[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington: 2019]

Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington

Umtanum Falls Trail

(From the trailhead downstream to about 200 meters beyond the waterfalls and up to the canyon rim)

May 25, 2019

L.T. Murray Wildlife Area

Umtanum Falls......May 25, 2019.

Umtanum Falls......May 25, 2019. This is a heavily used area during weekends. I'd advise visiting during weekdays as the weekend crowd can be very noisy and they most likely will be acting crazily while climbing the cliffs and swimming in the plunge pool!

Flower-filled north-facing slopes of Umtanum Creek......May 25, 2019. - View upstream along Umtanum Creek towards the crest of Manastash Ridge in the distance.....May 25, 2019.

View west across native bunchgrass slopes on the south side of Umtanum Creek......May 25, 2019. - View southeast across native bunchgrass slopes towards the crest of Umtanum Ridge from near Umtanum Creek......May 25, 2019.

The upper photo at left shows numerous wildflowers on the north-facing bunchgrass slopes above Umtanum Creek. The photo at upper right shows a view down into Umtanum Canyon from the south rim looking upstream towards the crest of Manastash Ridge at the skyline. The photo at lower left shows natural bunchgrass slopes viewed west up canyon near the south rim of Umtanum Canyon. The photo at lower right shows native bunchgrass slopes viewed southeast towards the crest of Umtanum Ridge. All photos taken on .May 24, 2019.

* Indicates the plant is currently in bloom.

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Cliff-fern: Woodsiasp.

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Mountain Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

* Douglas' Sedge: Carex douglasii

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

* Crested Wheatgrass: Agropyron cristatum

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* Pinegrass: Calamagrostis rubescens

Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis - Beginning to bloom.

Basin Wild Rye: Leymus cinereus

Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Nevada Blue Grass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia

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

* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegenaria spicata var. spicata

Northern Water-plantain: Alisma (triviale ?)

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.

Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii - In bud.

Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus ssp. macrocarpus - Leaves.

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

* False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule

* Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

* Douglas' Brodiaea: Triteleia grandiflora var. grandiflora

* Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis

Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Past bloom.

Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis

* 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

Lambsquarters: Chenopodium album

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata

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

* Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva

* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis

Mountain Sandwort: Eremogone capillaris var. americana - In bud.

Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum - Past bloom.

* White Campion: Silene latifolia

Western Clematis: Clematis ligusticifolia

Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum or Kittitas Larkspur: Delphinium multiplex

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* Sagebrush Buttercup: Ranunculus glaberrimus var. glaberrimus - Fading out of bloom.

Creeping Buttercup: Ranunculus repens

* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus

* Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens

* Bitter Wintercress: Barbarea vulgaris

* Black-flowered Rockcress: Boechera atrorubens

* Hairystem Rockcress: Boechera pauciflora

* Pennsylvania Bittercress: Cardamine pennsylvanica

* Blue Mustard: Chorispora tenella

* Tansymustard: Descurainia sp. (2 species, one native, the other weedy)

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

Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods well-formed.

Bulblet Prairie Stars: Lithophragma glabrum (L. bulbifera) - Past bloom.

* Small-flowered Prairie Stars: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Swamp Saxifrage: Micranthes nidifica ?

* Golden Currant: Ribes aureum - Past bloom.

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

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia

* Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii

* Largeleaf Avens: Geum macrophylum

* Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum

Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor var. discolor

Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis - In bud.

* Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana

* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii

Spiraea: Spiraea sp. (lucida or pyramidata) - No flowers yet.

* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus

Sweet Clover: Melilotus sp.

Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Past bloom.

* American Vetch: Vicia americana

* Wild Blue Flax: Linum lewisii

Streambank Globemallow: Iliamna rivularis

Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana

* Hooked Spur Violet: Viola adunca

* Upland Yellow Violet: Viola nuttallii var. praemorsa

* Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus

Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

* Long-leaf Evening-primrose: Taraxia subacaulis

Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maximum

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

Hamblen's Desert Parsley: Lomatium farinosum - Fruits forming.

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

* Fern-leaved Desert Parsley, Chocolate Tips: Lomatium multifidum

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

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

* Nine-leaf Bisquitroot: Lomatium simplex

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

Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

* Mountain Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

* Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

Field Bindweed: Convolvulus arvensis

* Narrowleaf Collomia: Collomia linearis

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

* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa

* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum

Great Basin Nemophila: Nemophila breviflora - Past bloom.

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

* Lineleaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis

* Small-flowered Fiddleneck: Amsinckia menziesii

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

* Shade Bluebells: Mertensia umbratilis

* Blue Scorpion-grass: Myosotis micrantha

* Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri

Western Horsemint: Agastache occidentalis

* Thompson's Paintbrush: Castilleja thompsonii

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata

* Gairdner's Penstemon: Penstemon gairdneri var. gairdneri

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

Common Plantain: Plantago major

Cleavers: Galium aparine

Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

Fuller's Teasel: Dipsacus fullonum

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Small-leaved Pussytoes: Antennaria parvifolia ?

Burdock: Arctium minus

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

Twin Arnica: Arnica sororia

Western Wormwood: Artemisia ludoviciana (ssp. ?)

Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana

Diffuse Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa

Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense

Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare

* Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia

* Low Hawksbeard: Crepis modocensis

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa

* Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis

* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

Western Goldenrod: Euthamia occidentalis

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - In bud.

Pineappleweed: Matricaria discoidea

Narrowleaf Goldenweed: Nestotus stenophyllus - Past bloom.

* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides

* Woolly Goldenweed: Stenotus lanuginosus var. lanuginosus

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius - In bud.


Animals Seen Along This Route:

California Squirrels

Yellow Pine Chipmunks

Ravens

Red-naped Woodpecker

Mourning Doves

Spotted Towhees

Brown-headed Cowbirds

Steller's Jays

Western Meadowlarks

Western Wood Peewees

American Robins

Hermit Thrush

Western Tanagers

American Goldfinches

Song Sparrow

Wilson's Warbler

Yellow-breasted Chats

Black-capped Chickadees

Red-breasted Nuthaches

House Wrens

Calliope Hummingbird


Paul Slichter