Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington

Panakanic: Private lands south of Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge

May 12, 2025

This area is a large vernally moist meadow surrounded by coniferous forest in the mountains south of Conboy Lake Wildlife Refuge. This particular area is privately owned, and we were fortunate to obtain permission to visit. The area is full of small roads which can be tough to navigate (become lost on) and are rough for low-slung vehicles.

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Vine Maple: Acer circinatum

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

California Filbert: Corylus cornuta var. californica

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

* Bebb's Willow: Salix bebbiana ?

Wolf Lichen: Letharia vulpina

Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis

Polytrichum Moss: Polytrichum pilferum

Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Nuttall's Quillwort: Isoetes nuttallii

* Cusick's Sedge: Carex cusickii ?

* Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis

* Needle Spikerush: Eleocharis acicularis

Common Spikerush: Eleocharis palustris

* Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus pratensis

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

Reed Canary Grass: Phalaris arundinacea

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

Long-bearded Mariposa Lily: Calochortus longebarbatus var. longebarbatus

* Large Camas: Camassia leichtlinii var. suksdorfii

* Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. quamash - Beginning to bloom.

Ookow: Dichelostemma congestum - In bud.

Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflorum ssp. howellii - In bud.

Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride var. eschscholzianum

* American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides

Water Smartweed: Polygonum amphibia

Close-flowered Knotweed: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. confertiflorum - In bud.

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

Willow Dock: Rumex salicifolius

Common Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata var. californica - In bud.

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana

* Water Montia: Montia chamissoi

* Water Chickweed: Montia fontana - Fading out of bloom.

* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis - Fading out of bloom.

* White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis var. diffusus

* Plantain-leaf Buttercup: Ranunculus alismaefolius var. alismaefolius

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

* Birdsbeak Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. platyphyllus

* Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii

* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

* Hairy Bittercress: Cardamine hirsuta ?

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

* Pepperwort: Lepidium heterophyllum

* Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (non-bulblet form)

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Fleshy-leaved Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa

Straggly Currant, Straggly Gooseberry: Ribes divaricatum - Fruits forming.

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. alnifolia

* Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii

* Woods Strawberry, Mt. Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. californica

* Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. glauca -

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

Western Crabapple: Malus fusca

Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. gracilis (var. fastigiata form)

Sulphur Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa

Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus

Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum

Hardhack, Douglas' Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii (var. ?)

Nevada Deer-vetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis

Bog Deer-vetch: Hosackia pinnata - In bud.

Pea: Lathyrus sp.

Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus - In bud.

Large-leaf Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus ssp. polyphyllus - In bud.

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana

* Ciliate Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum

* Burr Chervil: Anthriscus scandicina

* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

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

* Common Sweet-cicely: Osmohiza berteroi

Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium

Broadleaf Starflower: Lysimachia latifolia

* Babystars: Leptosiphon bicolor - Beginning to bloom.

Needle-leaf Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta

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

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis var. humilis

* Ball-headed Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - Fading out of bloom.

* Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. parviflora

Hound's Tongue: Cynoglossum officinale

Fragrant Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys figuratus

* Matted Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys scouleri var. penicillatus

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Bractless Hedge-hyssop: Gratiola ebracteata - In bud.

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

Common Plantain: Plantago major

Piedmont Bedstraw: Cruciata pedimontana

* Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis var. hesperius

* Short-spurred Plectritis: Plectritis brachystemon

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

* Corn Salad: Valerianella locusta

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare

Woolly Sunflower, Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum - In bud.

Meadow Hawkweed: Hieracium caespitosum - In bud. - Bad weed.

False Dandylion: Hypochaeris radicata - In bud.

Oxeye Daisy: Leucanthemum vulgare

Sweet -marsh Butterweed: Senecio hydrophiloides - In bud.

Aster: Symphyotrichum sp.

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius

* Northern Wyethia: Wyethia amplexicaulis