[Wildflower Bloom West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Wildflower Bloom Along the Switchback Trail to the Top of Klahanne Ridge

Olympic National Park

July 27, 2014

 

 


* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa

Sitka Alder: Alnus viridis

Alaska Cedar: Chamaecyparis nookatensis

Mountain Juniper: Juniperus communis var. montana

Oregon Boxwood: Paxistima myrsinites

Western White Pine: Pinus monticola

Western Hemlock: Tsuga heterophylla

Lacelip Fern: Cheilanthes gracillima

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Sword Fern: Polystichum munitum

* Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius

* Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi

* Hitchcock's Woodrush: Luzula hitchcockii

* Small-flowered Woodrush: Luzula parviflora

* Piper's Woodrush: Luzula piperi - Beginning to bloom at the ridgetop.

* Star Sedge: Carex echinata (var. echinata ?)

* Merten's Sedge: Carex mertensii

* Black Alpine Sedge: Carex nigricans

* Showy Sedge: Carex spectabilis

* Variable Bentgrass: Agrostis variabilis

* California Brome: Bromus carinatus var. carinatus - Spreading panicle branches

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

* Annual Bluegrass: Poa annua

* Olympic Onion: Allium crenulatum

* Queen's Cup: Clintonia uniflora

Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum - Past bloom.

Rattlesnake Orchid: Goodyera oblongifolia - In bud.

* Northwestern Twayblade: Listera caurina

* Alaska Rein Orchid: Piperia unalascensis

* White Bog Orchid: Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata

* Slender Bog Orchid: Platanthera stricta - Fading out of bloom.

* Willow-leaved Dock: Rumex salicifolius (var. triangulivalvis ?)

* Heart-leaved Springbeauty: Claytonia cordifolia - Fading out of bloom.

* Siberian Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia sibirica

* Water Montia: Montia chamissoi

* Streambank Springbeauty: Montia parvifolia

* Thread-leaved Sandwort: Eremogone capillaris var. americana

* Reddish Sandwort: Minuartia rubella

* Big-leaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla - Fading out of bloom.

* Pearlwort: Sagina sp. ?

* Parry's Catchfly: Silene parryi

Red Sandspurry: Spergularia rubra - Only at the trailhead.

* Cliff Anemone: Anemone multifida

* Western Pasqueflower: Anemone occidentalis

* Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

* Rockslide Larkspur: Delphinium glareosum

* Pale Larkspur: Delphinium glaucum

* Mountain Larkspur: Delphinium menziesii

* Snow Buttercup: Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. suksdorfii - Blooming on scree on the north side of the ridge.

* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus

* Western Meadowrue: Thalictrum occidentale

* Bleeding Heart: Dicentra formosa

* American Wintergreen: Barbarea orthoceras

* Spreadingpod Rockcress: Boechera xdivaricarpa

* Lyall's Rockcress: Boechera lyallii

* Holboell's Rockcress: Boechera retrofracta

* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma - Fading out of bloom in moist places.

* Cascade Wallflower: Erysimum arenicola

Alpine Smelowskia: Smelowskia americana - Past bloom.

Tower Mustard: Turritis glabra - Fruits maturing.

* Spreading Stonecrop: Sedum divergens

* Worm-leaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum

* Elmera: Elmera racemosa - Blooming on scree on the north side of the ridge.

* Small-flowered Alumroot: Heuchera micrantha var. diversifolia

* Alpine Mitrewort: Mitella pentandra

* Spotted Saxifrage: Saxifraga bronchialis ssp. austromontana

* Tufted Alpine Saxifrage: Saxifraga cespitosa - Fading out of bloom.

* Dotted Saxifrage: Micranthes nelsoniana var. cascadensis

* Fringed Grass-of-parnassus: Parnassia fimbriata - Beginning to bloom.

Prickly Currant: Ribes lacustre

* Shrubby Cinquefoil: Dasiphora fruticosa

Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca (var. bracteata ?)

* Old Man's Whiskers: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum - Fading out of bloom.

* Partridgefoot: Luetkea pectinata

* Rockmat: Petrophytum hendersonii

* Fanleaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia

* Diverse-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla glaucophylla

* Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis (var. fastigiata ?)

* Villous Cinquefoil: Potentilla villosa

* Baldhip Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

* Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus - A few in bloom.

* Western Sweet Vetch: Hedysarum occidentale - Beginning to bloom on scree on the north side of the pass.

* Arctic Lupine: Lupinus arcticus

* Yellow-flower Locoweed: Oxytropis campestris var. gracilis

Early Blue Violet: Viola adunca

Stream Violet: Viola glabella

Round-leaved Violet: Viola orbiculata

* Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium

* Alpine Willowherb: Epilobium anagallidifolium ?

* Ciliate Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum (var. ?)

* Club-fruited Willowherb: Epilobium clavatum

Smooth Willowherb: Epilobium glaberrimum var. fastigiatum

* Yellow Willowherb: Epilobium luteum

* Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum

* Cow Parsnip: Heracleum lanatum

Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum

* Cascade Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei

Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Western Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis - Fruits maturing.

* Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens - Fading out of bloom.

* White Mountain Heather: Cassiope mertensiana

* Little Pipsissewa: Chimaphila menziesii

Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata

* Many-flowered Indian Pipe: Monotropa hypopitys

* Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthillia secunda

* White-veined Wintergreen: Pyrola picta - Beginning to bloom.

Mountain Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum

* Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium var. androsaemifolium

* Smooth Douglasia: Douglasia laevigata - Blooming on scree at the pass.

* Tall Mountain Shooting Star: Dodecatheon jeffreyi - Fading out of bloom.

* Fendler's Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum fendleri - Fading out of bloom.

Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. leptosepala

* Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla (var. ?)

* Silky Phacelia: Phacelia sericea var. sericea - Fading out of bloom.

* Cooley's Hedge-nettle: Stachys cooleyae

* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. hispida (Specimens may be hybrids with adjacent C. miniata)

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata var. dixonii

* Olympic Paintbrush: Castilleja parviflora var. olympica

* Woodland Beardtongue: Nothochelone nemorosa

* Mountain Owlclover: Orthocarpus imbricatus

* Sickletop Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa

* Davidson's Penstemon: Penstemon davidsonii var. menziesii

* Small-flowered Penstemon: Penstemon procerus var. tolmiei - Fading out of bloom at the ridgetop.

* Cascade Penstemon: Penstemon serrulatus

* American Brooklime: Veronica americana

* Cusick's Speedwell: Veronica cusickii

* Clustered Broomrape: Aphyllon fasiculatum or Clustered Broomrape: Aphyllon franciscanum ? - Uncertain host.

* Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

* Twinflower: Linnaea borealis - Only a few plants in bloom.

* Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis

* Scouler's Valerian: Valeriana scouleri

* Mountain Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis

* Olympic Harebell: Campanula piperi

* Bluebells of Scotland: Campanula rotundifolia

* Scouler's Harebell: Campanula scouleri

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca

* Large-flowered Agoseris: Agoseris grandiflora

* Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

* Raceme Pussytoes: Antennaria racemosa

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea

* Umber Pussytoes: Antennaria umbrinella

* Streambank Arnica: Arnica amplexicaulis

* Heart-leaved Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

* Slender Arnica: Arnica gracilis

* Nevada Arnica: Arnica nevadensis

* Sticky-leaf Arnica: Arnica ovata

* Nodding Arnica: Arnica parryi

* Western Mugwort: Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana

* Edible Thistle: Cirsium edule var. macounii

* Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis - Blooming at the pass.

* Cutleaf Daisy: Erigeron compositus

* Showy Fleabane: Erigeron speciosus - Beginning to bloom at the pass.

* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum

* Olympic Mountain Aster: Eucephalus paucicapitatus

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* Slender Hawkweed: Hieracium gracile

* Silverback Luina: Luina hypoleuca

* Pineapple Weed: Matricaria discoidea

* Flett's Ragwort: Packera flettii

* American Sawwort: Saussurea americana - Beginning to bloom.

Olympic Mountain Ragwort: Senecio neowebsteri

* Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis

* Northern Goldenrod: Solidago multiradiata

* Leafybract Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. foliaceum

Rocky Mountain Dandelion: Taraxacum eriphorum ? - Basal leaves at the ridgetop.


Paul Slichter