[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington: 2019]

Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington

Headquarters and Stubblefield Trails Loop

Turnbull National Wildlife Area

May 8, 2019

Common camas (Camassia quamash ssp. quamash) nearing peak bloom in vernally moist swales at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge......May 8, 2019. - Swale desert parsley (Lomatium ambiguum) blooming enmasse at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge......May 8, 2019.

Common camas (Camassia quamash ssp. quamash) nearing its peak bloom at left and swale desert parsley (Lomatium ambiguum) at right blooming enmasse at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge......May 8, 2019.

* Indicates the plant is currently in bloom.

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

Peach-leaf Willow: Salix amygdaloides

* Pacific Willow: Salix lasiandra var. caudata

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

* Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus pratensis

Smooth Brome: Bromus inermis

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides (var. ?)

Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

Basin Wild Rye: Leymus cinereus

* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa

* Nevada Blue Grass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia

* Sandberg's Blue Grass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

Columbia Onion: Allium columbianum - In bud.

* Common Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash

* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Fading out of bloom.

* Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum - Beginning to bloom.

* Blue Dicks: Triteleia grandiflora var. grandiflora

* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum - Fading out of bloom.

Elegant Rein Orchid: Platanthera elegans - Leaves

Parsnipflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides - Leaves

Snow Buckwheat: Eriogonum niveum - Leaves

Milkwort Knotweed: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. polygaloides

Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

Willow Dock: Rumex triangulivalvis

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

Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva - In bud.

Water Montia: Montia fontana - Past bloom.

* Lineleaf Miner's Lettuce: Montia linearis

Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Beginning to bloom.

* Few-flowered Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora - Flowers and fruits both present. Popular with Julia's orangetip butterflies!

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

Scalepod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods ripening.

Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum

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

* Bulblet Prairiestar: Lithophragma bulbifera (L. glabrum)

* Small-flowered Prairiestar: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia

* Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. cusickii - Fruits ripening.

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

* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

Cordilleran Cinquefoil: Drymocallis convallaria - ?

* Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

Elmer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri

Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis

Sulfur Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta

Western Burnet: Poteridium occidentale

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa - In bud.

Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis

Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus

Silky Lupine: Lupinus sericeus

White Sweetclover: Melilotus albus

Hairy Vetch: Vicia villosa

Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum var. viscosissimum

* Hooked Spur Violet: Viola adunca

Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maximum

* Swale Desert Parsley: Lomatium ambiguum

* Hamblen's Desert Parsley: Lomatium farinosum

* Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium multifidum

* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Seeds maturing.

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri

Field Bindweed: Convolvulus arvensis

* Darkthroat Shooting Star: Dodecatheon pulchellum var. pulchellum

Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

* Littlebells Polemonium: Polemonium micranthum

Common Houndstongue: Cynoglossum officinale

* Blue Scorpiongrass: Myosotis micrantha

* Scouler's Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys scouleri - Beginning to bloom.

Nettleleaf Horsemint: Agastache urticifolia

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

* Red Besseya: Bessya (Synthyris) rubra

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Dalmation Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

* Annual Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine var. echinospermum

* Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida

* Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagitatta

Wavyleaf Thistle: Cirsium undulatum

Blanket Flower: Gaillardia aristata

Hairy Gumweed: Grindelia hirsutula

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri (the former Hieracium albertinum)

Columbia Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma carthamoides var. carthamoides

Alkali Marsh Butterweed: Senecio hydrophilus

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus - Beginning to bloom.

Common Tansy: Tanacetum vulgare

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

Northern Mule's-ears: Wyethia amplexicaulis


Animals Seen at this Site:

(Least?) Chipmunks

American Coots

Buffleheads

Canada Geese

Gadwell

Hooded Mergansers

Mallards

Pied-billed Grebe

Red-headed Duck

Ruddy Ducks

Scaup

Shovelers

Bald Eagles

Ravens

Northern Flicker

Says Phoebe

Killdeer

Snipe

American Robins

Mourning Doves

Red-winged Blackbirds

Yellow-headed Blackbird - Heard

Starlings

Western Meadowlarks

House Finches

Brewer's Sparrows ? - Heard.

House Sparrows

Song Sparrows

Vesper Sparrows ?

Tree Swallows

House Wrens

Garter Snakes

Brown Elfin

Western Pine Elfins

Blues

Julia's Orangetips

Mourning Cloaks

Anise Swallowtail

Large Bumblebees


Paul Slichter