[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington: 2022]

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 27-30, 2022

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

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Mountain Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia

Red-osier Dogwood: Cornus stolonifera

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

* 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. quamash

Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods developing.

Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

* Panicled Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum

* Meadow Deathcamas: Toxicosordion venenosum - Beginning to bloom.

* Douglas' Brodiaea: Triteleia grandiflora var. grandiflora - Beginning to bloom.

Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii

* Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis

Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. leianthemum - In bud. Both cream and yellow-flowered forms are present here.

* Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum douglasii var. douglasii - Beginning to bloom.

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

* Parsnipflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides - Beginning to bloom.

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum - In bud.

* Thymeleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum thymoides - Beginning to bloom.

Willow Dock: Rumex salicifolilus (var. ?)

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

* Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva - Beginning to bloom.

* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus

Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii - In bud.

* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenophyllum ssp. stenopetalum

* Hairystem Rockcress: Boechera pauciflora

* Blue Mustard: Chorispora tenella

* Mountain Tansymustard: Descurainia incana

* Flixweed: Descurainia sophia

* 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 - Fading out of bloom.

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia

Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii - In bud.

Cinquefoil: Drymocallis sp. - In bud.

Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor var. discolor

Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis (var. gracilis ?) - In bud.

* Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata - Fading out of bloom.

* Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana

* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Black Cap: Rubus leucodermis

* Yakima Milkvetch: Astragalus reventiformis

* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus

* Bingen Lupine: Lupinus sulphureus var. bingenensis

* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum

Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata - Past bloom.

Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus

Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum var. incisum - Non-sticky.

Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana - In bud.

Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

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

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

* Chocolate Tips: Lomatium mutifidum

* 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

* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa

* Little Polemonium: Polemonium micranthum

* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum

* Fendler's Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum fendleri var. albifrons

Great Basin Nemophila: Nemophila breviflora - Past bloom.

Common Hound's-tongue: Cynoglossum officinale

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale - Beginning to bloom.

* Thompson's Paintbrush: Castilleja thompsonii

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Gairdner's Penstemon: Penstemon gairdneri var. gairdneri - Beginning to bloom.

Lowly Penstemon: Penstemon humilis - In bud.

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

Thymeleaf Speedwell: Veronica serpyllifolia var. humifusa

* Purple Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum

* Cleavers: Galium aparine

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Fading out of bloom.

Stoloniferous Everlasting: Antennaria flagellaris

Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria microphylla - In bud.

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

Twin Arnica: Arnica sororia

Gray Wormwood: Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. candicans

Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida or Threetip Sagebrush: Artemisia tripartita ssp. tripartita

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana

* Hybrid Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana X hookeri

* Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri

Diffuse Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa

* Baker's Hawksbeard: Crepis bakeri

Smooth Hawksbeard: Crepis capillaris

Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia - In bud.

Low Hawksbeard: Crepis modocensis - In bud.

Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis - In bud.

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa

* Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis - Beginning to bloom.

* Cushion Fleabane: Erigeron poliospermus

Shaggy Fleabane: Erigeron pumilus (var. pumilus ?) - In bud.

Showy Fleabane: Erigeron speciosus

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

False Dandelion: Hypochaeris radicata

Least Tarweed: Madia exigua

Pineappleweed: Matricaria discoidea - In bud.

* 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 - Beginning to bloom.

Tall Butterweed: Senecio serra

* Woolly Goldenweed: Stenotus lanuginosus var. lanuginosus - Beginning to bloom.

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius

* Northern Mule's Ears: Wyethia amplexicaulis - Beginning to bloom.


Animals Seen Along This Route:

Deer (Black-tail X Mule hybrids ?)

Elk (numerous tracks)

California Ground Squirrel

Douglas' Squirrel

Yellow Pine Chipmunks

Coyote

Prairie Falcom

Ravens

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flickers

Pileated Woodpecker

White-headed Woodpecker

Mourning Doves

American Robins

Townsend's Solitaires

Western Wood Peewees

Black-headed Grosbeaks

Cassin's Finches

Evening Grosbeaks

Red Crossbills

Spotted Towhees

Chipping Sparrows

Mountain Chickadees

Red-breasted Nuthaches

White-breasted Nuthatches

Macgillivray's Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warblers

Green butterfly


Paul Slichter