[Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington: 2015]

Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington

Old Blewett Pass Highway

Wenatchee National Forest

May 4, 2015

Thompson's cryptanth: Cryptantha thompsonii

Thompson's cryptanth (Cryptantha thompsonii), a Wenatchee Mountains endemic species.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Western Larch: Larix occidentalis

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

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana

Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides - Beginning to bloom.

* Blue Wild Rye: Elymus glaucus ?

Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum - Fruits maturing.

* Columbia Lily: Lilium columbianum

* False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule - Fading out of bloom.

* Spotted Orchid: Corallorhiza maculata

* Clustered Lady Slipper: Cypripedium fasciculatum - Fading out of bloom.

* Mountain Lady Slipper: Cypripedium montanum

* Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. lanceolatum

* Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

Alpine Twinpod: Physaria alpestris - Fruits maturing.

* Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla

* Roundleaf Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?)

* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor - In bud.

Domestic Apple: Malus domestica ?

* Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa var. glandulosa

* Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis

Bitter Cherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

* Baldhip Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

* Nootka Rose: Rosa nutkana (var. ?)

* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

* Sierra Pea: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. aridus

* Lupinus polyphyllus var. burkei ?

* Yellow Sweet-clover: Melilotus officinalis

* Red Clover: Trifolium pratense

* White Clover: Trifolium repens

* Buckbrush: Ceanothus sanguineus

* Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus

Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium

* Wenatchee Mountain Desert Parsley: Lomatium cuspidatum

Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

White-veined Wintergreen: Pyrola picta - In bud.

* Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium (var. ?)

* Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata

* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata

* Tall Phacelia: Phacelia procera

* Thompson's Cryptantha: Cryptantha thompsonii

Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata - (or C. elmeri?)

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

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

* Intermountain Bedstraw: Galium serpenticum

* Milky Kelloggia: Kelloggia galioides

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea - In bud.

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

* Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata

Tumble Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa

* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum (var. ?)

Engelmann's Aster: Eucephalus engelmannii - In bud.

White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum - In bud.

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - In bud.

Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus - Past bloom.


Animals Seen Along This Route:

Ruffed Grouse

Evening Grosbeaks

Pine Siskins

Red-breasted Nuthatches


Paul Slichter