Angel's Rest

July 5, 2009

* Orchard Grass: Dactylis glomerata

* Nodding Onion: Allium cernuum

* Columbia Lily: Lilium columbianum - Still blooming above the midway point along the trail.

* Bronze Bells: Stenanthium occidentale - Fading out of bloom.

Clasping-leaf Twisted Stalk: Streptopus amplexicaulis - Fruits forming.

* Spotted Coralroot: Corallorhiza maculata - Beginning to fade along the upper trail to the Wahkeena Falls Trail.

* Candy Flower: Claytonia siberica

* Little-leaf Montia: Montia parvifolia - A few plants still in bloom along the upper trail to the Wahkeena Falls Trail.

* Field Chickweed: Cerastium arvense - Fading out of bloom.

* Deptford Pink: Dianthus armeria

* Douglas' Campion: Silene douglasii

Baneberry: Actaea rubra - Berries range from red to white along the lower trail sections.

* Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

* Tall Bugbane: Cimicifuga elata

* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus unciniatus - Fading out of bloom.

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

* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum

Oregon Stonecrop: Sedum oreganum - In bud.

* Inside-out Flower: Vancouveria hexandra - Blooming along the upper trail to the Wahkeena Falls Trail.

* Smallflower Alumroot: Heuchera micrantha var. micrantha - A few plants still in bloom along the upper trail to the Wahkeena Falls Trail.

* Youth on Age: Tolmiea menziesii - Fading out of bloom.

* Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

* Goatsbeard: Aruncus sylvester - Still in bloom in shade places near the top of Angel's Rest.

* Large-leaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum

* Ocean Spray: Holodiscus discolor

* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus - Fading out of bloom.

* Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus armeniacus

* White Spiraea: Spiraea betulifolia var. lucida

* Nevada Deer-vetch: Lotus nevadensis

Large-leaf Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus - Leaves only.

* American Vetch: Vicia americana

* Robert Geranium: Geranium robertianum

* Common St. John's Wort: Hypericum perforatum

* Trillium-leaf Wood Sorrel: Oxalis trilliifolia

* Enchanter's Nightshade: Circaea alpina

* Fireweed: Epilobium angustifolium

Queen Anne's Lace: Daucus carota - In bud.

* Cow Parsnip: Heracleum lanatum - Fading out of bloom.

* Parsley-leaf Lovage: Ligusticum apiifolium

* Martindale's Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei - Fading out of bloom.

* Water Parsley: Oenanthe sarmentosa

* Salal: Gaultheria shallon - Blooming along the upper trail to the Wahkeena Falls Trail.

* Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium

* Varied-leaf Collomia: Collomia heterophylla - Fading out of bloom.

* Salmon Polemonium: Polemonium carneum - A few plants still in bloom.

* Woodland Phacelia: Phacelia nemoralis - Fading out of bloom.

* Self Heal: Prunella vulgaris

* Great Hedge-nettle: Stachys cooleyae - Beginning to bloom.

* Coast Hedge-nettle: Stachys mexicana - Beginning to bloom.

* Woodland Beardtongue: Nothochelone nemorosa

* Fine-tooth Penstemon: Penstemon subserratus

* English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata - Beginning to bloom.

* Common Plantain: Plantago major - Fading out of bloom.

* Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale

* Oregon Bedstraw: Galium oreganum

* Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

* Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea

* Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus - Fading out of bloom.

* Round-leaf Bluebell: Campanula rotundifolia - Beginning to bloom.

* Scouler's Harebell: Campanula scouleri

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor

* Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea - Beginning to bloom.

* Ox-eye Daisy: Chrysanthemum leucanthemum

Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense - In bud.

Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare - In bud.

* Annual Fleabane: Erigeron annuus

* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum

* Common Hawkweed: Hieracium lachenalii - Much more common than just a few years ago. Spreading along the whole length of the trail, but most common along the lower 2/3 of the trail.

* Long-beard Hawkweed: Hieracium longiberbe

* False Dandelion: Hypochaeris radicata

* Common Nipplewort: Lapsana communis - Too common.

* Oxeye Daisy: Leucanthemum vulgare

* Wall-lettuce: Mycelis muralis - Too common.

* Columbia Gorge Groundsel: Packera bolanderi var. harfordii - Beginning to fade out of bloom.

Tansy Ragwort: Senecio jacobaea - In bud near the trailhead.

Little Goldenrod: Solidago spathulata var. neomexicana - In bud.

* Spiny Sow Thistle: Sonchus asper

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

Pikas

Chipmunks

Northern Flickers

Stellers Jays

Spotted Towhees

Black-headed Grosbeak

American Robin

Swainson's Thrush

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Western Wood Peewee

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Winter Wren

Garter Snakes

Rubber Boa

Haraphe Millipede