[Columbia River Gorge Wildflower Reports: 2009]

Currently Blooming Wildflowers at Horsethief Butte

Columbia Hills Historical State Park

April 15, 2009

Douglas' sedge: Carex douglasii

Douglas' sedge: Carex douglasii
* Indicates the plant is currently in bloom.

* Bigleaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum

Narrow-leaf Willow: Salix exigua

Willow #2: Salix sp.

Common Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

* Douglas' Sedge: Carex douglasii

Rush: Juncus sp.

Cheat Grass: Bromus tectorum

Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

Blue Wildrye: Elymus glaucus

Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa

Cat Tails: Typha latifolia

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum

Green-banded Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus

Common Camas: Camassia quamash

Star-flowred False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii

Panicle Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum

Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis

Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica

Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum or Snow Buckwheat: Eriogonum niveum ?

Climbing Bindweed: Polygonum convolvulus

Garden Sorrel ?: Rumex acetosa

Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

Russian Thistle: Salsola kali

Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata

Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum

Bouncing Bet, Soapweed: Saponaria officinalis

Menzie's Campion: Silene menziesii

Virgin's Bower: Clematis ligusticifolia

*Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

*Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

*Shepherd's Purse: Capsella bursa-pastoris

* Bittercress: Cardamine hirsuta/ oligosperma

Tansy Mustard: Descurainia richardsonii

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

* Fringepod: Thysanocarpus curvipes

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (old L. bulbifera)

* Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Brittle-leaved Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa

* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia

* Golden Currant: Ribes aureum

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Hawthorn: Crataegus sp.

Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa

Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus bifrons

Evergreen Blackberry: Rubus laciniatus

Hardhack, Douglas' Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii (var. ?)

Leafy Pea: Lathyrus sp.

* Bicolored Lupine: Lupinus bicolor

Vetch: Vicia sp.

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Turkey Mullein: Croton setigerus

Sumac: Rhus glabra

Poison Ivy, Poison Oak: Toxicodendron radicans

Common St. John's Wort: Hypericum perforatum

Willowherb: Epilobium sp.

Chervil: Anthriscus scandicina

* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense

* Smooth Desert Parsley: Lomatium laevigatum

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

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

False Carrot: Yabea microcarpa ?

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

Milkweed: Asclepias sp.

* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

Silverleaf Phacelia ?: Phacelia hastata var. hastata

* Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia lycopsoides

* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus

* Henbit: Lamium amplexicaule

Spearmint: Mentha spicata

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Common Monkey Flower: Erythranthe guttata

* Narrow-leaf Owl Clover: Castilleja attenuata

* Dwarf Owl's-clover: Triphysaria pusilla

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

Water Speedwell: Veronica anagallis-aquatica

English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

*Bigroot: Marah oreganus

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

* Longspur Seablush: Plectritis ciliosa

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritaceae

* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

Wormwood: Artemisia sp.

Knapweed: Centaurea sp.

Douglas' Dustymaiden: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii

Hairy False Goldenaster: Chrysopsis villosa var. villosa

Chicory: Cichorum intybus

Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense

Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa

Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa

Threadleaf Fleabane: Erigeron filifolius

* Cushion Fleabane: Erigeron poliospermus

Houndstongue Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Paul Slichter