[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington: 2013]

Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington

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

Washington State Parks

April 28, 2013

Moose


* Indicates the plant is currently in bloom.

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

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

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii (var. ?)

Wolfbane Lichen: Letharia vulpina

Red Bryum Moss: Bryum miniatum

Juniper Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum

Awned Haircap Moss: Polytrichum pilferum

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis ?

One-spike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata

* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum - In bud.

* Purple Trillium: Trillium petiolatum

* Meadow Deathcamas: Zigadenus venenosus - Beginning to bloom.

Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

* Streambank Springbeauty: Claytonia parviflora var. parviflora

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

* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis

* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum

* Spring Whitlowgrass: Draba verna

Roundleaf Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica (var. glabella or cylindrica ?) - In bud.

* Small-flowered Priaire Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

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

* Golden Currant: Ribes aureum

* Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. cusickii

Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii var. douglasii - In bud.

* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

Mallow Ninebark: Physocarpus malvaceus - In bud.

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa - In bud.

Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontanus

Birchleaf Spiraea: Spiraea betulifolia

Nevada Deervetch: Lotus nevadensis

Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus - In bud.

* Silky Lupine: Lupinus sericeus

Clover: Trifolium sp.

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Klamath Weed: Hypericum perforatum

Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

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

Viper's Bugloss: Echium vulgare

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Dalmation Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

Annual Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine var. echinospermum

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus mexicana

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

Field Pussytoes: Antennaria howellii var. howellii

Field Pussytoes: Antennaria howellii var. neodioica

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Beginning to bloom.

* Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagitatta

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Animals seen along the route of this hike:

Two male moose (1 yearling, the other 2 years?)

Wood Ducks

Mallards

Turkey Vulture

Painted Turtles


Paul Slichter