[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington: 2012]
Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington

Valley Trail from Painted Rocks Trailhead: Little Spokane River Natural Area

Washington State Parks

May 6, 2012

The Little Spokane River as seen near flood stage in the Little Spokane River Natural Area downstream of the Painted Rocks trailhead................May 6, 2012.

The Little Spokane River as seen near flood stage in the Little Spokane River Natural Area downstream of the Painted Rocks trailhead................May 6, 2012.
* Indicates the plant is currently in bloom.

* Rocky Mountain Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

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

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana ?

Red Bryum Moss: Bryum miniatum ?

Juniper Haircap Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum ?

Awned Haircap Moss: Polytrichum pilferum

Racomitrium Moss: Racomitrium ?

Rocky Mountain Spikemoss: Selaginella densa var. scopulorum

Lace Lip Fern: Cheilanthes gracillima

* Hood's Sedge: Carex hoodii

Japanese Brome: Bromus japonicus

* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa

Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. grandiflorum - Past bloom.

False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum - In bud.

* Meadow Deathcamas: Zigadenus venenosus

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

Streambank Springbeauty: Claytonia parviflora var. parviflora

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

* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis

Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum

Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum - In bud.

Sagebrush Buttercup: Ranunculus glaberrimus var. glaberrimus

* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum

* Sicklepod Rockcress: Arabis sparsiflora var. retrofracta

* Spring Whitlowgrass: Draba verna

* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum

* Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier cusickii

* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

Mallow Ninebark: Physocarpus malvaceus - In bud.

Red Raspberry: Rubus idaeus ?

Western Burnet: Sanguisorba occidentale

Nevada Deervetch: Lotus nevadensis

Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus - In bud.

* Hooked-spur Violet: Viola adunca

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Redstem Ceanothus: Ceanothus sanguineum - In bud.

Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

* Kinnickinnick: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

* Cusick's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon cusickii

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Hood's Phlox: Phlox hoodii

* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum - Fading out of bloom.

Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata - In bud.

Common Houndstongue: Cynoglossum officinalis

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

* Small-flowered Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus

* Narrow-leaf Skullcap: Scutellaria angustifolia

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

* Annual Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine var. echinospermum

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

Howell's Pussytoes: Antennaria howellii var. neodioica

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

* Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagitatta

Douglas' Dustymaiden: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

Animals Seen at this Site:

Osprey

Canada Geese

California Quail

Clark's Nutcrackers !

American Robins

Spotted Towhee

White-crowned Sparrows

Dark-eyed Juncos

Black-capped Chickadees

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Pygmy Nuthatches

Winter Wren

Warblers - Greenish-yellow body, gray head with no eye ring.

Pacific Tree Frog

Mourning Cloak

Sara's Orangetips

Swallowtail

Elfins (Moss' or Pine ?)

Spring Azure

Blues

Bumble Bee: Bombus sp.

Domestic Honeybees

Small native bees

Ladybugs

Paul Slichter