[Columbia River Gorge Wildflower Reports]

Currently Blooming Wildflowers in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington

Chinidere Mountain and the Pacific Crest Trail from Wahtum Lake

A Native Plant Society of Oregon Field Trip.

August 10 & 11, 2002

Hall's Isopyrum: Isopyrum hallii

Hall's Isopyrum: Isopyrum hallii

* Plants currently in bloom.

Mountain Juniper, Common Juniper: Juniperis communis (var. ?)

Pacific Silver Fir: Abies amabilis

Noble Fir: Abies procera

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Western Hemlock: Tsuga heterophylla

Western Red Cedar: Thuja plicata

* Taper-tip Onion: Allium accuminatum

* Cat's Ear Mariposa Lily: Calochortus subalpinus

* Queen Cup, Bead Lily: Clintonia uniflora

Avalanche Lily: Erythronium montanum (In fruit)

* Columbia Tiger Lily: Lilium columbianum

* Western Solomon Plume: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule (In fruit)

* Star-flowered False Solomon's Seal: Maianthemum stellatum (In fruit)

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

* Wood Lily: Trillium ovatum (In fruit)

* Bear Grass: Xerophyllum tenax (at Indian Springs)

* Merten's Coral Root: Corallorhiza mertensiana

* Rattlesnake Plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia

* Western Twayblade: Neottia banksiana

Sitka Alder: Alnus alnobetula ssp. sinuata

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

* Wild Ginger: Asarum caudatum

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

* Sulfur Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum

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

Broad-leaf Montia: Claytonia cordifolia

* Candy Flower: Claytonia sibirica

Bigleaf Sandwort: Arenaria macrophylla

* Douglas' Silene: Silene douglasii var. monantha

* Columbia Windflower : Anemone deltoidea

* Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

* Cut-leaf Bugbane: Cimicifuga laciniata

* Hall's Isopyrum: Isopyrum hallii

* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus

Western Meadow Rue: Thalictrum occidentale

* False Bugbane: Trautvetteria caroliniensis

* Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla

* Inside-out Flower: Vancouveria hexandra

* Bleeding Hearts: Dicentra formosa

* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum

Wild Candytuft: Noccaea fendleri var. glauca- In fruit.

* Worm-leaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum

* Rusty Saxifrage: Micranthes ferruginea (former var. macounii, at Indian Springs)

* Coolwort: Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata

* Youth-on-Age: Tolmiea menziesii

Stink Currant: Ribes bracteosum

Prickly Currant: Ribes lacustre (In fruit)

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (In fruit)

* Goatsbeard: Aruncus dioicus var. acuminatus

* Partridge Foot: Luetkea pectinata (at Indian Springs)

* Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

* Salmonberry: Rubus spectabilis (In fruit)

* White Spiraea: Spiraea lucida

* Mountain Spiraea: Spiraea splendens (at Indian Springs)

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

* Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

* Trillium-leaf Wood Sorrel: Oxalis trilliifolia

Oregon Boxwood: Paxistima myrsinites

Vine Maple: Acer circinatum (In fruit)

* Stream Violet: Viola glabella

Round-leaf Violet: Viola orbiculata

* Enchanter's Nightshade: Circaea alpina

* Fireweed: Epilobium angustifolium

Devil's Club: Oplopanax horridum (In fruit)

* Shining Angelica: Angelica arguta

* Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maximum

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii

* Martindale's Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei

Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza chilensis (In fruit)

Mountain Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza ocidentalis (In fruit)

* Bunchberry: Cornus unalaschkensis

* Candy Stick: Allotropa virgata

* Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata

Slender Wintergreen: Gaultheria ovatifolia

* Pinesap: Hypopitys monotropa

* Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea

* Large Pyrola: Pyrola asarifolia

* White-vein Pyrola: Pyrola picta

* Sidebells Pyrola: Pyrola secunda var. secunda

* Broad-leaf Star Flower: Lysimachia latifolia

* Explorer's Gentian: Gentiana calycosa

* Pacific Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum tenuipes

* Varied-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla

* Great Hedge-nettle: Stachys cooleyae

* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida (var. hispida ?)

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata var. miniata

* Common Monkey Flower: Erytranthe guttata

* Musk Monkey Flower: Erythranthe moschata

* Turtleheads: Nothochelone nemorosa

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

* Sickle-top Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa

* Cardwell's Penstemon: Penstemon cardwellii

* Cascade Penstemon: Penstemon serrulatus

* Oregon Bedstraw: Galium oreganum

* Twin Flower: Linnaea borealis

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

* Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis var. sitchensis

* Round-leaf Harebell: Campanula rotundifolia

* Scouler's Bluebell: Campanula scouleri

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor

* Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

* Broadleaf Arnica: Arnica latifolia

* Douglas' Wormwood: Artemisia douglasiana ?

* Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus

* Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum (Discoid form)

* Hall's Goldenweed: Columbiadoria hallii

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium 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