[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington: 2023]

Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington

Wildflowers of Dry Creek Canyon

(from the Boise Cascades/Wenas Campground to about one mile upstream in Dry Creek Canyon)

June 2 & 3, 2023

Department of Natural Resources Lands

Broad meadows full of blooming Northern Mule's Ears (Wyethia amplexicaulis) were at peak bloom along Dry Creek...........June 3, 2023.

* Indicates the plant is currently in bloom.

Water Moss: Fontinalis sp. - In Dry Creek.

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Douglas Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii

Red-osier Dogwood: Cornus stolonifera

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

* Threadleaf Sedge: Carex filifolia

Rush: Juncus effusus ? - In bud.

* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii ssp. lemmonii - Beginning to bloom.

* Crested Wheatgrass: Agropyron cristatum

* Large Mountain Brome: Bromus sitchensis var. marginatus

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* California Oatgrass: Danthonia californica

* Onepike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegenaria spicata var. spicata

* Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii

Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus ssp. macrocarpus - Leaves.

* Common Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash - Fading out of bloom.

* Panicled Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum - Cascade Campground

* Meadow Deathcamas: Toxicosordion venenosum - Beginning to bloom.

* Douglas' Brodiaea: Triteleia grandiflora var. grandiflora

* Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis - Fading out of bloom.

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

* Parsnipflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides - Beginning to bloom.

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

Prostrate Knotweed: Polygonum aviculare

Willow Dock: Rumex salicifolilus (var. ?)

Western Springbeauty: Claytonia lanceolata - Past bloom.

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

Dwarf Montia: Montia dichotoma

* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis - Fading out of bloom on moist soils along the creek.

* Sticky Starwort: Pseudostellaria jamesiana

Virgin's Bower: Clematis ligustifolia - Leaves with 5 leaflets, so there's a chance this could be C. vitalba.

Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum - In bud.

Kittitas Larkspur: Delphinium multiplex - In bud.

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

* Blue Mustard: Chorispora tenella - Cascade Campground.

* Small-flowered Prairie Stars: Lithophragma parviflorum - Fading out of bloom on moist soils along the creek.

* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum - Fading out of bloom.

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - In bud.

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia

* Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii

* Idaho Wood Beauty: Drymocallis glandulosa ssp. glabrata

* Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa ssp. glandulosa

Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum - Wispy seed heads forming.

Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor var. discolor

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

Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Baldhip Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa ?

* Yakima Milkvetch: Astragalus reventiformis - Fading out of bloom.

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus

* American Vetch: Vicia americana var. americana - Cascade Campground

* Common Vetch: Vicia sativa (var. ?)

Upland Yellow Violet: Viola nuttallii var. praemorsa - Past bloom.

White-stem Blazingstar: Mentzelia albicaulis - In bud.

* Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus - Beginning to bloom.

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

Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum

Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

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

Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri

Kinnikinnik: Arctostaphylos nevadensis ssp. nevadensis - Cascade Campground

* Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium - Beginning to bloom.

* Showy Millkweed: Asclepias speciosa - Beginning to bloom.

* Narrow-leaved Collomia: Collomia linearis

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Blooming only on moist banks near the creek.

Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum - Past bloom.

* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata - Beginning to bloom.

Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale - Past bloom.

* Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys sp. - Small-flowered.

* Catchweed: Asperugo procumbens - Cascade Campground

* Western Horsemint: Agastache occidentalis

Coyote Mint: Monardella odoratissima (var. ?)

* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. acuta

* Hairy Owlclover: Castilleja tenuis

* Thompson's Paintbrush: Castilleja thompsonii

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Short-flowered Monkeyflower: Erythranthe breviflora - Blooming on moist, disturbed soils along the creek.

* Tapertip Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus var. attenuatus

English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

* Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos rotundifolius

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - Beginning to bloom.

Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Past bloom.

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria microphylla - Beginning to bloom.

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Cascade Campground

* Twin Arnica: Arnica sororia

Gray Wormwood: Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. candicans

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

Diffuse Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa

* Dustymaidens: Chaenactis douglasii

Chicory: Cichorium intybus

Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense

* Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia

* Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis - Fading out of bloom.

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa

California Rayless Fleabane: Erigeron inornatus var. inornatus

* Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis

* Shaggy Fleabane: Erigeron pumilus (var. pumilus ?) - Beginning to bloom.

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - In bud.

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - Past bloom.

Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus - Past bloom.

Tall Butterweed: Senecio serra

* Woolly Goldenweed: Stenotus lanuginosus var. lanuginosus - Fading out of bloom.

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

* Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius

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


Animals Seen Along This Route:

Elk (numerous tracks)

Turkey Vulture

Ravens

Poorwills

Northern Flickers

White-headed Woodpeckers

Mourning Doves

Steller's Jays

Western Tanagers

American Robins

Brown-headed Cowbird

Western Wood Peewees

Black-headed Grosbeaks

Evening Grosbeaks

Cassin's Finches

Spotted Towhees

Chipping Sparrows

Dark-eyed Junco feeding a fledgling brown-headed cowbird

Mountain Chickadees

Red-breasted Nuthaches

Lazuli Bunting

Racers

Ochre Ringlet

Blue

Boisduval's Blues

Julia's Orange-tips

Sulphur

White

Pale Swallowtails

Two-tailed Swallowtail

Western Swallowtails


Paul Slichter