[Wildflower Bloom in Central & Eastern Washington: 2013]

South White Bluffs: Wahluke Slope Wildlife Unit

Hanford Reach National Monument

May 11, 2013

 

 


* Indicates the plant is currently in bloom.

 

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides ssp. elymoides

* Needle and Thread: Heterostipa comata

* Mouse Barley: Hordeum (murinum ?)

* Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha

Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda - Past bloom.

* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

Fescue: Vulpia sp.

Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods maturing.

* Spiny Hopsage: Grayia spinosa

Russian Thistle: Salsola tragus

Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum - Past bloom.

* Narrow Tansymustard: Descurainia incisa (ssp. filipes ?) - Fading out of bloom.

* White Bluffs Bladderpod: Physaria douglasii ssp. tuplashensis

* Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum - Fading out of bloom.

* Manyflower Thelypody: Thelypodium milleflorum

* Pale Evening-primrose: Oenothera pallida

Freckled Milkvetch: Astragalus lentiginosus ? - Leaves only.

* Lyall's Milkvetch: Astragalus lyallii ? - Fading out of bloom.

* The Dalles Milkvetch: Astragalus sclerocarpus - Fading out of bloom.

* Columbia Milkvetch: Astragalus succumbens - Fading out of bloom.

* Low Lupine: Lupinus pusillus ?

* Turpentine Wave-wing: Cymopterus terebinthinus

Large-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum - Fruits maturing.

* Sand Gilia: Aliciella leptomeria

* Rosy Gilia: Gilia sinuata

* Longleaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia

* Lewis' Flax: Linum lewisii

* Threadleaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis

* Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia lycopsoides - Fading out of bloom.

* Matted Cryptantha: Cryptantha circumsissa

Snake River Cryptanth: Cryptantha spiculifera - Past bloom.

* Sand Penstemon: Penstemon accuminatus var. acuminatus

* Indian Wheat: Plantago patagonica

Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla - Fruiting.

Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata var. tridentata

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana

* Dusty Maidens: Chaenactis douglasii

* Slender Hawksbeard: Crepis atribarba

Green Rabbitbrush: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus var. viscidiflorus

* Threadleaf Fleabane: Erigeron filifolius

* Shaggy Fleabane: Erigeron pumilus

* Cusick's Sunflower: Helianthus cusickii

* Tidy Tips: Layia glandulosa

* Showy Townsendia: Townsendia florifer

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Animals seen along the route of this hike:

Red-tailed Hawk

Prairie Falcon

Western Meadowlarks

Horned Larks

Cliff Swallows

Rock Wren

Horned Lizards

Lizards

Skippers

Carnivorous Ground Beetles

Hummingbird Moths?


Paul Slichter