[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington: 2015]

Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington

Camas Land Natural Area Preserve

Washington Department of Natural Resources

A Washington Native Plant Society and University of Washington Herbarium hike.

June 5-7, 2015

Mule's ears (Wyethia amplexicaulis) and american bistort (Bistorta bistortoides) in mass bloom at Camas Land Natural Area Preserve........June 6, 2015.

Mule's ears (Wyethia amplexicaulis) and american bistort (Bistorta bistortoides) in mass bloom at Camas Land Natural Area Preserve........June 6, 2015.

The area covered includes the northern edges of the wetland prairie as well as an old road which climbs uphill to an open ridgeline to the north of the prairie.


* Indicates the plant is currently in bloom.

Grand Fir: Abies grandis -

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa -

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii -

* Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea -

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides -

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana -

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense ?

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri -

* Needlegrass: Achnatherum sp.

* Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus pratensis

* Beringian Hairgrass: Deschampsia (cespitosa ?)

* California Oatgrass: Danthonia californica

* Timothy: Phleum pratense

* Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum

* Lyall's Mariposa: Calochortus lyallii

* Common Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash - Fading out of bloom.

* Columbia Lily: Lilium columbianum

Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum -

California False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum (var. californicum ?)

* Alaska Rein Orchid: Piperia unalascensis

* Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica -

Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii -

* Kellogg's Knotweed: Polygonum polygalioides ssp. kelloggii

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

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

Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis - Past bloom.

* Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla -

* Sticky Starwort: Pseudostellaria jamesiana -

* Parry's Campion: Silene parryi - North-facing slopes below ridgetop.

* Long-stalk Starwort: Stellaria longipes

Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii

* Columbian Monkshood: Aconitum columbianum - Beginning to bloom.

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

Wenatche Larkspur: Delphinium viridescens - In bud.

* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus

* Western Meadowrue: Thalictrum occidentale -

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium -

* Western Yellowcress: Rorippa curvisiliqua

* Lava Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica - North-facing slopes below the ridgetop.

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

Utah Serviceberry: Amelanchier utahensis ? - Fruits with pubescence. Atop the ridge.

Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii

Suksdorf's Hawthorn: Crataegus suksdorfii ? - Dried flowers with 20 stamens.

* Tall Cinquefoil: Drymocallis convallaria

* Greene's Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa

* Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana var. platypetala -

* Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum - Fading out of bloom.

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor - In bud.

* Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis (var. fastigiata ?)

* Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis -

* Sulfur Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta - Beginning to bloom.

Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata - Past bloom.

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana (var. melanocarpa ?) - Past bloom.

* Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

Blackcap Raspberry: Rubus leucodermis

Nootka Rose: Rosa nutkana (var. ?) - In bud.

Birchleaf Spiraea: Spiraea betulifolia - In bud.

Menzie's Spiraea, Hardhack: Spiraea douglasii var. menzisii -

Pyramid Spiraea: Spiraea X pyramidata - In bud.

* Nevada Pea: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. lanszwertii

* Sierra Peak: Lathyrus nevadensis (var. puniceus ?)

* Silky Lupine: Lupinus sericeus

* Alsike Clover: Trifolium hybridum

* Longstalk Clover: Trifolium longipes (var. ?) - Fading out of bloom.

* White Clover: Trifolium repens

* American Vetch: Vicia americana

* Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum (old var. incisum)

Long-spur Violet: Viola adunca - Leaves only.

Prairie Violet: former Viola nuttallii - Leaves only.

* Buckbrush: Ceanothus sanguineus - Fading out of bloom.

* Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus -

* Wenatchee Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana var. calva - Beginning to bloom.

Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium

* Canby's Angelica: Angelica canbyi - Beginning to bloom.

Cow Parsnip: Heracleum lanatum

Brandegee's Desert Parsley: Lomatium brandegei - Past bloom. Along ridgeline.

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - Still in bloom along the ridgeline.

* Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi -

* Western Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis -

Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri

Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea -

* Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium (var. ?)

* Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

* Narrow-leaved Collomia: Collomia linearis

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis var. gracilis

Prickly Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta (var. ?)

* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa

Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum - Past bloom.

* Fendler's Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum fendleri var. albifrons -

* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata (var. hastata ?)

* Cryptanth: Cryptantha sp. - Small flowered.

* Nodding Stickseed: Hackelia deflexa var. americana

* Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha

Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale - Past bloom.

Long-flowered Lungwort: Mertensisa (longiflora ?) - Past bloom.

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata

* Hairy Owlclover: Castilleja tenuis

* Small-flowred Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Fading out of bloom.

* Tapertip Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus var. attenuatus

* Yellow Penstemon: Penstemon confertus

Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus - Past bloom along the ridgeline.

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

* Purslane Speedwell: Veronica peregrina var. xalpensis

* English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

* Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa -

Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata - Berries ripening.

* Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea

* Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus - Beginning to bloom.

* Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Large-flowered Agoseris: Agoseris grandiflora

* Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa - Fading out of bloom.

* Little-leaf Pussytoes: Antennaria microphylla ?

* Dog Fennel: Anthemis cotula ?

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana ? - Past bloom. May be worn out B. sagittata ?

* Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata

Silvercrown: Cacaliopsis nardosmia - Past bloom.

Diffuse Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa

* Edible Thistle: Cirsium edule (var. wenatchense ?)

Showy Fleabane: Erigeron speciosus

Engelmann's Aster: Eucephalus engelmannii - In bud.

* Low Gumweed: Grindelia nana - Beginning to bloom on the road up the ridgeline.

* Rocky Mountain Sunflower: Helianthella uniflora var. douglasii

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum - Beginning to bloom.

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - In bud.

* Least Tarweed: Madia exigua

Pineappleweed: Matricaria discoidea

Cut-leaf Microseris: Microseris laciniata ? - Basal leaves only.

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans - Fading out of bloom.

* Showy Coneflower: Rudbeckia alpicola - Beginning to bloom.

* Sweet-marsh Butterweed: Senecio hydrophiloides - Beginning to fade

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

Goldenrod: Solidago sp.

Narrowleaf Stephanomeria: Stephanomeria tenuifolia ? - Along road at ridgetop saddle.

Leafy Aster: Symphiotrichum foliacuem var. foliaceum

Western Mountain Aster: Symphiotrichum spathulaum (var. ?) - Edges of Camas Land prairie. In bud.

Salsify: Tragopogon dubius

* Northern Mule's Ears: Wyethia amplexicaulis - Past its peak.


Animals Seen at This Site:

Douglas Squirrel

Common Ravens

Ruffed Grouse

Hairy Woodpecker

Red-breasted Sapsucker

Evening Grosbeaks

American Robins

Western Tanagers

Chipping Sparrows

Dark-eyed Junco

House Finch

Western Wood Peewees

Solitary Vireo

Pine Siskins

House Wrens

Violet-green Swallows

Pale Swallowtails

Indra Swallowtails


Paul Slichter