[Columbia River Gorge Wildflower Reports]

Currently Blooming Wildflowers in the Columbia River Gorge

August 10 & 11, 2002

Chinidere Mountain

and

the Pacific Crest Trail from Wahtum Lake

Hall's Isopyrum: Isopyrum hallii

A Native Plant Society of Oregon Field Trip.


* Plants currently in bloom.

1. Mountain Juniper, Common Juniper: Juniperis communis var. montana

2. Pacific Silver Fir: Abies amabilis

3. Noble Fir: Abies procera

4. Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii

5. Western Hemlock: Tsuga heterophylla

6. Western Red Cedar: Thuja plicata

*7. Taper-tip Onion: Allium accuminatum

*8. Cat's Ear Mariposa Lily: Calochortus subalpinus

*9. Queen Cup, Bead Lily: Clintonia uniflora

10. Avalanche Lily: Erythronium montanum (In fruit)

*11. Columbia Tiger Lily: Lilium columbianum

*12. Western Solomon Plume: Smilacina racemosa (In fruit)

*13. Star-flowered False Solomon's Seal: Smilacina stellata (In fruit)

14. Clasping-leaf Twisted Stalk: Streptopus amplexifolius (In fruit)

*15. Wood Lily: Trillium ovatum (In fruit)

*16. Bear Grass: Xerophyllum tenax (at Indian Springs)

*17. Merten's Coral Root: Corallorhiza mertensiana

*18. Rattlesnake Plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia

*19. Western Twayblade: Listera caurina

20. Sitka Alder: Alnus sinuata

*21. Common Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata var. californica

*22. Wild Ginger: Asarum caudatum

*23. Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum (white form)

*24. Sulfur Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum

*25. Little-leaf Montia: Montia parvifolia (along East Fork Eagle Creek near Wahtum Lake).

26. Broad-leaf Montia: Claytonia (Montia) cordifolia

*27. Candy Flower: Claytonia (Montia) sibirica

28. Bigleaf Sandwort: Arenaria macrophylla

*29. Douglas' Silene: Silene douglasii var. monantha

*30. Columbia Windflower : Anemone deltoidea

*31. Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

*32. Cut-leaf Bugbane: Cimicifuga laciniata

*33. Hall's Isopyrum: Isopyrum hallii

*34. Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus

35. Western Meadow Rue: Thalictrum occidentale

*36. False Bugbane: Trautvetteria caroliniensis

*37. Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla

*38. Inside-out Flower: Vancouveria hexandra

*39. Bleeding Hearts: Dicentra formosa

*40. Rough Wallflower: Erysimum asperum

41. Wild Candytuft: Thlaspi fendleri var. glaucum- In fruit.

*42. Worm-leaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum

*43. Rusty Saxifrage: Saxifraga ferruginea var. macounii (at Indian Springs)

*44. Coolwort: Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata

*45. Youth-on-Age: Tolmiea menziesii

46. Stink Currant: Ribes bracteosum

47. Prickly Currant: Ribes lacustre (In fruit)

48. Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (In fruit)

*49. Goatsbeard: Aruncus sylvester

*50. Partridge Foot: Luetkea pectinata (at Indian Springs)

*51. Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

*52. Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

*53. Salmonberry: Rubus specatbilis (In fruit)

*54. White Spiraea: Spiraea betulifolia var. lucida

*55. Mountain Spiraea: Spiraea densiflora (at Indian Springs)

*56. Western Spiraea/ Hardhack: Spiraea douglasii (at outlet of Wahtum Lake)

*57. Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

*58. Trillium-leaf Wood Sorrel: Trillium trilliifolia

59. Oregon Boxwood: Pachistima myrsinites

60. Vine Maple: Acer circinatum (In fruit)

*61. Stream Violet: Viola glabella

62. Round-leaf Violet: Viola orbiculata

*63. Enchanter's Nightshade: Circaea alpina

*64. Fireweed: Epilobium angustifolium

65. Devil's Club: Oplopanax horridum (In fruit)

*66. Shining Angelica: Angelica arguta

*67. Cow Parsnip: Heracleum lanatum

*68. Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii

*69. Martindale's Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei

70. Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza chilensis (In fruit)

71. Mountain Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza ocidentalis (In fruit)

*72. Bunchberry: Cornus canadensis

*73. Candy Stick: Allotropa virgata

*74. Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata

75. Slender Wintergreen: Gaultheria ovatifolia

*76. Pinesap: Hypopitys monotropa

*77. Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea

*78. Large Pyrola: Pyrola asarifolia

*79. White-vein Pyrola: Pyrola picta

*80. Sidebells Pyrola: Pyrola secunda var. secunda

*81. Broad-leaf Star Flower: Trientalis latifolia

*82. Explorer's Gentian: Gentiana calycosa

*83. Pacific Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum tenuipes

*84. Varied-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla

*85. Great Hedge-nettle: Stachys cooleyae

*86. Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida

*87. Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata

*88. Common Monkey Flower: Mimulus guttatus

*89. Musk Monkey Flower: Mimulus moschatus

*90. Turtleheads: Nothochelone nemorosa

91. Bracted Lousewort: Pedicularis bracteosa var. flavida (just past bloom)

*92. Sickle-top Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa

*93. Cardwell's Penstemon: Penstemon cardwellii

*94. Cascade Penstemon: Penstemon serrulatus

*95. Oregon Bedstraw: Galium oreganum

*96. Twin Flower: Linnaea borealis

97. Red Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. arborescens (In fruit)

*98. Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

*99. Round-leaf Harebell: Campanula rotundifolia

*100. Scouler's Bluebell: Campanula scouleri

*101. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

*102. Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor

*103. Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

*104. Broadleaf Arnica: Arnica latifolia

*105. Douglas' Wormwood: Artemisia douglasiana ?

*106. Cascade Aster: Aster ledophyllus

*107. Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum (Discoid form)

*108. Hall's Goldenweed: Haplopappus hallii

*109. White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

*110. Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri var. scouleri


Animals Seen atop Chinidere Mountain, at Indian Springs, and around Wahtum Lake:

1. Sharp-shinned Hawk

2. Kestrels (2 at Indian Springs)

3. Spotted Owl (along East Fork Eagle Creek)

4. Rufous Hummingbirds

5. Barn Swallow

6. Dark-eyed Juncos

7. Chestnut-backed Chickadees

8. Wilson's Warbler

9. Golden-crowned Kinglet

10. American Robin

11. Steller's Jay

12. Pika

13. Chipmunk

14. Douglas' Squirrel

15. Sierra Nevada Golden-mantled Ground Squirrels

16. Black-tailed Deer Fawns (2) ?


Paul Slichter