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 NameScientific NameMonth in BloomIn Bloom Now?Species of Note
American AlumrootHeuchera americanaMay
American JumpseedPersicaria virginianaAugust
American PokeweedPhytolacca americanaJune
American Trumpet CreeperCampsis radicansJune/JulyX
American WintergreenGaultheria procumbensJuly
Aniseroot Osmorhiza longistylisApril/May
Arrow-leaved TearthumbPersicaria arifloiaAugust/Septmeber
Autumn CoralrootCorallorhiza odontorhiza August/September*
BeechdropsEpifagus virginianaAugust
Bishop's CapMitella diphyllaApril/May
Black CohoshActaea racemosaJune/July
Black-eyed SusanRudbeckia hirtaJune/July/AugustX
BloodrootSanquinaria canadensisApril
Blue Mistflower Conoclinium coelestinumJuly/August
Bluestem GoldenrodSolidago caesiaAugust/Septmeber
Branching Bur ReedSparganium androcladumJune/JulyX
Broadleaf Enchanter's NightshadeCircaea canadensisJune
Brown-eyed SusanRudbeckia trilobaJuly/August
Butterfly MilkweedAsclepias syriacaJuneX
ButterweedPackera glabellaMay
Buttonbush (shrub)Cephalanthus occidentalisJulyX
Calico AsterAster lateriflorusSeptember/October
Canada GoldenrodSolidago canadensisAugust/Septmeber
Canada LilyLilium canadenseJune/July
Canada MayflowerMaianthemum canadenseMay
Canada VioletViola canadensisApril/May
Canada Wild GingerAsarum canadenseApril/May
Canada Wood BetonyPedicularis canadensisMay
Cardinal FlowerLobelia cardinalisJuly/AugustX
Carolina RoseRosa carolinaJune
Clasping Venus' Looking GlassTriodanis perfoliataMay
Common Blue VioletViola sororia March/April/May
Common BonesetEupatorium perfoliatumAugust
Common CinquefoilPotentilla simplexMay
Common Elderberry (shrub)Sambucus canadensisJune
Common Evening PrimroseOenothera biennis July
Common JewelweedImpatiens capensisJuneX
Common MilkweedAsclepias syriacaJuneX
Common Self-healPrunella vulgarisJune/JulyX
Common YarrowAchillea millefoliumJune
Cranefly OrchidTipularia discolorJuly/August*
Cream VioletViola striataApril/May
Creeping PhloxPhlox stoloniferaApril/May
Cup PlantSilphium perfoliatumJuly/August
Cut-leaved ToothwortCardamine concatenataApril
Daffodils (cultivated)Narcissus speciesMarch/April
Dense Blazing StarLiatris spicataJuly
Dog VioletViola conspersa
April/May
Dotted KnotweedPersicaria punctataAugust
Double Bloodroot (cultivated)Variant of Bloodroot with extra petalsApril*
Downy Rattlesnake Plantain OrchidGoodyeara pubescensJuly*
Dutchman's BreechesDicentra cucullariaApril/May
Early Blue CohoshCaulophyllum giganteumApril
Early Blue VioletViola palmataMarch/April/May
Early GoldenrodSolidago junceaAugust
Early SaxifrageMicranthes virginiensisMarch/April
False SunflowerHeliopsis helianthoidesJune
Fire PinkSilene virginicaMay
Flame Azaela (shrub)Rhododendron calendulaceumMay*
Flowering Dogwood (tree)Cornus floridaApril/May
Forget-me-not (cultivated)Myosotis speciesMay
Ghost PipeMonotropa unifloraJune/July*
Glory-of-the-Snow (cultivated)CultivatedMarch/April
Goat's BeardAruncus dioicusJune/July
Golden RagwortPackera aureaApril/May
Gray-headed ConeflowerRatibida pinnataJune/JulyX
Great Blue Lobelia Lobelia siphiliticaJuly/August
Great Rhododendron (shrub)Rhododendron maximumJule/July*
Great WaterleafHydrophyllum appendiculatum May
Green Adder's Mouth OrchidMalaxis unifoliaJune/July*
Green DragonArisaema dracontiumMay/June*
Hairy Sweet CicelyOsmorhiza claytoniiMay
Heartleaf FoamflowerTiarella cordifoliaApril/May
HogpeanutAmphicarpa bracteataAugust/September
Hollow Joe-Pye WeedEutrochium fistulosumJuly/August
Indian Cucumber RootMedeola virginianaMay
Indian TobaccoLobelia inflataJulyX
Jack-in-the-PulpitArisaema triphyllumApril/May
Jacob's LadderPolemonium reptansApril/May
Large Flowered TrilliumTrillium grandifolumApril/May
Large Whorled Pogonia Isotria verticillata May
Largeflower BellwortUvularia grandifloraApril/May
Lily-leaved TwaybladeLiparis lilifolia May*
Lizard's TailSaururus cernuusJune/JulyX
Long-spurred VioletViola rostrata April/May
Mad-dog SkullcapScutellaria epilobiifoliaAugust/September
Marsh Blue VioletViola cucullataApril/May
Marsh MarigoldCaltha palustrisApril
MayapplePodophyllum peltatumMay
Mountain Laurel (shrub)Kalmia latifoliaMay
Naked-flowered Tick-trefoil Hylodesmum nudiflorumJuly
New England AsterSymphyotrichum novae-angliaAugust/September
Orange ConeflowerRudbeckia fulgidaAugust
Oval Lady's TressesSpiranthes ovalisSeptember/October *
Pale JewelweedImpatiens pallidaJune/JulyX
Pale VioletViola striataApril
Partriadge PeaChamaecrista fasciculataJuly
PartridgeberryMitchella repensJune
Philadelphia Fleabane Erigeron philadelphicusMay
PinesapMonotropa hypopitysJuly*
Pink Lady's SlipperCypripedium acauleMay*
Prairie DockSilphium terebinthinaceumJune/July
Purple ConeflowerEchinacea purpureaJune/July/August
Puttyroot OrchidAplectrum hyemaleAugust
Queen of the PrairieFilipendula rubaJuly
Ragged Fringed OrchidPlanthera laceraJune*
Red ColumbineAquilegia canadensisMay
Red TrilliumTrillium erectumApril/May
Redbud (tree)Cercis canadensisApril
Rue AnemoneThalictrum thalictrodiesMarch/April/May
Scarlet BeebalmMonarda didymaJulyX
SeedboxLugwigia alternifoliaAugust
Serviceberry (tree)Amelanchier arboreaApril
Sharp-winged MonkeyflowerMimulus alatusJulyX
Showy OrchisGalearis spectabilisApril/May*
Skunk CabbageSymplocarpus foetidusFebruary
Small Green Wood OrchidPlatanthera clavellataJulyX
Small SundropsOenothera perennisJune
Small White Leek (Ramps)Allium tricoccumJune
Smooth Solomon's SealPolygonatum biflorum May
Snowdrops (cultivated)Galanthus speciesFebruary/March
Solomon's PlumeMaianthemum racemosumMay
Spotted Joe-Pye WeedEutrochium maculatumJuly/August
Spring AvensGeum vernumMay
Spring CressCardamine bulbosaApril/May
Squirrel CornDicentra canadensisApril
Striped WintergreenChimaohila maculataJune
Swamp ButtercupRanunculus septentrionalisApril/May
Swamp CandlesLysimachia terrestrisJune
Swamp LoosetrifeDecodon verticillatusJuly
Swamp MilkeedAsclepias incarnataJune/JulyX
Swamp RoseRosa palustrisJuly
Swamp Rose MallowHibiscus moscheytosJulyX
Sweet White VioletViola blandaApril/May
Sweet-scented Water LilyNymphaea odorataJune/July/AugustX
Tall BellflowerCampanulastrum americanumJulyX
Tall IronweedVernonia giganteaAugust/September
Tall ThimbleweedAnemone virginianaJune
Three-lobed VioletViola trilobaApril/May
Thyme-leaved Veronica (cultivated)Veronica serpyllifoliaApril/May
Toadshade TrillumTrillium sessileApril/May
Trailing ArbutusEpigaea repensApril
Violet WoodsorrelOxalis violaceaMay
Virgin's BowerClematis virginianaAugust
Virginia BluebellsMertensia virginicaApril/May
Virginia IrisIris virginicaMay
Virginia SpiderwortTradescantia vriginianaMay
Virginia Spring BeautyClaytonia virginicaMarch/April/May
Virginia WaterleafHydrophyllum virginianumMay
Virginia Wild StrawberryFragaria virgianaMay
Water HemlockCicuta maculataJune
White AvensGeum canadenseJune/JulyX
White BaneberryActaea pachypodaJune-July
White SnakerootAgeratina altissimaAugust
White TurtleheadChelone glabraAugust
Wild BergamotMonarda fistulosaJune/JulyX
Wild Blue PhloxPhlox divaricataApril/May
Wild GeraniumGeranium maculatumApril/May
Wild SarsaparillaAralia nudicaulisMay
Wild YamDioscorea villosaMay
WingstemVernesina alternifoliaAugust
Woodland StonecropSedum ternatumMay
Yellow PassionflowerPassiflora luteaJuly
Yellow Trout LilyErythronium americanum April
Zig-zag GoldenrodSolidago flexicaulisAugust/September

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