[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington: 2019]

Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington

Little Naches River Road

from Highway 410 north to meadows adjacent to spur road 1900-765

June 9, 2019

Wenatchee-Okanogan National Forest

 


* Indicates the plant is currently in bloom.

Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina ssp. cyclosorum

Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Common Scouring-rush: Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Alaska Yellow Cedar: Callitropsis nootkatensis

Western Larch: Larix occidentalis

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta (var. latifolia ?)

Western White Pine: Pinus monticola

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Douglas Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii

Mountain Alder: Alnus (incana ssp. tenuifolia ?)

* Creek Dogwood: Cornus stolonifera

Oregon Boxwood: Paxistima myrsinites

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

Sitka Willow: Salix sitchensis

* Big-leaf Sedge: Carex amplifolia

* Water Sedge: Carex aquatilis var. aquatilis

* Golden Sedge: Carex aurea

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

* Woodrush Sedge: Carex luzulina

* Thick-head Sedge: Carex pachystachya

* Small-fruited Bulrush: Scirpus microcarpus

* Baltic Rush: Juncus balticus ssp. ater

* Pacific Woodrush: Luzula comosa ssp. laxa

* Needlegrass: Achnatherum sp.

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* One-spike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata

Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* North African Grass: Ventenata dubia

* Small Fescue: Vulpia microstachys

Skunk Cabbage: Lysichiton americanus

Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum

* Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis

False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule

Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

Hooker's Fairybells: Prosartes hookeri

* Meadow Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion venenosum

Western Wood Lily: Trillium ovatum

White False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum (var. caudatum ?)

* White Bog Orchid: Platanthera dilatata (var. ?)

* Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum (var. leianthemum ?)

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

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

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

* Siberian Springbeauty: Claytonia siberica

Littleleaf Montia: Montia parvifolia - In bud.

* Chickweed: Cerastium sp.

Deptford Pink: Dianthus armeria

Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

* Catchfly: Silene sp. - sticky

* Crimson Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

* Creeping Buttercup: Ranunculus repens

* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus

False Bugbane: Trautvetteria caroliniensis

Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla

* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

* Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa

* American Wintercress: Barbarea orthoceras

* Spreadingpod Rockcress: Boechera divaricarpa

* Secund Rockcress: Boechera retrofracta

* Sicklepod Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora

* Shepherd's Purse: Capsella bursa-pastoralis

* Pennsylvania Bittercress: Cardamine pensylvanica

Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera

* Tower Mustard: Turritis glabra

Oregon Stonecrop: Sedum oreganum

Broadleaf Stonecrop: Sedum spathulifolium

Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum ssp. stenopetalum - In bud.

* Lava Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica

Bulblet Prairie Stars: Lithophragma glabrum (L. bulbifera)

* Small-flowered Prairie Stars: Lithophragma parviflorum

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum - Past bloom.

* Prickly Currant: Ribes lacustre

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia

* Black Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii

* Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa

* Wood Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. ssp. californica

* Blueleaf Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. glauca

Largeleaf Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. macrophyllum

Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor var. discolor - In bud.

Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum

* Nootka Rose: Rosa nutkana (var. ?)

* Blackcap: Rubus leucodermis

* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

* Pacific Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus

Menzie's Spiraea: Spiraea doulasiana var. menziesii

* Yakima Milkvetch: Astragalus reventiformis

* Thick-leaved Peavine: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. lanszwertii

* Sierra Pea: Lathyrus nevadensis var. nevadensis

* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus

* Bird'sfoot Trefoil: Lotus corniculatus

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus ? or * Bingen Lupine: Lupinus sulphureus var. subsaccatus

* Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

Alfalfa: Medicago sativa

* Least Hop Clover: Trifolium dubium

* Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes (var. multiovolutum ?) - keying, I arrived at var. hansenii, but it's not been collected in WA)

* American Vetch: Vicia americana

False Mermaid: Floerkea proserpinacoides

Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana

Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum

* Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus

* Early Blue Violet: Viola adunca

* Stream Violet: Viola glabella

Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium

* Ciliate Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum var. ciliatum

Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maximum

Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi

* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium brevifolium (formerly L. triternatum)

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

Butterfly-loving Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum

* Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

* Mountain Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana

* Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens

Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

Grouseberry: Vaccinium scoparium

Field Bindweed: Convolvulus arvensis

* Western Starflower: Lysimachia latifolia

Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

* Narrow-leaved Collomia: Collomia linearis

* Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. aggregata

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Fendler's Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum fendleri var. albifrons

Austin's Small-flowered Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. austiniae

Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata (var. hastata ?) - In bud.

Common Houndstongue: Cynoglossum officinale

* Tall Bluebells: Mertensia paniculata var. paniculata

* Blue Scorpion-grass: Myosotis micrantha

* Blue and Yellow Scoripon-grass: Myosotis discolor

* Scouler's Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys scouleri ?

Mountain Balm: Monardella odoratissima

Cooley's Hedgenettle: Stachys cooleyae

* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. acuta

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata

* Musk Monkeyflower: Erythranthe moschata

* Dalmatian Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica

* Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus

* Lowly Penstemon: Penstemon humilis var. humilis

Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richarsonii

* Rydberg's Penstemon: Penstemon rydbergii - Beginning to bloom.

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

* American Brooklime: Veronica americana

* Corn Speedwell: Veronica arvensis

Skullcap Speedwell: Veronica scutellata

* English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

Broadleaf Plantain: Plantago major

* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon uniflorum

Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

Twinflower: Linnaea borealis

Black Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea

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

Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis var. hesperius

Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. vaccinioides (S. oreophilus)

* Mountain Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis

Bluebell-of-Scotland: Campanula rotundifolia

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

* Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria microphylla

* Racemose Pussytoes: Antennaria racemosa

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

Twin Arnica: Arnica sororia

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana

* Silvercrown Luina: Cacaliopsis nardosmia

Diffuse Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa

Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense

* Cutleaf Daisy: Erigeron compositus

Showy Fleabane: Erigeron speciosus - In bud.

* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. leucophyllum

* Miniature Tarweed: Hemizonella minima

Oregon Goldaster: Heterotheca oregana

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - In bud.

Nipplewort: Lapsana communis

Oxeye Daisy: Leucanthemum vulgare - In bud.

* Least Tarweed: Madia exigua

Pineappleweed: Matricaria discoidea

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

Tall Butterweed: Senecio serra - In bud.

Goldenrod: Solidago (elongata ?)

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Animals Seen Along This Route:

Osprey

Canada Geese

Ravens

Black-headed Grosbeaks

Western Tanagers

American Robins

American Dippers

Western Wood Peewee

Yellow-rumped Warblers

Yellow Warbler

Boisduval's Blues

Ochre Ringlet


Paul Slichter