycarpa (Carex multicostata)

* Hitchcock's Wood-rush: Luzula glabrata var. hitchcockiana

* Common Western Needlegrass: Achnatherum (occidentale ssp. pubescens ?)

* Crested Wheatgrass: Agropyron cristatum

* Mountain Brome: Bromus carinatus (var. ?) - I did not have time to look at awn length for comparative ID.

* Smooth Brome?: Bromus inermis

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* Orchard Grass: Dactylis glomerata

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides (ssp. elymoides ?)

* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

* Alpine Timothy: Phleum alpinum

Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia

* Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda

* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegenaria spicata var. spicata

* Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica sp. gracilis

* Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum

* Nevius' Garlic: Allium nevii (Synonym: Allium douglasii var. nevii)

* Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus

* Common Camas: Camassia quamash (ssp. quamash ?) - Still blooming in moist places at higher elevations.

* Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum - Blooming in shaded areas or places where the snow lay late into the season at higher altitudes.

Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods developing.

False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule - Just past bloom.

White False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum - In bud, nearly in bloom.

Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis - Past bloom at lower elevations.

Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii - Past bloom.

* White Bog Orchid: Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata

* Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. leianthemum - Both cream and yellow-flowered forms.

* Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum douglasii var. douglasii

* Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

* Sulfur Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. hypoleium

* Doorweed: Polygonum aviculare

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii var. douglasii

* Spring Beauty: Claytonia lanceolata - Fading out of bloom exceptin shaded spots at higher elevations.

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

Nevada Lewisia: Lewisia nevadensis (L. pygmaea var. nevadensis) - In bud.

* Three-leaf Lewisia: Lewisia triphylla

* Slender Mountain Sandwort: Eremogone capillaris var. americana

* Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

* Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

Kittitas Larkspur: Delphinium multiplex ? - In bud.

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nutta llianum

* Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismaefolius var. alismellus

* Straight-beak Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. platyphyllus

* Small-petaled Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus

Western Meadowrue: Thalictrum occidentale

* Western Globeflower: Trollius albiflorus (T. laxus var. albiflorus)

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

* Holboell's Rockcress: Arabis holboellii var. retrofracta

* Hairystem Rockcress: Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora (Boechera sparsiflora)

* Large Mountain Bittercress: Cardamine cordifolia var. lyallii

* Mountain Tansymustard: Descurainia incana ssp. viscosa

* Slender Draba: Draba stenoloba

* Daggerpods: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides

Lance-leaf Sedum: Sedum lanceolatum

* Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum - Beginning to bloom.

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera (L. glabrum)

*Small-flowered Prairie Stars: Lithophragma parviflorum

*Three-toothed Mitrewort: Mitella trifida

Peak Saxifrage: Saxifraga nidifica var. nidifica (Synonym: Saxifraga integrifolia var. leptopetala) - Past bloom.

Brook Saxifrage: Saxifraga odontoloma

* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

* Sticky Gooseberry: Ribes viscosissimum

* Watson Gooseberry: Ribes watsonianum

* Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - Blooming along lower sections of the road.

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?)

* Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum - Fading out of bloom except at the highest elevations.

Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor - In bud at lower elevations.

* Brewer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla breweri

Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata - Past bloom.

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa - Past bloom.

Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Past bloom.

* Wood's Rose: Rosa woodsii

* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus (L. laxiflorus)

* Longstalk Clover: Trifolium longipes var. longipes

* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Still in bloom at higher elevations.

* Hooked-spur Violet: Viola adunca

* Stream Violet: Viola glabella

Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata - Past bloom.

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana ssp. procera In bud.

* Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus

* Long-leaf Evening Primrose: Camissonia subacaulis (Oenothera subacaulis)

Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium

* Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

* Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum

* Deceptive Groundsmoke: Gayophytum decipiens ?

Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi - In bud.

Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum (var. multifidum ?) - Drying up.

Salt and Pepper: Lomatium gormanii - Past bloom.

* Hamblen's Biscuitroot: Lomatium farinosum var. hambleniae ?

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

* Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

* Western Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

Common Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri ssp. borealis - Basal leaves.

* Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens

* Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthilia secunda (Pyrola secunda) - In bud.

* Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium

* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens - Still in bloom in moist meadows at higher elevations.

* White Shooting Star: Dodecatheon dentatum

* False Mermaidweed: Floerkea proserpinacoides

* Diffuse Mountain-trumpet: Collomia tenella

* Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

* Narrowleaf Collomia: Collomia linearis

* Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata var. formosissima

Harkness' Flaxflower: Linanthus harknessii - In bud.

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Brewer's Navarretia: Navarretia breweri

Spreading Navarretia: Navarretia divaricata ssp. divaricata

* Prickly Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta (var. intertexta ?)

* Showy Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium californicum

* Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus

* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum - Fading out of bloom except in shaded areas or those that held snow late into the season at higher elevations.

* Fendler's Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum fendleri var. albifrons

* Great Basin Nemophila: Nemophila breviflora

* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata

* Tall Phacelia: Phacelia procera - Beginning to bloom at lower elevations.

* Jessica's Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha

Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale - Past bloom.

* Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri

* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. acuta

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata var. miniata

Hairy Paintbrush, Hairy Owlclover: Castilleja tenuis (Orthocarpus hispidus)

* Thompson's Paintbrush: Castilleja thompsonii

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Still in full bloom at higher elevations.

Bracted Lousewort: Pedicularis bracteosa (var. latifolia ?) - In bud.

* Yellow Penstemon: Penstemon confertus - Beginning to bloom.

* Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus - Fading out of bloom.

* Gairdner's Penstemon: Penstemon gairdneri var. gairdneri - Fading out of bloom.

* Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora

* Twinleaf Bedstraw: Galium bifolium

* Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea - Blooming along the stream at lower elevations.

* Black Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. melanocarpa

* Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus

* Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Large-flowered Agoseris: Agoseris grandiflora - Past bloom.

Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla - Past bloom.

* Pearly Everlastings: Anaphalis margaritacea

* Stoloniferous Everlasting: Antennaria flagellaris -

* Narrowleaf Pussytoes: Antennaria stenophylla - Beginning to bloom.

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

* Twin Arnica: Arnica sororia - Beginning to bloom at higher elevations.

Mountain Big Sagerush: Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana -

* Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri - Fading out of bloom.

* Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata - Fading out of bloom.

* Silvercrown: Cacaliopsis nardosmia (Luina nardosmia)

Diffuse Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa

* Dusty Maidens: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii

Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense

Edible Thistle: Cirsium edule var. wenatchense ? - In bud.

* Low Hawksbeard: Crepis modocensis - Fading out of bloom at lower elevations.

* Scabland Fleabane: Erigeron bloomeri

* Eaton's Shaggy Fleabane: Erigeron eatonii var. villosus

* Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron glacialis

* Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis - Still in full bloom at higher elevations.

Showy Daisy: Erigeron speciosus? - In bud.

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

* Hareleaf: Lagophylla ramosissima

* Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata

* Slender Tarweed: Madia gracilis

Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans - In bud.

Hairy Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma hirta var. sonchifolia - In bud.

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus - Fading out of bloom at lower elevations.

Arrowleaf Butterweed: Senecio triangularis - In bud.

Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius - Going to seed.


Animals Seen Along This Route:

Douglas Squirrels

Least Chipmunks

Ravens

Chipping Sparrows

Dark-eyed Juncos

Pine Siskins

Horned Lark

Red-breasted Nuthaches

Tree Frogs

Anise Swallowtail

Pale Swallowtail

Western Tiger Swallowtail

Milbert's Tortoiseshell

Beckmann's Whites

Sara's Orangetips

Fritillarys

Checkerspots

Blues


Paul Slichter