[Wildflower Reports for the Columbia River Gorge: 2007] - [Wildflower Destinations in the Columbia River Gorge]

Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington

Grassy Knoll

Gifford Pinchot National Forest

May 24, 2007

A wildflower meadow just east of the summit of Grassy Knoll in the southern Gifford Pinchot National Forest....May 24, 2007.

A wildflower meadow just east of the summit of Grassy Knoll in the southern Gifford Pinchot National Forest....May 24, 2007.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Podfern: Aspidotis densa

Lacelip Fern: Cheilanthes gracillima ?

Polypody Fern: Polypodium sp.

Western Sword Fern: Polystichum munitum

Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum ssp. pubescens

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

* Vine Maple: Acer circinatum

Douglas Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii

California Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta var. californica

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

Willow: Salix sp.

* Woodrush: Luzula (multiflora ?)

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.

* Scalloped Onion: Allium crenulatum

Cascade Mariposa Lily: Calochortus subalpinus - In bud.

Bead Lily: Clintonia uniflora

Pale-anthered Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - Past bloom.

* Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis

Columbia Lily: Lilium columbianum

False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule

* Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

* Hooker's Fairy Bells: Prosartes hookeri

Western Wakerobin: Trillium ovatum

Bear Grass: Xerophyllum tenax

Common Bastard Toadflax: Comandra umbellata var. californica

Wild Ginger: Asarum caudatum

Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella - In bud.

* Springbeauty: Claytonia lanceolata

Littleleaf Montia: Montia parvifolia

* Field Chickweed: Cerastium arvense

Fescue Sandwort: Eremogone capillaris

* Largeleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

* Catchfly: Silene sp. (S. douglasii?)

Baneberry: Actaea rubra

Columbia Windflower: Anemone deltoidea

Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium (nuttallianum ?, or D. menziesii or D. glareosum?)

Western Meadowrue: Thalictrum occidentale

* Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla

* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

* Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa

Inside-out-flower: Vancouveria hexandra

* Dutchman's Breeches: Dicentra cucullaria

Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum - In bud.

* Alpine Twinpod: Physaria alpestris

* Alpine Pennycress: Thlaspi montanum

Oregon Stonecrop: Sedum oreganum

Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum

Smooth Alumroot: Heuchera glabra

Alumroot: Heuchera (micrantha ?)

* Bulblet Woodland Star: Lithophragma glabrum (L. bulbifera)

* Small-flowered Woodland Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

Leafy Mitrewort: Mitellastra caulescens

Three-toothed Mitrewort: Ozomelis trifida

Fringecups: Tellima grandiflora - In bud.

Foamflower: Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata

Prickly Currant: Ribes lacustre

* Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?)

* Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. californica

* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

* Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa ssp. glabrata

Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata (var. ?)

Baldhip Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus

Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

* Salmonberry: Rubus spectabilis

Pacific Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus

Cascade Mountain Ash: Sorbus scopulina

* Peavine: Lathyrus (polyphyllus?)

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus

Lupine: Lupinus sp.

* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum

* Pioneer Violet: Viola glabella

* Round-leaved Violet: Viola orbiculata

Cascara: Rhamnus purshiana

Oregon Boxwood: Pachistima myrsinites

Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium

Devil's Club: Oploplanax horridum

Shining Angelica: Angelica arguta ?

* Turpentine Wavewing: Cymopterus foeniculaceus

* Nineleaf Desert Parlsey: Lomatium triternatum (var. anomalum?)

Western sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

* Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens

Huckleberry: Vaccinium (membranaceum ?)

Red Huckleberry: Vaccinium parvifolium

Western Bunchberry: Cornus unalaschkensis

Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa

Fendler's Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum (fendleri ?) - In bud.

Timberline Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. compacta

* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia

* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. hispida

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Woodland Beardtongue: Nothochelone nemorosa

Sickletop Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa

Rocky Penstemon: Penstemon rupicola

* Mountain Kittentails: Synthyris missurica ssp. stellata

Oregon Bedstraw: Galium oreganum

Twinflower: Linnaea borealis

Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa

Purple-flower Honeysuckle: Lonicera conjugialis - In bud.

Elderberry: Sambucus sp.

Snowberry: Symhoricarpos sp.

Western Starflower: Lysiachia latifolia

Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor

Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

Arnica: Arnica (discoidea or parryi?)

Mountain Arnica: Arnica latifolia

Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea

Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum

Hawkweed: Hieracium sp.

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale


Animals Seen Along the Trail:

California Tortoiseshell

White-crowned Sparrows

Dark-eyed Juncos

Sarah's Orangetip

Arctic Skipper ?

Blue


Paul Slichter