The photo at right shows a close-up of cliff paintbrush, Castilleja rupicola as seen along the upper McCord Creek Falls Trail on April 2, 2005. The plants grow in cracks on the vertical (or sometimes hanging surfaces) of the cliffs.

1. Maidenhair Fern: Adiantum aleuticum -

2. Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina -

3. Cascade Rockbrake: Cryptogramma cascadensis -

4. Brittle Fern: Cystopteris fragilis -

5. Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycerrhiza -

6. Irregular Polypody: Polypodium amporphum ? -

7. Sword Fern: Polystichum munitum -

9. Grand Fir: Abies grandis -

10. Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii -

11. Western Red Cedar: Thuja plicata -

12. Vine Maple: Acer circinatum -

13. Douglas Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii -

14. Sitka Alder: Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata -

15. Filbert: Corylus cornuta -

*16. Long-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macrantha -

*17. Small-flowered Wood-rush: Luzula parviflora -

*18. Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum -

*19. Annual Bluegrass: Poa annua -

*20. Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa -

21. Columbia Tiger Lily: Lilium columbianum - Several with flower buds.

*22. False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum -

*23. Hooker's Fairybells: Prosartes hookeri -

*24. Bronze Bells: Stenanthium occidentale - Beginning to bloom.

*25. Fairy Slipper: Calypso bulbosa - Fading out of bloom.

*26. Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata - A few in bloom.

*27. Candy Flower, Siberian Spring Beauty: Claytonia sibirica - Common.

*28. Field Chickweed: Cerastium arvense - In bloom on cliffs along the upper trail.

29.Northern Starwort: Stellaria calycantha var. sitchana -

30. Columbia Wind Flower: Anemone deltoidea - A few in bud at lower elevations.

31. Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa - A few in bud at lower elevations.

*32. Rockslide Larkspur: Delphinium glareosum

*33. Creeping Buttercup: Ranunculus repens - Beginning to bloom in the ditch at the parking lot.

*34. Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus var. parviflorus -

*35. Western Meadowrue: Thalictrum occidentale -

*36. Big-leaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla -

37. Inside-out-flower: Vancouveria hexandra - In bud.

*38. Western Corydalis: Corydalis scouleri - A few in bloom in moist areas near the end of the upper trail.

*39. Bleeding Heart: Dicentra formosa - Fading out of bloom.

*40. Hairy Rock Cress: Arabis hirsuta var. eschscholtziana - Fading out of bloom.

*41. American Wintercress: Barbarea orthoceras -

*42. Pennsylvania Bitter Cress: Cardamine pensylvanica - Several in bloom in moist areas along the lower trail near Elowah Falls.

43. Rough Wallflower: Erysimum apserum - In bud.

44. Oregon Stonecrop: Sedum oreganum -

45. Broad-leaf Stonecrop: Sedum spathulifolium - In bud.

46. Oregon Bolandra: Bolandra oregana - In bud.

*47. Small-flowered Alumroot: Heuchera micrantha -

*48. Leafy-stem Mitrewort: Mitlella caulescens -

*49. Merten's Saxifrage: Saxifraga mertensiana -

*50. Western Saxifrage: Saxifraga occidentalis -

*51. Fringe Cup: Tellima grandiflora -

*52. Youth-on-age: Tolmiea menziesii -

53. Stink Currant: Ribes bracteosum -

54. Straggly Gooseberry: Ribes divaricatum -

55. Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii -

56. Goat's Beard: Aruncus sylvester - In bud.

*57. Wood Strawberry: Fragaria vesca var. bracteata -

*58. Large-leaf Avens: Geum macrophyllum -

59. Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor -

60. Osoberry: Oemlaria cerasiflormis -

61. Ninebark: Physocarpus capitatus -

62. Sour Cherry: Prunus cerasus - Past bloom.

*63. Bitter Cherry: Prunus emarginata var. mollis - Fading out of bloom.

64. Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa -

65. Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus armeniacus -

66. Black Raspberry: Rubus leucodermis -

*67. Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflora -

*68. Salmonberry: Rubus spectabilis -

*69. Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus var. macropetala -

*70. Leafy Pea: Lathyrus polyphyllus -

*71. Robert Geranium: Geranium robertianum - All too abundant.

*72. Buck Brush: Ceanothus sanguineus -

73. Cascara: Frangula purshiana -

74. Enchanter's Nightshade: Circaea alpina -

75. Cow Parsnip: Heracleum lanatum -

*76. Fern-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum - In bloom atop large rocks in the stream below the lower falls.

*77. Martindale's Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei -

*78. Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi -

79. Salal: Gaultheria shallon -

80. Red Huckleberry: Vaccinium parvifolium -

81. Creek Dogwood: Cornus stolonifera var. occidentalis -

*82. White Shooting Star: Dodecatheon dentatum - A few plants beginning to bloom.

*83. Broad-leaf Star Flower: Trientalis latifolia -

*84. Pacific Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum tenuipes - Beginning to bloom along the upper trail.

*85. Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora -

*86. Sitka Mist Maidens: Romanzoffia sitchensis - Still fairly common above.

*87. Blue and Yellow Scorpionweed: Myosotis discolor -

*88. Cliff Paintbrush: Castilleja rupicola - Good bloom on cliffs along the upper trail.

*89. Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora -

*90. Chickweed Monkeyflower: Mimulus alsinoides -

*91. Cliff Penstemon: Penstemon rupicola - Beginning to bloom on cliffs along the upper trail.

*92. Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella -

*93. Annual Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine var. echinospermum -

*94. Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum -

95. Twinflower: Linnaea borealis -

96. Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa -

*97. Red Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa -

*98. Scouler's Valerian: Valeriana scouleri - Fairly common bloom.

99. Round-leaf Bluebell: Campanula rotundifolia -

*100. Slender Pussytoes: Antennaria racemosa -

101. Broad-leaf Arnica: Arnica latifolia -

*102. Howell's Fleabane: Erigeron howellii - Beginning to bloom.

103. Columbia Gorge Daisy: Erigeron oreganus - A few plants in bud.

104. Woolly Sunflower, Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum - In bud along cliffs on the upper trail.

105. Columbia Gorge Groundsel: Packera bolanderi var. harfordii - Leaves only.