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

Wildflower Bloom Along the Trai lfrom Ozette towards Sand Point

Olympic National Park

July 26, 2014

 

 


* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Scramble Egg Slime Mold ?

Lung Liverwort: Marchantia polymorpha

Oregon-beaked Moss: Eurhynchium oreganum

Stair Step Moss: Hylocomium splendens

Menzie's Tree Moss: Leucolepis acanthoneuron

Wavy-leaved Cotton Moss: Plagiothecium undulatum ?

Haircap Moss: Polytrichum sp.

Ground Pine: Lycopodium clavatum

Common Green Sphagnum: Sphagnum (girgensohnii ?)

Oregon Spikemoss: Selaginella oregana ?

Vine Maple: Acer circinatum

Red Alder: Alnus rubra

Bunchberry: Cornus unalascensis

Sitka Spruce: Picea sitchensis

Pacific Yew: Taxus brevifolia

Western Red Cedar: Thuja plicata

Western Hemlock: Tsuga heterophylla

Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina

Deer Fern: Blechnum spicant

Austrian Wood Fern: Dryopteris austriaca ?

Giant Horsetail: Equisetum telmatia

Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrrhiza

Sword Fern: Polystichum munitum

Toad Rush: Juncus bufonius

* Common Rush: Juncus effusus ssp. effusus ?

* Coast Rush: Juncus hesperius ?

Salt Rush: Juncus lesuerii ?

* Poverty Rush: Juncus tenuis

Small-flowered Woodrush: Luzula parviflora

* Star Sedge: Carex echinata (ssp. phyllomanica ?)

* Slender-foot Sedge: Carex leptopoda

* Pale Sedge: Carex livida

* Slough Sedge: Carex obnupta

Chamisso's Cottongrass: Eriophorum chamissonis

* Small-fruited Bulrush: Scirpus microcarpus

* Common Velvet Grass: Holcus lanatus

* Reed Canary Grass: Phalaris arundinacea

* Annual Bluegrass: Poa annua

Skunk Cabbage: Lysichiton americanum

Ribbon-leaved Pondweed: Potamogeton epihydrus - A great example of binocular botany used to identify this species!

Wapato: Sagittaria (latifolia ?)

False Lily-of-the-valley: Maianthemum dilatatum

* Clasping-leaf Twisted-stalk: Streptopus amplexifolius

* Bog Lily: Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla

* Northwestern Twayblade: Listera caurina

* Heart-leaved Twayblade: Listera cordata

* White Bog Orchid: Platanthera dilatata

* Siberian Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia sibirica

* Creeping Buttercup: Ranunculus repens

Round-leaf Sundew: Drosera rotundifolia - In bud.

* Sierra Brookfoam: Boykinia intermedia

* Slender Brookfoam: Boykinia occidentalis

* Foamflower: Tiarella trifoliata var. trifoliata

Marsh Cinquefoil: Comarum palustre

* Large-leaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum

Western Crabapple: Malus fusca

Ninebark: Physocarpus capitatus

* Evergreen Blackberry: Rubus laciniatus

Salmonberry: Rubus spectabilis - Fruits ripening.

* Garden Burnet: Sanguisorba officinalis

* Menzie's Spiraea: Spiraea douglasiana var. menziesii

* Least Hop Clover: Trifolium dubium

* White Clover: Trifolium repens

Crowberry: Empetrum nigrum

* Tinker's Penny: Hypericum anagalloides

Salal: Gaultheria shallon

* Gnome-plant: Hemitomes congestum

Western Swamp Laurel: Kalmia occidentalis

* Mock Azalea, Fool's Huckleberry: Menziesia ferruginea

Labrador Tea: Rhododendron groenlandicum

* Oval-leaved Huckleberry: Vaccinium ovalifolium (includes Vaccinium alaskense)

Evergreen Huckleberry: Vaccinium ovatum

Wild Cranberry: Vaccinium oxycoccus - Fruits forming.

* Red Huckleberry: Vaccinium parvifolium

Greater Periwinkle: Vinca major ?

* Swamp Gentian: Gentiana douglasiana

King's Gentian: Gentiana sceptrum - In bud.

* Northern Starflower: Trientalis arctica

* Self Heal: Prunella vulgaris var. vulgaris

* Cooley's Hedge-nettle: Stachys cooleyae

* English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

Common Plantain: Plantago major

* Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

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

Red Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa

* Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

* English Daisy: Bellis perennis

* Hairy Cat's-ear: Hypochaeris radicata

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale


Paul Slichter