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Wildflowers Near Boise Cascade (Wenas) Campground (In the Upper Wildflowers Near Boise Cascade (Wenas) Campground (in the upper Wenas Valley) Boise Cascade Lands Yakima County, WA from a trip held May 24, 2019 T16N R16E S3; T17N R16E S34, S35 Updated: December 13, 2019 Common Name Scientific Name Family Ferns and Horsetails ____ Fragile Fern Cystopteris fragilis Cystopteridaceae Monocots - Sedges, Rushes, Grasses & Herbaceous Wildflowers ____ Tapertip Onion Allium accuminatum Amaryllidaceae ____ Common Camas Camassia quamash (ssp. maxima ?) Asparagaceae ____ Douglas' Brodiaea Triteleia grandiflora v. grandiflora Asparagaceae ____ Elk Sedge Carex geyeri Cyperaceae ____ Grass Widows Olsynium douglasii v. douglasii Iridaceae ____ Sagebrush Mariposa Calochortus macrocarpus ssp. macrocarpus Liliaceae ____ Yellow Bells Fritillaria pudica Liliaceae ____ Panicled Deathcamas Toxicoscordion paniculatum Melanthiaceae ____ Meadow Deathcamas Toxicosordion venenosum Melanthiaceae ____ Common Western Needlegrass Achnatherum (occidentale ssp. pubescens ?) Poaceae ____ Field Meadow Foxtail Alopecurus pratensis Poaceae ____ Smooth Brome Bromus inermis Poaceae ____ Cheatgrass Bromus tectorum Poaceae ____ Onepike Oatgrass Danthonia unispicata Poaceae ____ Bottlebrush Squirreltail Elymus elymoides Poaceae ____ Bulbous Bluegrass Poa bulbosa Poaceae ____ Bluebunch Wheatgrass Pseudoroegenaria spicata v. spicata Poaceae Trees and Shrubs ____ Blue Elderberry Sambucus cerulea Adoxaceae ____ Stiff Sagebrush Artemisia rigida Asteraceae ____ Gray Rabbitbrush Ericameria nauseosa v. speciosa Asteraceae ____ Shining Oregon Grape Berberis aquifolium Berberidaceae ____ Mountain Alder Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia Betulaceae ____ Common Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus v. laevigatus Caprifoliaceae ____ Kinnikinnik Arctostaphylos nevadensis ssp. nevadensis Ericaceae ____ Wax Currant Ribes cereum v. cereum Grossulariaceae ____ Fir Abies amabilis or A. grandis Pinaceae ____ Ponderosa Pine Pinus ponderosa v. ponderosa Pinaceae ____ Douglas Fir Pseudotsuga menziesii v. menziesii Pinaceae ____ Snowbrush Ceanothus velutinus v. velutinus Rhamnaceae ____ Serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia Rosaceae ____ Creambush Oceanspray Holodiscus discolor v. discolor Rosaceae ____ Bittercherry Prunus emarginata Rosaceae ____ Chokecherry Prunus virginiana Rosaceae ____ Antelope Bitterbrush Purshia tridentata Rosaceae ____ Quaking Aspen Populus tremuloides Salicaceae ____ Black Cottonwood Populus trichocarpa Salicaceae ____ Scouler's Willow Salix scouleriana Salicaceae Herbaceous Wildflowers - Dicots (includes shrublet species) ____ Cow Parsnip Heracleum maximum Apiaceae ____ Nine-leaf Desert Parsley Lomatium brevifolium Apiaceae ____ Canby's Desert Parsley Lomatium canbyi Apiaceae ____ Geyer's Desert Parsley Lomatium geyeri Apiaceae ____ Large-fruit Desert Parsley Lomatium macrocarpum Apiaceae ____ Fern-leaved Desert Parsley Lomatium multifidum Apiaceae ____ Barestem Desert Parsley Lomatium nudicaule Apiaceae ____ Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley Lomatium papilioniferum Apiaceae ____ Mountain Sweet-cicely Osmorhiza occidentalis Apiaceae ____ Yarrow Achillea millefolium Asteraceae ____ Annual Agoseris Agoseris heterophylla Asteraceae ____ Low Pussytoes Antennaria dimorpha Asteraceae ____ Stoloniferous Everlasting Antennaria flagellaris Asteraceae ____ Rosy Pussytoes Antennaria microphylla Asteraceae ____ Heartleaf Arnica Arnica cordifolia Asteraceae ____ Twin Arnica Arnica sororia Asteraceae ____ Western Wormwood Artemisia ludoviciana (ssp. ?) Asteraceae ____ Carey's Balsamroot Balsamorhiza careyana Asteraceae ____ Hooker's Balsamroot Balsamorhiza hookeri Asteraceae ____ Diffuse Knapweed Centaurea diffusa Asteraceae ____ Gray Hawksbeard Crepis intermedia Asteraceae ____ Low Hawksbeard Crepis modocensis Asteraceae ____ Western Hawksbeard Crepis occidentalis Asteraceae ____ Yellow Desert Daisy Erigeron linearis Asteraceae ____ Cushion Fleabane Erigeron poliospermus (v. ?) Asteraceae ____ Low Cudweed Gnaphalium palustre Asteraceae ____ Scouler's Hawkweed Hieracium scouleri Asteraceae ____ Least Tarweed Madia exigua Asteraceae ____ Nodding Microseris Microseris nutans Asteraceae ____ Narrowleaf Goldenweed Nestotus stenophyllus Asteraceae ____ False Agoseris Nothocalais troximoides Asteraceae ____ Western Groundsel Senecio integerrimus v. exaltatus Asteraceae ____ Woolly Goldenweed Stenotus lanuginosus v. lanuginosus Asteraceae ____ Common Dandelion Taraxacum officinale Asteraceae ____ Yellow Salsify Tragopogon dubius Asteraceae ____ Northern Mule's Ears Wyethia amplexicaulis Asteraceae ____ Common Hound's-tongue Cynoglossum officinale Boraginaceae ____ Puccoon Lithospermum ruderale Boraginaceae ____ Scouler's Popcorn Flower Plagiobothrys scouleri Boraginaceae ____ Hairystem Rockcress Boechera pauciflora Brassicaceae ____ Holboell's Rockcress Boechera retrofracta Brassicaceae ____ Blue Mustard Chorispora tenella Brassicaceae ____ Spring Whitlow-grass Draba verna Brassicaceae ____ Scale Pod Idahoa scapigera Brassicaceae ____ Kinnikinnik Arctostaphylos nevadensis ssp. nevadensis Ericaceae ____ Pinedrops Pterospora andromedaea Ericaceae ____ Yakima Milkvetch Astragalus reventiformis Fabaceae ____ Few-flowered Pea Lathyrus pauciflorus v. pauciflorus Fabaceae ____ Spurred Lupine Lupinus arbustus Fabaceae ____ Least Hop Clover Trifolium dubium Fabaceae ____ Bighead Clover Trifolium macrocephalum Fabaceae ____ Dwarf Hesperochiron Hesperochiron pumilis Hydrophyllaceae ____ Ball-head Waterleaf Hydrophyllum capitatum v. capitatum Hydrophyllaceae ____ Fendler's Waterleaf Hydrophyllum fendleri v. albifrons Hydrophyllaceae ____ Silverleaf Phacelia Phacelia hastata v. hastata Hydrophyllaceae ____ Erubescent Miner's Lettuce Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra Montiaceae ____ Bitterroot Lewisia rediviva Montiaceae ____ Lineleaf Montia Montia linearis Montiaceae ____ Tall Annual Willowherb Epilobium brachycarpum Onagraceae ____ Thompson's Paintbrush Castilleja thompsonii Orobanchaceae ____ Brown's Peony Paeonia brownii Paeoniaceae ____ Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary Collinsia parviflora Plantaginaceae ____ Gairdner's Penstemon Penstemon gairdneri v. gairdneri Plantaginaceae ____ Lowly Penstemon Penstemon humilis Plantaginaceae ____ Large-flowered Collomia Collomia grandiflora Polemoniaceae ____ Midget Phlox Microsteris gracilis Polemoniaceae ____ Needleleaf Navarretia Navarretia intertexta (or N. propinqua ?) Polemoniaceae ____ Showy Phlox Phlox speciosa Polemoniaceae ____ Northern Buckwheat Eriogonum compositum (v. leianthemum ?) Polygonaceae ____ Douglas' Buckwheat Eriogonum douglasii v. douglasii Polygonaceae ____ Tall Buckwheat Eriogonum elatum v. elatum Polygonaceae ____ Parsnipflower Buckwheat Eriogonum heracleoides Polygonaceae ____ Strict Buckwheat Eriogonum strictum (v. proliferum ?) Polygonaceae ____ Thymeleaf Buckwheat Eriogonum thymoides Polygonaceae ____ Willow Dock Rumex salicifolilus (v. ?) Polygonaceae ____ Kittitas Larkspur Delphinium multiplex ? Ranunculaceae ____ Upland Larkspur Delphinium nuttallianum Ranunculaceae ____ Cinquefoi Drymocallis sp. Rosaceae ____ Northern Bedstraw Galium boreale Rubiaceae ____ Small-flowered Prairie Stars Lithophragma parviflorum Saxifragaceae ____ Common Mullein Verbascum thapsus Scrophulariaceae ____ Stinging Nettles Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis Urticaceae ____ Sagebrush Violet Viola trinervata Violaceae.
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