[Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Columbia River Gorge: 2010]
Klickitat Trail
Klickitat Wild and Scenic River
from Fisher Hill Road north about 2 miles and return
March 13, 2010
* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.
Complete Klickitat Trail (Fisher Hill Road to Pitt) Plant List
Glossy Red Bryum Moss: Bryum miniatum
Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei
Brittle Fern or Oregon Cliff Fern: Cystopteris fragilis or Woodsia oregana ?
Scouring-rush Horsetail: Equisetum hyemale
Imbricate Sword Fern: Polystichum imbricans
Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa
Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum - Terminal leaf and flower buds swelling and ready to break.
Alder: Alnus sp.
Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana
Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis ?
Common Rush: Juncus effusus (ssp. ?)
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum ?
Common Camas: Camassia quamash ?
Ball-head Cluster Lily: Dichelostemma congestum (formerly Brodiaea congesta)
Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii (Synonym: Sisyrinchium douglasii var. douglasii)
Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum
Curly Dock: Rumex crispus
Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata (ssp. perfoliata ?)
Water Chickweed: Montia fontana
Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis
* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum
Soapweed: Saponaria officinalis
Clematis: Clematis sp.
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis
Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium- In bud.
* Dutchman's Breeches: Dicentra cucullaria
* Hairy Bittercress: Cardamine hirsuta
* Oak Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii
* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma
* Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna
Leiberg's Stonecrop: Sedum leibergii
* Smooth Praire Star: Lithophragma glabrum (Synonym: Lithophragma glabra)
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. integrifolia
* Peak Saxifrage: Saxifraga nidifica var. claytoniifolia
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii
Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?)
Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor
Ninebark: Physocarpus sp.
Sulphur Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta ?
Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata
Baldhip Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa
Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus armeniacus
Pacific Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus var. macropetalus
Douglas' Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii (var. ?)
Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus - Some plants with flower buds forming.
Deerbrush: Ceanothus integerrimus
Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum - Many plants with whitish-green berries.
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum
Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum (var. ?)
* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayii
* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Yellow-flowered form.
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum (var. ?)
* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii
Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla ?
Great Hound's Tongue: Cynoglossum grande ?
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
Dalmatian Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica
Common Monkey Flower: Mimulus guttatus
Narrowleaf Plantain: Plantago lanceolata
Manroot: Marah oreganus - In bud.
Snowberry: Symphoricarpos sp.
* Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea ? - Beginning to bloom.
Knapweed: Centaurea sp.
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule
Red-tailed Hawks
Northern Flickers
Spotted Towhee
Townsend's Solitaire
Common Raven
Dippers - A constant serenade of song.
Western Goldfinches
Black-capped Chickadees
Frogs (numerous frogs croaking)