"… to be used for nature study and as a preserve for birds and other wildlife."- Carmen Hambleton Warner
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 | August | ||
American Pokeweed | Phytolacca americana | June | ||
American Trumpet Creeper | Campsis radicans | June/July | X | |
American Wintergreen | Gaultheria procumbens | July | ||
Aniseroot | Osmorhiza longistylis | April/May | ||
Arrow-leaved Tearthumb | Persicaria arifloia | August/Septmeber | ||
Autumn Coralroot | Corallorhiza odontorhiza | August/September | * | |
Beechdrops | Epifagus virginiana | August | ||
Bishop's Cap | Mitella diphylla | April/May | ||
Black Cohosh | Actaea racemosa | June/July | ||
Black-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia hirta | June/July/August | X | |
Bloodroot | Sanquinaria canadensis | April | ||
Blue Mistflower | Conoclinium coelestinum | July/August | ||
Bluestem Goldenrod | Solidago caesia | August/Septmeber | ||
Branching Bur Reed | Sparganium androcladum | June/July | X | |
Broadleaf Enchanter's Nightshade | Circaea canadensis | June | ||
Brown-eyed Susan | Rudbeckia triloba | July/August | ||
Butterfly Milkweed | Asclepias syriaca | June | X | |
Butterweed | Packera glabella | May | ||
Buttonbush (shrub) | Cephalanthus occidentalis | July | X | |
Calico Aster | Aster lateriflorus | September/October | ||
Canada Goldenrod | Solidago canadensis | August/Septmeber | ||
Canada Lily | Lilium canadense | June/July | ||
Canada Mayflower | Maianthemum canadense | 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 | X | |
Carolina Rose | Rosa carolina | June | ||
Clasping Venus' Looking Glass | Triodanis perfoliata | May | ||
Common Blue Violet | Viola sororia | March/April/May | ||
Common Boneset | Eupatorium perfoliatum | August | ||
Common Cinquefoil | Potentilla simplex | May | ||
Common Elderberry (shrub) | Sambucus canadensis | June | ||
Common Evening Primrose | Oenothera biennis | July | ||
Common Jewelweed | Impatiens capensis | June | X | |
Common Milkweed | Asclepias syriaca | June | X | |
Common Self-heal | Prunella vulgaris | June/July | X | |
Common Yarrow | Achillea millefolium | June | ||
Cranefly Orchid | Tipularia discolor | July/August | * | |
Cream Violet | Viola striata | April/May | ||
Creeping Phlox | Phlox stolonifera | April/May | ||
Cup Plant | Silphium perfoliatum | July/August | ||
Cut-leaved Toothwort | Cardamine concatenata | April | ||
Daffodils (cultivated) | Narcissus species | March/April | ||
Dense Blazing Star | Liatris spicata | July | ||
Dog Violet | Viola conspersa | April/May | ||
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 | ||
Early Blue Cohosh | Caulophyllum giganteum | April | ||
Early Blue Violet | Viola palmata | March/April/May | ||
Early Goldenrod | Solidago juncea | August | ||
Early Saxifrage | Micranthes virginiensis | March/April | ||
False Sunflower | Heliopsis helianthoides | June | ||
Fire Pink | Silene virginica | May | ||
Flame Azaela (shrub) | Rhododendron calendulaceum | May | * | |
Flowering Dogwood (tree) | Cornus florida | April/May | ||
Forget-me-not (cultivated) | Myosotis species | May | ||
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 | X | |
Great Blue Lobelia | Lobelia siphilitica | July/August | ||
Great Rhododendron (shrub) | Rhododendron maximum | Jule/July | * | |
Great Waterleaf | Hydrophyllum appendiculatum | May | ||
Green Adder's Mouth Orchid | Malaxis unifolia | June/July | * | |
Green Dragon | Arisaema dracontium | May/June | * | |
Hairy Sweet Cicely | Osmorhiza claytonii | May | ||
Heartleaf Foamflower | Tiarella cordifolia | April/May | ||
Hogpeanut | Amphicarpa bracteata | August/September | ||
Hollow Joe-Pye Weed | Eutrochium fistulosum | July/August | ||
Indian Cucumber Root | Medeola virginiana | May | ||
Indian Tobacco | Lobelia inflata | July | X | |
Jack-in-the-Pulpit | Arisaema triphyllum | April/May | ||
Jacob's Ladder | Polemonium reptans | April/May | ||
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 | X | |
Long-spurred Violet | Viola rostrata | April/May | ||
Mad-dog Skullcap | Scutellaria epilobiifolia | August/September | ||
Marsh Blue Violet | Viola cucullata | April/May | ||
Marsh Marigold | Caltha palustris | April | ||
Mayapple | Podophyllum peltatum | May | ||
Mountain Laurel (shrub) | Kalmia latifolia | May | ||
Naked-flowered Tick-trefoil | Hylodesmum nudiflorum | July | ||
New England Aster | Symphyotrichum novae-anglia | August/September | ||
Orange Coneflower | Rudbeckia fulgida | August | ||
Oval Lady's Tresses | Spiranthes ovalis | September/October | * | |
Pale Jewelweed | Impatiens pallida | June/July | X | |
Pale Violet | Viola striata | April | ||
Partriadge Pea | Chamaecrista fasciculata | July | ||
Partridgeberry | Mitchella repens | June | ||
Philadelphia Fleabane | Erigeron philadelphicus | May | ||
Pinesap | Monotropa hypopitys | July | * | |
Pink Lady's Slipper | Cypripedium acaule | May | * | |
Prairie Dock | Silphium terebinthinaceum | June/July | ||
Purple Coneflower | Echinacea purpurea | June/July/August | ||
Puttyroot Orchid | Aplectrum hyemale | August | ||
Queen of the Prairie | Filipendula ruba | July | ||
Ragged Fringed Orchid | Planthera lacera | June | * | |
Red Columbine | Aquilegia canadensis | May | ||
Red Trillium | Trillium erectum | April/May | ||
Redbud (tree) | Cercis canadensis | April | ||
Rue Anemone | Thalictrum thalictrodies | March/April/May | ||
Scarlet Beebalm | Monarda didyma | July | X | |
Seedbox | Lugwigia alternifolia | August | ||
Serviceberry (tree) | Amelanchier arborea | April | ||
Sharp-winged Monkeyflower | Mimulus alatus | July | X | |
Showy Orchis | Galearis spectabilis | April/May | * | |
Skunk Cabbage | Symplocarpus foetidus | February | ||
Small Green Wood Orchid | Platanthera clavellata | July | X | |
Small Sundrops | Oenothera perennis | June | ||
Small White Leek (Ramps) | Allium tricoccum | June | ||
Smooth Solomon's Seal | Polygonatum biflorum | May | ||
Snowdrops (cultivated) | Galanthus species | February/March | ||
Solomon's Plume | Maianthemum racemosum | May | ||
Spotted Joe-Pye Weed | Eutrochium maculatum | July/August | ||
Spring Avens | Geum vernum | May | ||
Spring Cress | Cardamine bulbosa | April/May | ||
Squirrel Corn | Dicentra canadensis | April | ||
Striped Wintergreen | Chimaohila maculata | June | ||
Swamp Buttercup | Ranunculus septentrionalis | April/May | ||
Swamp Candles | Lysimachia terrestris | June | ||
Swamp Loosetrife | Decodon verticillatus | July | ||
Swamp Milkeed | Asclepias incarnata | June/July | X | |
Swamp Rose | Rosa palustris | July | ||
Swamp Rose Mallow | Hibiscus moscheytos | July | X | |
Sweet White Violet | Viola blanda | April/May | ||
Sweet-scented Water Lily | Nymphaea odorata | June/July/August | X | |
Tall Bellflower | Campanulastrum americanum | July | X | |
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 | ||
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 | X | |
White Baneberry | Actaea pachypoda | June-July | ||
White Snakeroot | Ageratina altissima | August | ||
White Turtlehead | Chelone glabra | August | ||
Wild Bergamot | Monarda fistulosa | June/July | X | |
Wild Blue Phlox | Phlox divaricata | April/May | ||
Wild Geranium | Geranium maculatum | April/May | ||
Wild Sarsaparilla | Aralia nudicaulis | May | ||
Wild Yam | Dioscorea villosa | May | ||
Wingstem | Vernesina alternifolia | August | ||
Woodland Stonecrop | Sedum ternatum | May | ||
Yellow Passionflower | Passiflora lutea | July | ||
Yellow Trout Lily | Erythronium americanum | April | ||
Zig-zag Goldenrod | Solidago flexicaulis | August/September |