Wildflowers Along the Oak Creek Road from US Highway 12 to the crest of Bethel Ridge Oak Creek Wildlife Area & Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest Yakima County, WA from WNPS fieldtrips held June 2 &3, 2019 Updated: December 14, 2019 Common Name Scientific Name Family Mosses, Lichens, Ferns & Horsetails ____ Fragile Fern Cystopteris fragilis Cystopteridaceae ____ Lady Fern Athyrium filix-femina ssp. cyclosorum Dennstaedtiaceae ____ Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense Equisetaceae ____ Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen Letharia collumbiana Parmeliaceae ____ Haircap Moss Polytrichum pilferum Polytrichaceae ____ Oregon Fern Woodsia oregana ssp. oregana Woodsiaceae Monocots - Sedges, Rushes, Grasses & Herbaceous Wildflowers ____ Tapertip Onion Allium accuminatum Amaryllidaceae ____ Nevius' Onion Allium nevii Amaryllidaceae ____ False Solomon Seal Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule Asparagaceae ____ Blue Dicks Triteleia grandiflora Asparagaceae ____ Big-leaf Sedge Carex amplifolia Cyperaceae ____ Elk Sedge Carex geyeri Cyperaceae ____ Retrorse Sedge Carex retrorsa Cyperaceae ____ Grass Widows Olsynium douglasii (v. douglasii ?) Iridaceae ____ Soft Rush Juncus effusus ssp. effusus Juncaceae ____ Lyall's Mariposa Calochortus lyallii Liliaceae ____ Glacier Lily Erythronium grandiflorum v. grandiflorum Liliaceae ____ Yellow Bells Fritillaria pudica Liliaceae ____ Columbia Tiger Lily Lilium columbianum Liliaceae ____ Panicled Deathcamas Toxicoscordion paniculatum Melanthiaceae ____ White False Hellebore Veratrum (californicum v. caudatum ?) Melanthiaceae ____ Thurber's Needlegrass Achnatherum thurberianum Poaceae ____ Field Meadow Foxtail Alopecurus pratensis Poaceae ____ Smooth Brome Bromus inermis Poaceae ____ Japanese Brome Bromus japonicus Poaceae ____ Poverty Brome Bromus sterilis Poaceae ____ Suksdorf's Brome Bromus suksdorfii Poaceae ____ Cheatgrass Bromus tectorum Poaceae ____ Columbian Brome Bromus vulgaris Poaceae ____ Orchard Grass Dactylis glomerata Poaceae ____ One-spike Oatgrass Danthonia unispicata Poaceae ____ Bottlebrush Squirreltail Elymus elymoides ssp. californicus Poaceae ____ Blue Wildrye Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus Poaceae ____ Idaho Fescue Festuca idahoensis Poaceae ____ Wetern Fescue Festuca occidentalis Poaceae ____ Prairie Junegrass Koeleria macrantha Poaceae ____ Basin Wild Rye Leymus cinereus Poaceae ____ Oniongrass Melica bulbosa Poaceae ____ Bulbous Bluegrass Poa bulbosa Poaceae ____ Muttongrass Poa fendleriana ssp. longiligula Poaceae ____ Sandberg's Blue Grass Poa secunda ssp. secunda Poaceae ____ Wheeler's Fescue Poa wheeleri Poaceae ____ Bluebunch Wheatgrass Pseudoroegenaria spicata v. spicata Poaceae ____ Cereal Rye Secale cereale Poaceae ____ Cat Tails Typha latifolia Typhaceae Trees and Shrubs ____ Blue Elderberry Sambucus cerulea Adoxaceae ____ Black Elderberry Sambucus racemosa v. melanocarpa Adoxaceae ____ Sumac Rhus glabra Anacardiaceae ____ Low Sagebrush Artemisia arbuscula ssp. arbuscula Asteraceae ____ Big Sagebrush Artemisia tridentata (v. tridentata ?) Asteraceae ____ Threetip Sagebrush Artemisia tripartita ssp. tripartita Asteraceae ____ Shining Oregon Grape Berberis aquifolium Berberidaceae ____ Mountain Alder Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia Betulaceae ____ California Hazel Corylus cornuta ssp. californica Betulaceae ____ Common Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus v. laevigatus Caprifoliaceae ____ Creeping Snowberry Symphoricarpos mollis v. hesperius Caprifoliaceae ____ Mountain Snowberry Symphoricarpos rotundifolius v. vaccinioides Caprifoliaceae ____ Creek Dogwood Cornus sericea Cornaceae ____ Pinemat Manzanita Arctostaphylos nevadensis Ericaceae ____ Oregon White Oak Quercus garryana v. garryana Fagaceae ____ Golden Currant Ribes aureum Grossulariaceae ____ Wax Currant Ribes cereum var. cereum Grossulariaceae ____ Northern Black Currant Ribes hudsonianum v. petiolare Grossulariaceae ____ Prickly Currant Ribes lacustre Grossulariaceae ____ Sticky Currant Ribes viscosissimum Grossulariaceae ____ Watson's Currant Ribes watsonianum Grossulariaceae ____ Mock Orange Philadelphus lewisii Hydrangeaceae ____ Purple Sage Salvia dorii Lamiaceae ____ Grand Fir Abies grandis Pinaceae ____ Western Larch Larix occidentalis Pinaceae ____ Ponderosa Pine Pinus ponderosa v. ponderosa Pinaceae ____ Douglas Fir Pseudotsuga menziesii v. menziesii Pinaceae ____ Western Clematis Clematis ligusticifolia Ranunculaceae ____ Snowbrush Ceanothus velutinus v. velutinus Rhamnaceae ____ Serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia Rosaceae ____ Creambush Oceanspray Holodiscus discolor v. discolor Rosaceae ____ Bittercherry Prunus emarginata Rosaceae ____ Chokecherry Prunus virginiana v. demissa Rosaceae ____ Antelope Bitterbrush Purshia tridentata Rosaceae ____ Nootka Rose Rosa nutkana v. hispida Rosaceae ____ Pearhip Rose Rosa woodsii Rosaceae ____ Blackcap Rubus leucodermis Rosaceae ____ Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus Rosaceae ____ Cascade Mountain-ash Sorbus scopulina Rosaceae ____ Quaking Aspen Populus tremuloides Salicaceae ____ Black Cottonwood Populus trichocarpa Salicaceae ____ Mackenzie's Willow Salix prolixa Salicaceae ____ Scouler's Willow Salix scouleriana Salicaceae ____ Douglas Maple Acer glabrum v. douglasii Sapindaceae Herbaceous Wildflowers - Dicots (includes shrublet species) ____ Cow Parsnip Heracleum maximum Apiaceae ____ Nine-leaf Desert Parsley Lomatium brevifolium (L. triternatum) Apiaceae ____ Large-fruit Desert Parsley Lomatium macrocarpum Apiaceae ____ Fern-leaved Desert Parsley Lomatium multifidum Apiaceae ____ Barestem Desert Parsley Lomatium nudicaule Apiaceae ____ Butterfly-loving Desert Parsley Lomatium papilioniferum Apiaceae ____ Piper's Salt and Pepper Lomatium piperi Apiaceae ____ Sierra Snakeroot Sanicula graveolens Apiaceae ____ Spreading Dogbane Apocynum androsaemifolium Apocynaceae ____ Yarrow Achillea millefolium Asteraceae ____ Large-flowered Agoseris Agoseris grandiflora v. grandiflora Asteraceae ____ Annual Agoseris Agoseris heterophylla v. heterophylla Asteraceae ____ Low Pussytoes Antennaria dimorpha Asteraceae ____ Stoloniferous Everlasting Antennaria flagellaris Asteraceae ____ Rosy Pussytoes Antennaria microphylla Asteraceae ____ Umber Pussytoes Antennaria umbrinella Asteraceae ____ Heartleaf Arnica Arnica cordifolia Asteraceae ____ Western Wormwood Artemisia ludoviciana (v. ludoviciana ?) Asteraceae ____ Carey's Balsamroot Balsamorhiza careyana Asteraceae ____ Hooker's Balsamroot Balsamorhiza hookeri Asteraceae ____ Silvercrown Luina Cacaliopsis nardosmia Asteraceae ____ Great Northern Aster Canadanthus modestus Asteraceae ____ Diffuse Knapweed Centaurea diffusa Asteraceae ____ Dusty Maidens Chaenactis douglasii v. douglasii Asteraceae ____ Canada Thistle Cirsium arvense Asteraceae ____ Slender Hawksbeard Crepis atribarba Asteraceae ____ Bearded Hawksbeard Crepis barbigera Asteraceae ____ Gray Hawksbeard Crepis intermedia Asteraceae ____ Modoc Hawksbeard Crepis modocensis Asteraceae ____ Yellow Desert Daisy Erigeron linearis Asteraceae ____ Shaggy Fleabane Erigeron pumilus v. pumilus Asteraceae ____ Oregon Sunshine Eriophyllum lanatum v. leucophyllum Asteraceae ____ Showy Aster Eurybia conspicuua Asteraceae ____ Scouler's Hawkweed Hieracium scouleri Asteraceae ____ Mountain Tarweed Madia glomerata Asteraceae ____ Slender Tarweed Madia gracilis Asteraceae ____ Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea Asteraceae ____ Nodding Microseris Microseris nutans Asteraceae ____ Narrowleaf Goldenweed Nestotus stenophyllus Asteraceae ____ False Agoseris Nothocalais troximoides Asteraceae ____ Western Groundsel Senecio integerrimus v. exaltatus Asteraceae ____ Tall Butterweed Senecio serra Asteraceae ____ Western Mountain Aster Symphyotrichum spathulatum Asteraceae ____ Common Tansy Tanacetum vulgare Asteraceae ____ Common Dandelion Taraxacum officinale Asteraceae ____ Yellow Salsify Tragopogon dubius Asteraceae ____ Madwort Asperugo procumbens Boraginaceae ____ Corn Gromwell Buglossoides arvensis Boraginaceae ____ Slender Cryptanth Cryptantha affinis Boraginaceae ____ Obscure Cryptanth Cryptantha ambigua Boraginaceae ____ Diffuse Stickweed Hackelia diffusa Boraginaceae ____ Puccoon Lithospermum ruderale Boraginaceae ____ Long-flowered Bluebells Mertensia longiflora Boraginaceae ____ Small Forget-me-not Myosotis laxa Boraginaceae ____ Bitter Wintercress Barbarea vulgaris Brassicaceae ____ Black-flowered Rockcress Boechera atrorubens Brassicaceae ____ Danglepod Rockcress Boechera pendulocarpa Brassicaceae ____ Secund Rockcress Boechera retrofracta Brassicaceae ____ Sicklepod Rockcress Boechera sparsiflora Brassicaceae ____ Hairy False Flax Camelina microcarpa Brassicaceae ____ Heart-leaved Bittercress Cardamine cordifolia Brassicaceae ____ Blue Mustard Chorispora tenella Brassicaceae ____ Long-pedicel Tanstmustard Descurainia longepedicellata Brassicaceae ____ Western Tansymustard Descurainia pinnata ssp. brachycarpa Brassicaceae ____ Rough Wallflower Erysimum capitatum Brassicaceae ____ Common Pepperwort Lepidium densiflorum Brassicaceae ____ Tall Pepperweed Lepidium virginicum ssp. menziesii Brassicaceae ____ Watercress Nasturtium officnale Brassicaceae ____ Daggerpods Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides Brassicaceae ____ Jim Hill Mustard Sisymbrium altissimum Brassicaceae ____ False Tumblemustard Sisymbrium loeselli Brassicaceae ____ Mountain Sandwort Eremogone capillaris v. americana Caryophyllaceae ____ Bigleaf Sandwort Moehringia macrophylla Caryophyllaceae ____ Sticky Starwort Pseudostellaria jamesiana Caryophyllaceae ____ Douglas' Campion Silene douglasii v. douglasii Caryophyllaceae ____ Menzie's Campion