March 5, 2010

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Complete Klickitat Trail: Upper Swale Canyon Plant List.

Common Horsetail: Equisetum hyemale

Western Polypody: Polypodium hesperium ?

Needlegrass: Achnatherum sp.

Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegeneria spicata

Medusa-head: Taeniatherum caput-medusae

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa - Small trees planted along the old railroad bed.

California Hazelnut?: Corylus cornuta var. californica

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana

Willow #1: Salix sp.

Willow #2: Salix sp.

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum ?

* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica

* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii (var. douglasii)

Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum

Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

Meadow Buttercup: Delphinium distichum

Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* Obscure Buttercup: Ranunculus triternatus (Synonym: Ranunculus reconditus)

Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna var. boerhaavii

Daggerpod: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides

Leiberg's Stonecrop: Sedum leibergii

Currant-leaf Alumroot: Heuchera grossulariifolia var. tenuifolia

Prairie Star: Lithophragma sp. - In bud.

Clayton's Saxifrage, Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga nidifica var. claytoniaefolia - In bud.

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Hawthorn: Crataegus sp.

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa

Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

Evergreen Blackberry: Rubus laciniata

Douglas' Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii (var. ?)

Milkvetch: Astragalus (hoodianus or reventiformis)

Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus (var. aridus ?)

Columbia Gorge Lupine?: Lupinus latifolius x sericeus?

Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Klamath Weed: Hypericum perforatum

* Canby's Desert Parsley: Lomatium canbyi

* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum

Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum (var. ?)

* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi

* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi

* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Yellow-flowered form.

Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea (var. ?)

Ballhead Desert Parsley: Hydrophyllum capitatum (var. thompsonii?)

Silver-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata ?

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii

Moth Mullein: Verbascum blatteria

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea

Teasel: Dipsacus sylvestris

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sp.

Chicory: Cichorum intybus

* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosum

Gumweed: Grindelia (columbiana?)

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri (var. cynoglossoides?)

False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius

Animals Seen During This Hike:

Frogs croaking

Canyon Wren

House Sparrows

Dark-eyed Juncos

American Robins

Spotted Towhees

Western Meadowlarks

Common Mergansers

Northern Flickers

Magpies

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