Wahkeena Nature Preserve
"… to be used for nature study and as a preserve for birds and other wildlife."- Carmen Hambleton Warner
Plant Bloom List
This is a list of plants found at Wahkeena and their approximate bloom time. We will update this page regularly with the plants currently in bloom at the Preserve.
You can search this list alphabetically, look for just the month of your visit, or check to see what is currently in bloom.
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Month in Bloom | In Bloom Now? | Species of Note |
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| American Alumroot | Heuchera americana | May | ||
| American Jumpseed | Persicaria virginiana | July/August | ||
| American Pokeweed | Phytolacca americana | June | ||
| American Trumpet Creeper | Campsis radicans | June/July | ||
| American Wintergreen | Gaultheria procumbens | July | ||
| Aniseroot | Osmorhiza longistylis | April/May | ||
| Arrow-leaved Tearthumb | Persicaria arifloia | June-Septemeber | ||
| Arrowwood Viburnum | Viburnum dentatum | May-June | ||
| Ashy Sunflower | Helianthus mollis | July | ||
| Autumn Coralroot | Corallorhiza odontorhiza | August/September | ||
| Bear corn | Epifagus virginiana | April/May | ||
| Beechdrops | Epifagus virginiana | August | ||
| Bishop's Cap | Mitella diphylla | April/May | ||
| Black Cohosh | Actaea racemosa | June/July | ||
| Black-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | July/August | ||
| Bloodroot | Sanquinaria canadensis | April | ||
| Blue Mistflower | Conoclinium coelestinum | July/August | ||
| Bluestem Goldenrod | Solidago caesia | August/Septmeber | ||
| Branching Bur Reed | Sparganium androcladum | June/July | ||
| Broadleaf Enchanter's Nightshade | Circaea canadensis | June | ||
| Brown-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia triloba | July/August | ||
| Butterfly Milkweed | Asclepias syriaca | June | ||
| Butterweed | Packera glabella | April/May | ||
| Buttonbush (shrub) | Cephalanthus occidentalis | July | ||
| Calico Aster | Aster lateriflorus | September/October | ||
| Canada Goldenrod | Solidago canadensis | August/Septmeber | ||
| Canada Lily | Lilium canadense | June/July | ||
| Canada Mayflower | Maianthemum canadense | April/May | ||
| Canada Violet | Viola canadensis | April/May | ||
| Canada Wild Ginger | Asarum canadense | April/May | ||
| Canada Wood Betony | Pedicularis canadensis | May | ||
| Cardinal Flower | Lobelia cardinalis | July/August | ||
| Carolina Rose | Rosa carolina | June | ||
| Celandine Poppy | Stylophorum diphyllum | April | ||
| Cleavers | Galium aparine | May | ||
| Coltsfoot | Tussilago farafara | March | ||
| Clasping Venus' Looking Glass | Triodanis perfoliata | May | ||
| Common Arrowhead | Sagittaria latifloia | August | ||
| Common Blue Violet | Viola sororia | March/April/May | ||
| Common Blue-eyed Grass | Sisyrinchium montanum | May-June | ||
| Common Boneset | Eupatorium perfoliatum | August | ||
| Common Cinquefoil | Potentilla simplex | May | ||
| Common Dodder | Cuscuta gronovii | August | ||
| Common Elderberry (shrub) | Sambucus canadensis | June | ||
| Common Evening Primrose | Oenothera biennis | July | ||
| Common Jewelweed | Impatiens capensis | June-August | ||
| Common Milkweed | Asclepias syriaca | June | ||
| Common Self-heal | Prunella vulgaris | June-August | ||
| Common Speedwell | Veronica officinalis | May | ||
| Common Yarrow | Achillea millefolium | June | ||
| Confederate Violet | Viola sp. | March/April | ||
| Cranefly Orchid | Tipularia discolor | July/August | ||
| Cream Violet | Viola striata | April/May | ||
| Creeping Phlox | Phlox stolonifera | April/May | ||
| Crooked-stem Aster | Symphyotrichum prenanthoides | Sept-October | ||
| Culver's Root | Veronicastrum virginicum | July | ||
| Cup Plant | Silphium perfoliatum | July/August | ||
| Cut-leaved Toothwort | Cardamine concatenata | March/April | ||
| Daffodils (cultivated) | Narcissus species | March/April | Naturalized in great Numbers |
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| Deptford Pink | Dianthus armeria | May-June | ||
| Dense Blazing Star | Liatris spicata | July | ||
| Ditch Stonecrop | Penthorum sedoides | July | ||
| Dog Violet | Viola conspersa | April/May | ||
| Dogwood tree | Cornus florida | April | ||
| Dotted Knotweed | Persicaria punctata | August | ||
| Double Bloodroot (cultivated) | Variant of Bloodroot with extra petals | April | ||
| Downy Rattlesnake Plantain Orchid | Goodyeara pubescens | July | ||
| Dutchman's Breeches | Dicentra cucullaria | April/May | ||
| Dutchman's Pipe Vine | Aristolochia durior | May -June | ||
| Crested Iris | Iris cristata | April/May | ||
| Early Blue Cohosh | Caulophyllum giganteum | March/April | ||
| Early Blue Violet | Viola palmata | March/April/May | ||
| Early Goldenrod | Solidago juncea | August | ||
| Early Saxifrage | Micranthes virginiensis | March/April | ||
| Enchanter's Nightshade | Circaea quadrisulcata | June/July | ||
| False Sunflower | Heliopsis helianthoides | June | ||
| Field Hawkweed | Hieracium pratense | May/July | ||
| Fire Pink | Silene virginica | May | ||
| Flame Azaela (shrub) | Rhododendron calendulaceum | May | ||
| Flat-top White Aster | Doellingeria umbellata | August/September | ||
| Flowering Dogwood (tree) | Cornus florida | April/May | ||
| Foamflower | Tiarella cordifolia | April | ||
| Forget-me-not (cultivated) | Myosotis species | May | ||
| Fringed Loosestrife | Lysimachia ciliata | July/August | ||
| Ghost Pipe | Monotropa uniflora | June/July | ||
| Glory-of-the-Snow (cultivated) | Cultivated | March/April | ||
| Goat's Beard | Aruncus dioicus | June/July | ||
| Golden Ragwort | Packera aurea | April/May | ||
| Gray-headed Coneflower | Ratibida pinnata | June/July | ||
| Great Blue Lobelia | Lobelia siphilitica | July/August | ||
| Great Rhododendron (shrub) | Rhododendron maximum | June/July | You missed it | |
| Great Waterleaf | Hydrophyllum appendiculatum | May | ||
| Green Wood Orchis | Habenaria clavellata | July | ||
| Ground Ivy | Glechoma hederacea | April | ||
| Groundnut | Apios americana | June-August | ||
| Green Adder's Mouth Orchid | Malaxis unifolia | June/July | ||
| Green Dragon | Arisaema dracontium | May/June | ||
| Hairy Sweet Cicely | Osmorhiza claytonii | May | ||
| Halberd-leaved Tearthumb | Polygonum arifolium | July | ||
| Heal-All or Selfheal | Prunella vulgaris | June-July | ||
| Heartleaf Foamflower | Tiarella cordifolia | April/May | ||
| Hogpeanut | Amphicarpa bracteata | August/September | ||
| Hollow Joe-Pye Weed | Eutrochium fistulosum | July/August | ||
| Honewort | Cryptotaenia canadensis | June/July | ||
| Hooked buttercup | Ranunculus recurvatus | April/May | ||
| Indian Cucumber Root | Medeola virginiana | May | ||
| Indian Strawberry | Duchesnea indica | April | ||
| Indian Tobacco | Lobelia inflata | July/August | ||
| Jack-in-the-Pulpit | Arisaema triphyllum | April/May | ||
| Jacob's Ladder | Polemonium reptans | April/May | ||
| Jumpseed or V.knotweed | Tovara virginiana | Jump | ||
| Large Flowered Trillium | Trillium grandifolum | April/May | ||
| Large Whorled Pogonia | Isotria verticillata | May | ||
| Largeflower Bellwort | Uvularia grandiflora | April/May | ||
| Lily-leaved Twayblade | Liparis lilifolia | May | ||
| Lizard's Tail | Saururus cernuus | June/July | ||
| Long-spurred Violet | Viola rostrata | April/May | ||
| Lopseed | Phryma leptostachya | June/July | ||
| Mad-dog Skullcap | Scutellaria epilobiifolia | July/August | ||
| Marsh Blue Violet | Viola cucullata | April/May | ||
| Marsh Marigold | Caltha palustris | April | ||
| Mayapple | Podophyllum peltatum | April-May | ||
| Mild Water-Pepper | Persicaria hydropiperoides | August | ||
| Moth Mullein | Verbascum blattaria | June/July | ||
| Moneywort | Lysimachia nummularia | June | ||
| Monkey Flower | Mimulus ringens | July/August | ||
| Mountain Laurel (shrub) | Kalmia latifolia | May | ||
| Naked-flowered Tick-trefoil | Hylodesmum nudiflorum | July | ||
| Narrowleaf Sunflower | Helianthus augustifolius | August-September | ||
| New England Aster | Symphyotrichum novae-anglia | August/September | ||
| Northern Blazing Star | Liatris borealis | September | ||
| Obedient Plant | Physostegia virginiana | July | ||
| Ohio Spiderwort | Tradescantia ohiensis | May- June | ||
| Orange Coneflower | Rudbeckia fulgida | July/August | ||
| Oval Lady's Tresses | Spiranthes ovalis | September/October | ||
| Oxeye Daisy | Leucanthemum vulgare | May-July | Introduced Species | |
| Oxeye Sunflower | Heliopsis helianthoides | July | ||
| Pale Jewelweed | Impatiens pallida | June/July | ||
| Pale Violet | Viola striata | April | ||
| Partridge Pea | Chamaecrista fasciculata | July | ||
| Partridgeberry | Mitchella repens | June | ||
| Philadelphia Fleabane | Erigeron philadelphicus | April/May | ||
| Pinesap | Monotropa hypopitys | July | ||
| Pink Lady's Slipper | Cypripedium acaule | April/May | ||
| Pokeweed | Phytolacca americana | July/August | ||
| Prairie Dock | Silphium terebinthinaceum | June/July | ||
| Purple Coneflower | Echinacea purpurea | June/July/August | ||
| Purple Dead Nettle | Lamium purpureum | March-April | ||
| Puttyroot Orchid | Aplectrum hyemale | May | ||
| Queen Anne's Lace | Daucus carota | July/August | ||
| Queen of the Prairie | Filipendula ruba | July | ||
| Ragged Fringed Orchid | Planthera lacera | June | ||
| Rattlemaster Master | Eryngium yuccifolium | July | ||
| Wild Columbine | Aquilegia canadensis | April/May | ||
| Ramps or Wild Leeks | Allium tricoccum | July | ||
| Red Trillium | Trillium erectum | April/May | ||
| Redbud (tree) | Cercis canadensis | April | ||
| Rosinweed | Silphium integrifolium | August- September | ||
| Rough Blazing Star | Liatris aspera | August | ||
| Royal Catchfly | Silene regia | July | ||
| Rue Anemone | Thalictrum thalictrodies | March/April/May | ||
| Scarlet Beebalm | Monarda didyma | July | ||
| Seedbox | Lugwigia alternifolia | August | ||
| Serviceberry (tree) | Amelanchier arborea | April | ||
| Sharp-winged Monkeyflower | Mimulus alatus | July | ||
| Showy Orchis | Galearis spectabilis | April/May | ||
| Skunk Cabbage | Symplocarpus foetidus | February | ||
| Small Green Woodland Orchid | Platanthera clavellata | July | ||
| Small Sundrops | Oenothera perennis | June | ||
| Small White Leek (Ramps) | Allium tricoccum | July | ||
| Smooth Hawkweed | Hieracium florentinum | May/June | ||
| Smooth Solomon's Seal | Polygonatum biflorum | May | ||
| Smooth Yellow Violet | Viola eriocarpa | March-May | ||
| Snowdrops (cultivated) | Galanthus species | February/March | ||
| Solomon's Plume | Maianthemum racemosum | May | ||
| Spicebush | Lindera benzoin | March-April | ||
| Spotted Joe-Pye Weed | Eutrochium maculatum | July/August | ||
| Spring Avens | Geum vernum | May | ||
| Spring Beauty | Claytonia virginica | March-May | ||
| Spring Cress | Cardamine bulbosa | April/May | ||
| Squirrel Corn | Dicentra canadensis | April | ||
| Striped Wintergreen | Chimaphila maculata | June | ||
| Small-flowered Buttercup | Ranunculus abortivus | April | ||
| Swamp Buttercup | Ranunculus septentrionalis | April/May | ||
| Swamp Candles | Lysimachia terrestris | June | ||
| Swamp Loosetrife | Decodon verticillatus | July | ||
| Swamp Milkeed | Asclepias incarnata | June/July | ||
| Swamp Rose | Rosa palustris | July | ||
| Swamp Rose Mallow | Hibiscus moscheytos | July | ||
| Sweet Black Eyed Susan | Rudbeckia subtomentosa | July/ August | ||
| Sweet White Violet | Viola blanda | April/May | ||
| Sweet-scented Water Lily | Nymphaea odorata | June/July/August | ||
| Tall Bellflower | Campanulastrum americanum | July | ||
| Tall Ironweed | Vernonia gigantea | August/September | ||
| Tall Thimbleweed | Anemone virginiana | June | ||
| Three-lobed Violet | Viola triloba | April/May | ||
| Thyme-leaved Veronica (cultivated) | Veronica serpyllifolia | April/May | ||
| Toadshade Trillum | Trillium sessile | April/May | ||
| Trailing Arbutus | Epigaea repens | April | ||
| Venus'sLooking Glass | Specularia perfoliata | June | ||
| Violet Woodsorrel | Oxalis violacea | May | ||
| Virgin's Bower | Clematis virginiana | August | ||
| Virginia Bluebells | Mertensia virginica | April/May | ||
| Virginia Iris | Iris virginica | May | ||
| Virginia Spiderwort | Tradescantia vriginiana | May | ||
| Virginia Spring Beauty | Claytonia virginica | March/April/May | ||
| Virginia Waterleaf | Hydrophyllum virginianum | May | ||
| Virginia Wild Strawberry | Fragaria virgiana | May | ||
| Water Hemlock | Cicuta maculata | June | ||
| White Avens | Geum canadense | June/July | ||
| White Baneberry | Actaea pachypoda | May | ||
| White or Foxglove Beardtongue | Penstemon digitalis | June | ||
| White Snakeroot | Ageratina altissima | August | ||
| White Turtlehead | Chelone glabra | August | ||
| White Vervain | Verbena urticifolia | June/July | ||
| Whorled Loosestrife | Lysimachia quadrifolia | July | ||
| Whorled Rosinweed | Silphium trifoliatum | July | ||
| Wild Comfrey | Cynoglossum virginianum | May | ||
| Wild Bergamot | Monarda fistulosa | June/July | ||
| Wild Blue Phlox | Phlox divaricata | April/May | ||
| Wild Geranium | Geranium maculatum | April/May | ||
| Wild Hydrangea | Hydrangea arborescens | June | ||
| Wild Sarsaparilla | Aralia nudicaulis | May | ||
| Wild Senna | Cassia hebecarpa | July | ||
| Wild Yam | Dioscorea villosa | May | ||
| Wild Azaleas | Rhododendron sp. | April /May | Terrace behind Nature Center |
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| Winged Monkey Flower | Mimulus alatus | July/August | ||
| Wingstem | Vernesina alternifolia | July/August | ||
| Wood Betony | Pedicularis Canadensis | April | ||
| Woodland Stonecrop | Sedum ternatum | May | ||
| Yellow Passionflower | Passiflora lutea | July/August | ||
| Yellow Trout Lily | Erythronium americanum | April | ||
| Zig-zag Goldenrod | Solidago flexicaulis | August/September | ||
| Smal-flowered Bitter Cress | Cardamine parviflora | March-May | ||
| Hazelnut | Corylus americana | March | ||
| Speedwell (cultivated) | Veronica filliformus | March/April | ||
| Murlte or Periwinkle (cultivated) | Vinca minor | March |
Fire Pink, photo by Rich Pendlebury
Bloodroot, photo by Rich Pendlebury
Blue Cohosh
Virginia Bluebells
Creeping Phlox, photo by Rich Pendlebury
Spring Beauty, Photo by Rich Pendlebury
Cut-leaved Toothwort
Pink Lady’s Slipper, photo by Rich Pendlebury