[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington: 2019]

Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington

Boise Cascade (Wenas) Campground

(Area around the campground along Hog Ranch Road from the junction with North Wenas Road uphill to balds on both sides of the road to about 2850')

May 24, 2019

Department of Natural Resources Lands

The spurred lupines (Lupinus arbustus) were at peak bloom around the Boise Cascade (Wenas) Campground...........May 24, 2019.

The spurred lupines (Lupinus arbustus) were at peak bloom around the Boise Cascade (Wenas) Campground...........May 24, 2019.

* Indicates the plant is currently in bloom.

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Pacific Silver Fir: Abies amabilis or Grand Fir: Abies grandis - One large plant on east side of Wenas Camp near middle of campground, viewed through binoculars.

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Mountain Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

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

* Field Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus pratensis

Smooth Brome: Bromus inermis

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* Onepike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata

Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegenaria spicata var. spicata

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.

Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus ssp. macrocarpus - Leaves.

* Common Camas: Camassia quamash (ssp. maxima ?)

Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods developing.

* Panicled Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum

* Meadow Deathcamas: Toxicosordion venenosum

* Douglas' Brodiaea: Triteleia grandiflora var. grandiflora

Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii

* Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis

* Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum (var. leianthemum ?) - Both cream and yellow-flowered forms.

* Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum douglasii var. douglasii

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum var. elatum - In bud.

* Parsnipflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. proliferum ?) - In bud.

* Thymeleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum thymoides

Willow Dock: Rumex salicifolilus (var. ?)

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

* Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva

* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis

Kittitas Larkspur: Delphinium multiplex ?

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii

* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

* Holboell's Rockcress: Boechera retrofracta

* Hairystem Rockcress: Boechera pauciflora

* Blue Mustard: Chorispora tenella

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Fading out of bloom.

Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods well-formed.

* Small-flowered Prairie Stars: Lithophragma parviflorum

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

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia

Cinquefoil: Drymocallis sp. - In bud.

Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor var. discolor

* Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata - Fading out of bloom.

* Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana

* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

* Yakima Milkvetch: Astragalus reventiformis

* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus

* Least Hop Clover: Trifolium dubium

* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Fading out of bloom.

Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata - Past bloom.

* Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus

Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maximum

Canby's Desert Parsley: Lomatium canbyi - Fruits maturing.

Geyer's Desert Parsley: Lomatium geyeri - Fruits maturing.

Large-fruit Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum - Fruits well developed.

* Fern-leaved Desert Parsley, Chocolate Tips: Lomatium multifidum - Fading out of bloom.

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papillioniferum

* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

* Mountain Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

* Kinnikinnik: Arctostaphylos nevadensis ssp. nevadensis

Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedaea

Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Fading out of bloom.

Needleleaf Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta or Navarretia propinqua - Young plants.

* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa

Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilis

* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum

* Fendler's Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum fendleri var. albifrons

* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata

Common Hound's-tongue: Cynoglossum officinale

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale - Fading out of bloom.

* Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri

* Thompson's Paintbrush: Castilleja thompsonii

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Gairdner's Penstemon: Penstemon gairdneri var. gairdneri

Lowly Penstemon: Penstemon humilis - In bud.

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - Beginning to bloom.

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Past bloom.

Stoloniferous Everlasting: Antennaria flagellaris

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria microphylla - Beginning to bloom.

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

Twin Arnica: Arnica sororia

Western Wormwood: Artemisia ludoviciana (ssp. ?)

Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana

* Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri

Diffuse Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa

* Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia

* Low Hawksbeard: Crepis modocensis

* Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa

* Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis

* Cushion Fleabane: Erigeron poliospermus

Low Cudweed: Gnaphalium palustre

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - In bud.

* Least Tarweed: Madia exigua - Beginning to bloom.

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

* Narrowleaf Goldenweed: Nestotus stenophyllus - Fading out of bloom.

* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - Fading out of bloom.

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

* Woolly Goldenweed: Stenotus lanuginosus var. lanuginosus

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius - In bud.

* Northern Mule's Ears: Wyethia amplexicaulis


Animals Seen Along This Route:

California Squirrels

Yellow Pine Chipmunks

Great-horned Owl - heard.

Red-tailed Hawk

Ravens

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flickers

Pileated Woodpecker

White-headed Woodpecker

Mourning Doves

Brown-headed Cowbirds

Western Meadowlarks

Gray Flycatchers

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Western Wood Peewees

Cassin's Finches

Chipping Sparrows

Lark Sparrows

Macgillivray's Warbler

Mountain Chickadees

Red-breasted Nuthaches

Anise Swallowtails

Western Tiger Swallowtail

Yellow Jackets


Paul Slichter