[Columbia River Gorge Wildflower Reports: 2006]
Currently Blooming Wildflowers in the Columbia River Gorge

Oneonta Gorge Parking Area &

Horsetail Falls Trail to Oneonta Trail Loop

July 14, 2006

 

* Indicates the Wildflower is Currently in Bloom.

*1. Narrow-leaf Onion: Allium amplectens -

2. Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria lanceolata - Seed pods.

* 3. Bitterdock / Broad-leaved Dock: Rumex obtusifolius - At the trailhead.

* 4. Candyflower: Claytonia sibirica -

* 5. Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa - Along the Horsetail Falls Trail.

* 6. Bleeding Heart: Dicentra formosa - A few plants still in bloom.

* 7. Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum (formerly E. asperum) -

* 8. Hedge Mustard: Sisymbrium officinale -

* 9. Goat's Beard: Aruncus sylvester -

* 10. Large-leaf Avens: Geum macrophyllum -

* 11. Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor -

* 12. Evergreen Blackberry: Rubus laciniata -

13. White Spiraea: Spiraea betulifolia var. lucida -

* 14. Herb Robert/ Stinky Bob: Geranium robertianum - At the trailhead and in open woods along the lower trail.

15. Fern-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum - Going to seed.

16. Broad-leaf Star Flower: Trientalis latifolia -

* 17. Blue Field Gilia: Gilia capitata -

* 18. Pacific Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum tenuipes - One plant still in bloom.

* 19. Self Heal: Prunella vulgaris -

* 20. Bittersweet Nightshade: Solanum dulcamara - Along the Horsetail Falls Trail.

* 21. Cut-leaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii -

* 22. Cascade Penstemon: Penstemon serrulatus - Along the Horsetail Falls Trail.

* 23. Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus -

* 24. Rosy Plectritis: Plectritis congesta -

* 25. Round-leaf Bluebell: Campanula rotundifolia -

* 26. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium -

* 27. Pathfinder Plant: Adenocaulon bicolor - Past bloom, going to seed.

* 28. Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea -

* 29. Columbia Gorge Arnica: Arnica amplexicaulis var. piperi - Along the creek at the base of the lower falls.

* 30. Suksdorf's Wormwood: Artemisia suksdorfii -

* 31. Long-beard Hawkweed: Hieracium longiberbe ? - A few plants in bloom.

* 32. False Dandylion: Hypochaeris radicata - At the trailhead.

* 33. Nipplewort: Lapsana communis -

* 34. Oxeye Daisy: Leucanthemum vulgare -

* 35. Tansy Ragwort: Senecio jacobaea -

36. Common Tansy: Tanacetum vulgare -

* 37. Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale -

Animals Seen During this Hike:

Pika

Stellers Jay

American Robin

Swainson's Thrush

 

Paul Slichter