[Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington: 2009]

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

Canyon Creek Trailhead on Canyon Creek Loop Road

Klickitat State Wildlife Recreation Area

June 12, 2009

California Oatgrass: Danthonia californica

Inflorescence of California Oatgrass: Danthonia californica

* Indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Brackenfern: Pteridium aquilinum ssp. pubescens

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana

* California Oat-grass: Danthonia californica

* Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha

* Sedge: Carex sp.

* Thick-headed Sedge: Carex pachystachya

Long-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macrantha

* Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum

Mariposa Lily: Calochortus sp. - In bud.

Ookow: Dichelostemma congestum

* Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina - Good bloom.

* Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum

Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis - Past bloom.

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

* Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

* Chamisso's Water Montia: Montia chamissoi

* Crimson Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

* Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius

* White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis (var. ?)

* Birds-beak Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. orthorhynchus

Hawthorn: Crataegus sp.

Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca var. bracteata

Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana var. platypetala

* Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa var. reflexa

* Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. gracilis

Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

* Nootka Rose: Rosa nutkana

* Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii

Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum

* Nevada Deer-vetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis

* Bog Deer-vetch: Hosackia pinnata

* Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

* Cup Clover: Trifolium cyathiferum

* Least Hop Clover: Trifolium dubium

* American Vetch: Vicia americana

* Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum var. incisum - Mostly violet-flowered forms, but some with only white flowers.

Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsmaefolium

* Yellow and Blue Scorpionweed: Myosotis discolor

* Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri

* Self-heal: Prunella vulgaris (var. lanceolata ?)

* Hairy Owl-clover, Hairy Indian Paintbrush: Castilleja tenuis

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - A few plants still in bloom.

* Bractless Hedge-hyssop: Gratiola ebracteata - Beginning to bloom along the creek.

Marsh Speedwell: Veronica scutellata

* Corn Salad: Valerianella locusta

Heterocodon: Heterocodon rariflorum

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

* Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria microphylla

* Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum

Rough Aster: Eurybia radulina

* Cat's Ear: Hypochaeris radicata

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

* Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Animals Seen During This Hike:

Pacific Chorus Frog

Spotted Towhee

Dark-eyed Juncos

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Western Tiger Swallowtails

Pale Tiger Swallowtails


Paul Slichter