5/10/2016
14:18
Wildflower Walk 15, May 08, 2016, Sunday
4:05 in my apartment
4:25 at the park
Black Locust in bloom.
Domestic yellow roses in bloom
Alfalfa along the curb in bloom
Blue camas by south pond are gone but there are some
scattered here and there, elsewhere.
Windy, pulsing wind. Half of the sky to the south is mostly
clear. There are heavy dark clouds from the median to the north.
I looked for the two Eriogonum sp plants, fleabane, in the
southeast corner of the park. They seem to have been destroyed by the lawn
mowers.
I have believed there was a domestic cherry along side the
mahaleb cherry by the pond but I was wrong or it has been destroyed.
I checked the Ash tree. Some leaves unfolding, most are
open. No sign of buds or flowers bloomed and gone.
The tall cranberry shrub is in bud. There are a few
blossoms.
There are still lots of Allium geyeri, Geyer’s onion, some
fading.
Lots of Lomatium triternatum.
Lots of phlox gracilis
More white mushrooms
I photographed the tall cranberry sprig in the shade with
slow shutter speeds. I’ll shoot it again in stronger light and hope I don’t
have to deal with bleaching.
Vibrunum opulus, tall
cranberry
A woman and her young son seem to be gathering willow
switches. She is pushing some kind of cart through the grass of North Pond. The
pond is dry and has been for awhile. Some mud on the verge.
I tried to improve my collection of Lomatium triternatum
photos
Lomatium triternatum,
nine leaf biscuitroot
The southwest is clouding over, now. I sat in the sun to
photograph and the sun went away. The southeast is still clear.
I still see some Lithophragma parviflora, prairie star. Much
less, now.
Asclepias speciosa, milkweed foliage is coming on.
Asclepias speciosa,
milkweed
Curly cup gumweed is still in bud, no color showing.
There are Triteleia grandiflora, blue lily here and there.
Picked a familiar flower I need to find the name of when I
get home. Picked a L. triternatum inflorescence to photograph.
Picked a withered Zigadenus venenosus, death camas to
photograph. Seven basal leaves. I wondered it it was the ten basal leaf C.
quamash but it wasn’t.
Zigadenus venenosus,
death camas
I picked a Centaurea cyanus, bachelor button in bud.
Centaurea cyanus,
corn flower
It looked, from the distance, like the Ceanothus sanguineus,
Oregon tea
tree was no longer in bloom. The inflorescences are still there but they are
turning brown as they dry.
Ceanothus sanguineus,
Oregon
I saw a Potentilla species in bloom. I need a better image of
the leaves.
Potentilla species
I small structure fell on my backing sheet that I suppose is
the dry fruiting body of a moss.
Moss species
I noticed patch of onions in bud. It’s late for budding A.
geyeri. They must be Allium acuminatum, taper tip onion. They are on the
northeast ‘corner’ of the rock where I used to find the strange, filmy,
Lomatium. Perhaps the filmy Lomatium is still there in the middle of the north
edge of the rock. I need to check, next time.
Allium acuminatum,
taper tip onion
And just north of the patch of budding onions is a strange
looking patch of Antennaria in bloom.
Antennaria species
The undifferentiated round leaves of the mud flat last
outing are now definitely Geranium carolinianum, Carolina geranium leaves. You’d think they
were from Carolina
but Burke says they are native.
I picked an onion in full bloom that I assume is Geyer’s
onion.
Allium geyeri,
Geyer’s onion
I walked across the pond, no water. Not even mud. The grass
must dry the soil. There were geranium leaves in open spots between clumps of
grass.
I saw large leaves of the geranium on the edge of the north
side of the pond, no sign of buds.
There is lots of the native clover foliage. I didn’t even
try to look for buds on the tiny plants.
I picked two Lepidium campestre, field pepper weed in bloom
from a scattered patch by the north edge of the pond. I’m sure they are the
same species but the leaves are very different. The plant with broad leaves
came from a shaded area.
Sorry about the bleaching. I don’t know what happened.
Lepidium campestre,
field pepper weed
I picked a Galium aparine, bedstraw. I thought it had a bud
but I can’t be sure, even enlarging it in the computer.
Galium aparine,
bedstraw
I searched diligently for a tiny plant I remember from the
north-south row of boulders but found no sign of it.
I noticed a very large, very leggy Erodium cicutarium in
fruit.
Erodium cicutarium,
stork’s bill
There are some blossoms on the patch of early balsamroot but
most are gone to seed. I need to check those at the west end of the park. They
seemed to come on later. Perhaps they are still blooming.
I picked a salsify that is probably in bloom but is closed
at this time of day. The photos are inadequate. I found this one later, nicely
backlit.
Tragopogon dubius,
salsify
There was a Potentilla gracilis in bloom near the
balsamroot.
Potentilla gracilis
Wood’s rose east of north pond are in bud. I found a
Potentilla gracilis in bloom north of north pond, before I got to the
balsamroot patch.
Rosa woodsii, Wood’s
rose
The light is really weak.
Microseris nutans is in fruit.
Microseris nutans
I searched for the patch of Agoseris glauca, not a sign of
them. Looked for the two, odd, domestic plants by the east/west boulders. No
sign of them. One was a tall Besseya rubra, the other was Euphorbia cyparissias.
Now that they are in fruit I see several more Microseris
nutans in the area south of the east/west line of boulders, east of the north
access trail.
The asparagus near the junction of the north access trail
with the main trail is in bloom.
Asparagus officinalis
I sat on the monument to Spokane Gary to photograph the
asparagus. I saw blooming Vicia villosa in front of me. I didn’t see it in
bloom in the park, proper but, close enough.
Vicia villosa, winter
vetch
I fed no mosquitoes today, presumably because of the rather
strong, gusty wind.
6:41 departing the park.
6:55 in my parking place.
7 o’clock sitting in my chair, in front of my computer. I’m
tired.
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Flower first observed
Antennaria sp
Asparagus officinalis
Lepidium campestre
Medicago sativa, alfalfa
Potentilla gracilis
Potentilla sp
Robinia pseudoacacia, lack locust
Tragopogon dubius
Viburnum opulus
Vicia villosa
73 flowering plants through May 08, 2016
Bud first observed
Centaurea cynus
Allium acuminatum
Galium aperine bud maybe
Still in bud
Antennaria luzuloides
Antennaria species, white
Eriogonum species, round patch
Eriogonum species, yellow
Grindelia squarrosa
Lewisia rediviva, white [not checked May 8]
Opuntia fragilis, brittle prickly pear
Symphoricarpus albus, snow berry
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Watch the Ash tree
Last flower
Balsamorhiza sagittata?
Collinsia gracilis, Blue eyed Mary?
Searched not found
Agoseris glauca
Besseya rubra
Euphorbia cyparissias
Lonicera utahensis, rocky mountain honeysuckle maybe
[destroyed?]
Myosotis stricta, for get me not – 20 May, 9 May
Not searched
Achillea millefolium – 11 June, 1 June
Allium acuminatum – 26 June, 7 June
Arnica fulgens – 29 May
Amsinckia lycopsoides, fiddleneck tarweed - 31 May, 1 June
Delphinium distichum - 7 June
Descurainia Sophia Flixweed – 3 June, 7 June
Euphorbia cyparissias - 19 June, 1 June
Galanthus nivalis, Snow drops – 5 April, 3 April
Linaria dalmatica, toadflax – 11 July, 1 June
Lunaria annua –
garden discard – May
Lupinus sericeus – 28 May, 29 May
Melilotus officinalis – 3 June, 1 June
Matricaria discoidea, pineapple weed – 19 June, 27 May
Plagiobothrys scouleri, popcorn flower – 28 June, 29 May
Potentilla glandulosa – 3 June, 29 May
Ranunculus arvensis – 3 June, 24 May
Scutellaria angustifolia, narrow leaf skullcap – 9 June, 29
May
Sedum lanceolatum – 11 June, 7 June
Silene latifolia, bladder campion
Toxicondendron radicans – 29 May, 2012?
Unidentified red stem yellow flowers, 29 May
Viburnum sp, snowball
[[List from Microsoft Excel, stopped at #106, Sedum
Lanceolatum.]]
[[I see #116 Medicago sativa observed 18 June and 15 June,
is in bloom curbside.]]
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