[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

Klickitat State Wildlife Recreation Area (from the Glenwood-Goldendale Highway)

April 23, 2009

View of Simcoe Mts from the Klickitat State Wildlife Recreation Area:  April 23, 2009.

A view of the western Simcoe Mountains from the Klickitat State Wildlife Recreation Area.......April 23, 2009.

Today the weather was in the mid 30s with light snow showers in the morning with light, intermittent drizzle in the afternoon.

* indicates the plant is currently in bloom.

Brittle Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana

Willow: Salix sp.

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

* Woodrush: Luzula sp.

* Brome: Bromus sp.

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa

Medusahead: Taeniatherum caput-medusae

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.

Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii - ? In bud.

Green-banded Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus

Camas: Camassia sp.

* Pale-anthered Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum

Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii - In bud.

* Panicled Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum

* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Fading out of bloom.

Rein Orchid: Platanthera (elegans or unalaschensis) - Basal leaves only.

Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata

* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum

Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

* Obscure Buttercup: Ranunculus trisectus (Synonym: Ranunculus reconditus) or perhaps a cross with Ranunculus glaberrimus? - The photos show this buttercup from this location with comparison photos from both obscure buttercup and sagebrush buttercup.

* Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens - ?

* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii

Mountain Tansymustard: Descurainia incana ssp. viscosa - ? In bud.

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Numerous.

Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum

Scalepod: Idahoa scapigera

* Fringepod: Thysanocarpus curvipes

Currant-leaf Alumroot: Heuchera grossularifolia var. tenuifolia - In bud.

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (Synonym: Lithophragma bulbifera)

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Clayton's Saxifrage, Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa

* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

* Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier cusickii

Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa (var. ?)

Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum

Chokecherry or Bittercherry: Prunus sp.

Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Litle Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

Hood River Milkvetch: Astragalus hoodianus - Numerous mounds of leaves emerging from the ground.

* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus - Beginning to bloom.

Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis

Bog Deervetch: Hosackia pinnata

Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus

Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius - In bud.

* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana

Deer Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus

Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus

Cutleaf Violet: Viola sheltonii

* Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata

Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea

* Small-flowered Willow-herb: Epilobium minutum

* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Fading out of bloom.

Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum

* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense

Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Yellow-flowered form.

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Suksdorf's Desert Parsley: Lomatium suksdorfii - A few plants begining to bloom.

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza sp.

* Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens

Kinnickinick: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea (var. ?)

Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana

* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/Primula poeticum

* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa

Littlebells Polemonium: Polemonium micranthum

* Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus

* Ballhead Desert Parsley: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata

* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa -

* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia

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

Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri - ?

* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii

* Chickweed Monkeyflower: Mimulus alsinoides

* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus

Barrett's Penstemon: Penstemon barrettiae

Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii

* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum

* Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa

* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides - In bud.

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - ?

Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii

Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia

Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis

* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fading out of bloom.

Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus


Animals Seen During This Hike:

Mule Deer

Turkey Vultures

Red-tailed Hawk

Kestrel

Ravens

Stellers Jays

Black and White Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Dark-eyed Juncos

Pacific Tree Frog

Anise Swallowtail

Indra Swallowtail

California Tortoiseshells

Propertius Duskywings


Paul Slichter