[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington: 2013]

Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington

Douglas Creek

from the South Trailhead north to McCue Springs (at the mouth of Pegg Canyon)

June 3, 2013

Purple sage (Salvia dorrii) blooming along the old railroad grade along Douglas Creek.........June 3, 2013.

Purple sage (Salvia dorrii) blooming along the old railroad grade (viewed north) along Douglas Creek.........June 3, 2013. McCue Springs at the mouth of Pegg Canyon which enters from the right.

* indicates the wildflower is currently blooming.

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea - Fruits forming.

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

* Coyote Willow: Salix exigua

* Pacific Willow: Salix lasiandra var. lasiandra

Common Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Ferriss' Scouring Rush: Equisetum ferrissii ?

Duckweed: Lemna minor

Cattails: Typha latifolia

* Common Tule: Schoenoplectus acutus var. occidentalis ?

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

* Crested Wheatgrass: Agropyron cristatum

* Common Chess: Bromus commutatus

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* Basin Wildrye: Leymus cinereus

Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegenaria spicata var. spicata

* Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea

* Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. leianthemum

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. ?)

* Rock Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum

* Doorweed: Polygonum aviculare

Bitter Dock: Rumex obtusifolius

* Spiny Hopsage: Grayia spinosa

Russian Thistle: Salsola tragus

* Virgin's Bower: Clematis ligusticifolia

Hornseed: Ranunculus testiculatus

Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis (repens ?) - Both it and B. aquifolium are found here.

Pale Alyssum: Alyssum alyssoides

* Holboell's Rockcress: Arabis holboellii var. retrofracta

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

* Whitetop: Cardaria draba

* Blue Mustard: Chorispora tenella

* Tansymustard: Descurainia sp.

* Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum

* Lava Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica var. cylindrica

Golden Currant: Ribes aureum - Fruits ripening.

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum - Fruits ripening

* Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?) - Fruits ripening.

Suksdorf's Hawthorn: Crataegus suksdorfii - Fruits ripening.

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa

* Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana

* Silky Lupine: Lupinus sericea var. sericea

* Black Locust: Robinia pseudo-acacia

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Common Blazing Star: Mentzelia laevicaulis

* White-stemmed Globe Mallow: Sphaeralcea munroana

Sumac: Rhus glabra

* Western Poison Ivy: Toxicodendron rydbergii

Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum - Fruits ripening.

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

* Field Bindweed: Convolvulus arvensis

* Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora - Fading out of bloom.

* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata

* Branched Phacelia: Phacelia ramosissima

* Bristly Fiddleneck: Amsinckia tessellata

* Wing-nut Cryptanth: Cryptantha (pectocarya ?)

* Bracted Vervain: Verbena bracteata

* Purple Sage: Salvia dorrii var. incana

* Thompson's Paintbrush: Castilleja thompsonii

* Dalmatian Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica

* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus

* Shrubby Bedstraw: Galium multiflorum

* Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida

Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata (var. tridentata ?)

Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri

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

Diffuse Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa - In bud.

* Dusty Maidens: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii

* Wavyleaf Thislte: Cirsium undulatum

* Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosus var. albicaulis

* Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis

* Shaggy Fleabane: Erigeron pumilus

* Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola

* Gray Horsebrush: Tetradymia canescens

* Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Animals Observed or Heard Along this Route:

Golden Eagle ?

Harrier - Male

Kestrel

Northern Flickers

Black-billed Magpies

Ravens

Red-winged Blackbirds

Mallard - male

Chukars

Mourning Doves

Rock Pigeons

American Robins

Black-headed Grosbeaks

Bullock's Orioles

Says Phoebes

Western Wood Peewees

White-throated Swifts

Violet-green Swallows

Lazuli Buntings

Willson's Warblers

Yellow Warblers

Yellow-breasted Chats

Dark-eyed Juncos

American Goldfinches

Rock Wrens

Gopher Snake

Rattlesnake

Western Swallowtail

Lorquin's Admirals

Ochre Ringlets

Acmon Blues

Blues

Skippers


Paul Slichter