[Wildflower Bloom West of the Cascade Mts of Oregon and Washington: 2009]

Wildflowers in Bloom at Bay Ocean Spit

West of Tillamook, OR

May 22, 2009

 

 


* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Shore Pine: Pinus conorta var. contorta -

Sough Sedge: Carex obnupta -

Salt Rush: Juncus breweri (Synonym: Juncus lesueurii) -

Pacific Rush: Juncus effusus ssp. pacificus -

Giant Knotweed/ Japanese Knotweed ?: Polygonum sachalinense/ Polygonum cuspidatum -

Little-leaf Montia: Montia parvifolia -

Pale Alyssum: Alyssum allyssoides -

Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus -

Scot's Broom: Cytisus scoparius -

Burrowing Clover: Trifolium subterraneum -

Black Vetch: Vicia nigricans ssp. gigantea -

American Silvertop: Glehnia littoralis -

Kinnickinnick: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi -

Evergreen Huckleberry: Vaccinium ovatum -

Paintbrush Owl-clover: Castilleja ambigua var. ambigua - Begining to bloom.

Saltmarsh Plantain: Plantago maritima ssp. juncoides -


Animals Seen Along This Route:

Great Blue Herons

Double-crested Cormorants

Brant Geese

Pintails

American Wigeons

Mallards

Scaups

Crows

Cedar Waxwings

Song Sparrows

Black-capped Chickadees

Hummingbird drawn to the Scot's broom


Paul Slichter