[Wildflower bloom in the Southern Washington Cascades: 2019]

Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Mt. Adams: Willard Springs Foot Trail (the forested portion of the loop trail)

Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge

June 3, 2019

 


* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri

Tube Lichen: Hypogymnia sp.

Wolf Lichen: Letharia vulpina

Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana

* Long-rhizome Sedge: Carex inops ssp. inops

* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii ssp. lemmonii

* Large Mountain Brome: Bromus sitchensis var. marginatus

* Meadow Brome: Bromus commutatus

* Soft Brome: Bromus hordeaceus

* Orchard Grass: Dactylis glomerata

* Blue Wildrye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus

* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

* Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha

* North African Grass: Ventenata dubia

* Subalpine Mariposa Lily: Calochortus subalpinus

Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis var. affinis - Pods ripening.

Columbia Lily, Tiger Lily: Lilium columbianum - In bud.

* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii

Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina - In bud.

* Spotted Coralroot: Corallorhiza maculata

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

* Pussypaws: Cistanthe umbellata var. caudicifera

* Erubescent Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra - Fading out of bloom.

* Knawlweed: Scleranthus annuus

* Menzie's Catchfly: Silene menziesii var. menziesii

* Oregon Campion: Silene oregana

* Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa var. formosa

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis

* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum

* Idaho Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa ssp. glabrata

* Woodland Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. vesca

* Blueleaf Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. glauca

* Pinewoods Horkelia: Horkelia fusca ssp. fusca

Sulphur Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana

Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

* Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana

* Trailing Blackberry, Pacific Blackberry: Rubus ursinus

Hardhack: Spiraea douglasii var. douglasii

Spanish Clover: Acmispon americanus var. americanus

* Nevada Deer-vetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis - Beginning to bloom.

* Ame's Milk-vetch: Astragalus pulsiferae var. suksdorfii

* Desert Peavine: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. aridus

* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus

* Pacific Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lepidus

* Purple Clover: Trifolium praetense

* American Vetch: Vicia americana

Baker's Violet: Viola nuttallii var. bakeri - Past bloom.

* Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea - Fading out of bloom.

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

* Night-blooming False Bindweed: Calystegia atriplicifolia ssp. atriplicifolia

Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum

Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium

Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea - In bud.

* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum - Still blooming near Willard Springs.

* Turpentine Wavewing: Cymopterus terebinthinus

Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi - Fruits forming.

Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea

White-veined WIntergreen: Pyrola picta - In bud.

* Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana - Beginning to bloom.

* Broadleaf Starflower: Trientalis borealis ssp. latifolia

* Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

* Mountain Navarretia: Navarretia divaricata

* Midget Phlox: Phlox gracilis (Microsteris gracilis var. humilior) - Still blooming where moist.

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

* Varied-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla (var. heterophylla ?)

Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. acuta

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Still blooming where moist.

* Candelabrum Monkeyflower: Erythranthe pulsiferae

* Lowly Penstemon: Penstemon humilis

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

* English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

* Piedmont Bedstraw: Crucieta pedimontanum

* Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale - In bud.

* Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

* Kelloggia: Kelloggia galioides

Scot's Bluebells: Campanula rotundifolia - In bud.

Twinflower: Linnaea borealis

Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa - Beginning to bloom.

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpus albus ssp. laevigata

* Trailing Snowberry, Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis - Beginning to bloom.

Heterocodon: Heterocodon rariflorum

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

* Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa

* Howell's Pussytoes: Antennaria howellii var. howellii - Mostly out of bloom.

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - Fading out of bloom.

Rabbitbrush Goldenweed: Ericameria bloomeri

Rough Aster: Eurybia radulina

Marsh Cudweed: Gnaphalium palustre

* Meadow Hawkweed: Hieracium caespitosum - Too numerous.

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - In bud.

* False Dandelion: Hypochaeris radicata

* Oxeye Daisy: Leucanthemum vulgare

* Little Tarweed: Madia exigua ? or Least Tarweed: Hemizonella minima ?

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

Yellow Salsify, Oysterplant: Tragopogon dubius


Animals Seen Along This Route:

Douglas Squirrel

Black-tailed or Mule Deer, or hybrids

Elk herd

Bald Eagles - 2 adults with 3 one year old immature birds.

Turkey Vultures

Common Nighthawk

Mourning Dove

Northern Flicker

Downy or Hairy Woodpecker - Heard.

Pileated Woodpecker - Heard.

Eastern Kingbird

Olive-sided Flycatchers

Western Wood Peewee

Brewer's Blackbirds

Western Meadowlark

Ravens

American Robins

Hermit Thrushes - Heard

Towsend's Solitaire

Black-headed Grosbeaks

Western Tanagers

Cassins Finches

American Goldfinches

Chipping Sparrows

Dark-eyed Juncos including one fledgling that was not ready to fly hopping along the ground.

Tree Swallows

Red-breasted Nuthatches

House Wrens

Ochre Ringlets

Pale Swallowtails


Paul Slichter E-mail