[2009 Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Wildflowers in Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington

Memaloose State Park and Surrounding Federal Lands

Native Plant Society of Oregon Field Trip

April 26, 2009

Narrow-leaf Owl-clover: Orthocarpus attenuatus

Narrow-leaf Owl-clover: Castilleja attenuata

* Indicates the wildflower is blooming.

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesiiOak woodlands near Memaloose, OR.

* Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana - Pendant inflorescences in bud.

* Long-anther Wood Rush: Luzula macrantha

Taper-tip Onion: Allium acuminatum - In bud.

Green-banded Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus - Basal leaves only.

* Common Camas: Camassia quamash (ssp. quamash ?) - Blooming in a field about 50 meters east of the canyon descent back to the rest area on Interstate 84.

Ookow, Ball-head Cluster Lily: Dichelostemma congestum - In bud.

Pale-anthered Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum

* Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis

* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Mostly out of bloom.

* False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule

* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. howellii - Beginning to bloom.

* Panicled Death-camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum

* Meadow Death-camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum var. venenosum

Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Past bloom.

* Fairy Slipper: Calypso bulbosa

Long-spurred Rein Orchid: Platanthera elegans - (basal leaves only, so this could also be Platanthera unalascensis)

Common Bastard Toad-flax: Commandra umbellata var. californica

Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum

Curly Dock: Rumex crispus - Some plants nearing bloom.

Small-flowered Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia parviflora

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata

Water Chickweed: Montia fontana

* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis

Mouse-ear Chickweed: Cerastium glomeratum

Chickweed: Stellaria media

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

Dutchman's Breeches: Dicentra cucullaria

Bitter Wintercress: Barbarea vulgaris ? - Domestic wintercress growing in disturbed fields.

Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii

* Western Bitter Cress: Cardamine occidentalis ?

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Mostly out of bloom.

* Fringe Pod: Thysanocarpus curvipes

Broad-leaf Stonecrop: Sedum spathulifolium - Getting ready to bloom

* Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia

* Rusty-hair Saxifrage: Micranthes rufidula

* Merten's Saxifrage: Saxifraga mertensiana

Violet Suksdorfia: Suksdorfia violacea

* Fringe Cup: Tellima grandiflora

Straggly Gooseberry: Ribes divaricatum ?

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

* Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. cusickii

Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana var. platypetala

Ocean Spray: Holodiscus discolor

Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa var. glandulosa

Bitter Cherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata - Beginning to bloom.

Choke Cherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa - Racemes in bud.

Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus armeniacus

Blackcap: Rubus leucodermis

Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus

Western Spiraea, Hardhack: Spiraea douglasii var. menziesii

Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus

* Bicolored Lupine: Lupinus bicolor

* Common Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius X sericeus (formerly Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus)

* Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus

* Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum

Common Vetch: Vicia sativa

Hairy Vetch: Vicia villosa

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Dove's foot Geranium: Geranium molle

Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum

Deer Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus

Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium

Chervil: Anthriscus caucalis

* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum

* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum (yellow-flowered form)

* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum

* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Western Snake Root: Sanicula crassicaulis

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum

Broad-leaf Shooting Star: Lysimachia latifolia

Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. nitida (formerly var. columbiana) - In bud.

* Baby Stars: Linanthus bicolor

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

* Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora

* Varied-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla ssp. virgata

Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia lycopsoides

* Fiddleneck: Amsinckia menziesii (Formerly Amsinckia retrorsa)

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri

* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus

Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana x deltoidea ?* Henbit: Lamium amplexicaule

Narrow-leaf Owl-clover: Castilleja attenuata

* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida

* Large-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia grandiflora

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Few-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia sparsiflora var. bruceae

Common Monkey Flower: Erythranthe guttata

* Dwarf Owl-clover: Triphysaria pusilla

Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii

Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella

Purslane Speedwell: Veronica peregrina var. xalapensis

Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum (former var. minuta)

* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum (former var. purpurea)

* Bedstraw: Galium aparine

Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus mexicana ssp. cerulea

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

Long-spurred Plectritis: Plectritis ciliosa

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

Corn Salad: Valerianella locusta

* Big Root: Marah oreganus

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa

Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

* Northwestern Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana x deltoidea ?

Hairy Goldaster: Chrysopsis villosa

Columbia Goldenweed: Columbiadoria hallii

Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis

* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri (former var. cynoglossoides ?)

* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides

Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale


Paul Slichter