[Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge: 2009]

Wildflowers Currently in Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge

Klickitat River Canyon from Old Headquarters Road

Klickitat State Wildlife Recreation Area

May 24, 2009

A view into the Klickitat River Canyon from the Klickitat State Wildlife Recreation Area: May 24, 2009

A view downstream into the Klickitat River canyon from the Klickitat State Wildlife Recreation Area..................May 24, 2009.

Today the weather was in the mid to high 70s with clear, sunny skies and a light wind!

1. Brittle Fern: Cystopteris fragilis -

2. Oregon Cliff Fern: Woodsia oregana -

3. Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa -

4. Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana -

* 5. Willow: Salix sp. -

* 6. Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri -

* 7. Bladder Sedge ?: Carex utriculata -

* 8. Spikerush: Eleocharis sp. -

* 9. Small-fruited Bulrush: Scirpus microcarpus -

10. Rush: Juncus effusus (var. ?) -

* 11. Needlegrass: Achnatherum sp. -

* 12. Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudorogeneria spicata -

* 13. Soft Brome: Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus -

* 14. Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum -

15. Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides -

* 16. Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis -

* 17. Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa -

* 18. Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum -

19. Rock Onion: Allium macrum - In bud.

20. Green-banded Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus -

* 21. Common Camas: Camassia quamash - Past bloom.

* 22. Ookow: Dichelostemma congesta -

* 23. Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflorum ssp. howellii - ? Beginning to bloom.

24. Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina - In bud.

25. Panicled Death Camas: Zigadenus paniculatus - Past bloom.

* 26. Meadow Death Camas: Zigadenus venonosus var. venonosus -

* 27. Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Cream-colored blossoms.

28. Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum - In bud.

29. Willow-leaf Dock: Rumex salicifolius - ?

* 30. Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata - Fading out of bloom.

* 31. Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra - Fading out of bloom.

* 32. Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis - Fading out of bloom.

33. Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium burkei - In bud.

* 34. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Very few plants still in bloom.

* 35. White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis -

* 36. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna var. boerhaavii - Fading out of bloom.

* 37. Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum -

38. Scalepod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods are drying and releasing their seeds.

* 39. Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum -

40. Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes -

* 41. Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum - Only in bloom under the shade of oak trees.

42. Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. integrifolia - Past bloom.

43. Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - In bud.

44. Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor -

* 45. Apple: Malus sp. -

* 46. Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa (var. reflexa) - Beginning to bloom.

* 47. Bittercherry: Prunus emarginatus var. emarginatus -

48. Chokecherry: Prunus virginianus var. melanocarpa - In bud.

* 49. Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata -

50. Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba annua -

* 51. Hood River Milkvetch: Astragalus hoodianus - Beginning to bloom. Pistils are covered with hairs.

* 52. Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus -

53. Nevada Deervetch: Lotus nevadensis -

* 54. Bog Deervetch: Lotus pinnatus -

* 55. Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus -

56. Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus - In bud. (Cream-colored flowers?)

* 57. Small Lupine: Lupinus micranthus -

58. Alfalfa: Medicago sativa ? -

* 59. Cup Clover: Trifolium cyathiferum -

60. Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum -

*61. Annual Cow Vetch: Vicia villosa -

* 62. Filaree: Erodium cicutarium -

63. Field Bindweed: Convolvulus arvensis -

64. Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum - ?

65. Deer Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus - In bud.

66. Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus -

67. Cutleaf Violet: Viola sheltonii -

68. Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata -

69. Smoothstem Blazing-star: Mentzelia laevicaulis -

* 70. Slender Godetia: Clarkia gracilis -

* 71. Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea -

72. Bog Willowherb: Epilobium (glandulosum?) - Has turions. Riparian species.

* 73. Chervil: Anthriscus scandicina -

74. Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Past bloom.

75. Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum - Past bloom.

* 76. Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi - Numerous but mostly past bloom.

77. Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Yellow-flowered form.

* 78. Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - Common.

* 79. Suksdorf's Desert Parsley: Lomatium suksdorfii -

* 80. Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. anomalum -

* 81. . Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum -

* 82. Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi - Fading out of bloom.

* 83. Pacific Sanicle: Sanicula crassicaulis var. crassicaulis - ?

84. Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum - Past bloom.

85. Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsmaefolium -

* 86. Whitestem Frasera, Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana -

87. Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora -

88. Narrow-leaved Collomia ?: Collomia linearis -

* 89. Blue Gilia: Gilia capitata -

* 90. Bolander's Linanthus: Leptosiphon bolanderi (Synonym: Linanthus bakeri) - Common on open, dry slopes.

* 91. Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - A few plants still in bloom.

* 92. Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa - Fading out of bloom.

93. Ballhead Desert Parsley: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii -

* 94. Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora -

* 95. Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata -

* 96. Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa -

* 97. Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia -

* 98. Cryptanth: Cryptantha sp. - Smaller flowers than above. Possibly Cryptantha flaccida ?

99. Great Hound's Tongue: Cynoglossum grande - Past bloom.

* 100. Gromwell: Lithospermum arvense -

101. Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale - Past bloom.

* 102. Yellow and Blue Forget-me-not: Myosotis discolor -

* 103. Small-flowered Forget-me-not: Myosotis micrantha -

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

* 105. Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii - A few still in bloom.

* 106. Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus -

* 107. Narrow-leaf Owl-clover: Castilleja attenuata (Synonym: Orthocarpus attenuatus) - Fading out of bloom.

* 108. Hairy Owl-clover: Castilleja tenuis (Synonym: Orthocarpus hispidus) -

109. Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii -

* 110. Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella - Fading out of bloom.

111. Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus -

* 112. Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora var. purpurea - A few still in bloom.

* 113. Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine -

* 114. Man Root, Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus - Fairly numerous.

115. Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea var. cerulea -

116. Snowberry: Symphoricarpos sp. -

* 117. White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera - Mostly out of bloom.

118. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - Some plants at lower elevation in the canyon are in bud.

* 119. Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla - Fading out of bloom.

* 120. Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa -

* 121. Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha -

* 122. Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides - ? Beginning to bloom.

* 123. Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - ?

* 124. Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii - Beginning to bloom.

125. Chicory: Cichorum intybus -

126. Gray Hawksbeard ?: Crepis intermedia - In bud.

* 127. Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum - Beginning to bloom at low elevation.

128. Scouler's Hawkweed ?: Hieracium scouleri - In bud.

* 129. Slender Tarweed ?: Madia gracilis -

* 130. Pineappleweed: Matricaria matricarioides - Occasional, along roads.

* 131. Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans -

* 132. Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus -

133. Salsify: Tragopogon sp. - Basal leaves only.

* 134. Northern Mule's Ears: Wyethia amplexicaulis -


Animals Seen During This Hike:

California Ground Squirrels - numerous

Turkey Vultures

Red-tailed Hawk

Coopers Hawk

Kestrel

Grouse - Drumming in distance.

Northern Flickers - calling and drumming

Ravens

Stellers Jays

Western Wood Peewee

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Western Meadowlarks

Western Tanager - heard

Robins

Black-headed Grosbeaks - calling

Mourning Doves

Dark-eyed Juncos

Chipping Sparrows

Lark Sparrows

Violet-green Swallows

(Vauxs ?) Swifts - several

Garter Snake

Racer

Pacific Tree Frog - several in a small creek descending in the canyon to the south of Soda Springs Road

Tadpoles - In stock pond north of the junction of the Old Headquarters Road and Anderson Road.

Pale Tiger Swallowtails - numerous

Indra Swallowtails - numerous

Ochre Ringlets - numerous

Propertius Duskywings - numerous

Acmon's Blue - one seen

Blue - unidentified

Bumblebees: Bombus sp.

Dark Dragonflies

Saw Flys - numerous, clinging to vegetation

Crane Flys


Paul Slichter