[Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Columbia River Gorge: 2010]

April 4, 2010

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Complete Klickitat Trail (Fisher Hill Road to Pitt) Plant List

Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei

Brittle Fern or Oregon Cliff Fern: Cystopteris fragilis or Woodsia oregana ?

Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Scouring-rush Horsetail: Equisetum hyemale

Imbricate Sword Fern: Polystichum imbricans

Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa

* Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum

Alder: Alnus sp.

Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta var. californica

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana - Terminal buds swelling.

Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis ?

Common Rush: Juncus effusus (ssp. ?)

Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius

* Long-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macrantha

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

Broadleaf Cattail: Typha latifolia

Common Duckweed: Lemna minor

Common Camas: Camassia quamash ? - In bud.

Ball-head Cluster Lily: Dichelostemma congestum (formerly Brodiaea congesta)

* Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis

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

* Panicle Deathcamas: Zigadenus paniculatus

* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii (Synonym: Sisyrinchium douglasii var. douglasii)

* Common Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata var. californica

Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - In bud.

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum

Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

* Streambank Springbeauty: Claytonia parviflora ssp. parviflora

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata (ssp. perfoliata ?)

* Water Chickweed: Montia fontana

* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis

* Chickweed: Cerastium (nutans?)

* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum

Soapweed: Saponaria officinalis

Clematis: Clematis sp.

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

* Dutchman's Breeches: Dicentra cucullaria

* Hairy Bittercress: Cardamine hirsuta

* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma

* Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna

Leiberg's Stonecrop: Sedum leibergii

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

* Smooth Praire Star: Lithophragma glabrum (Synonym: Lithophragma glabra)

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. integrifolia

* Peak Saxifrage: Saxifraga nidifica var. claytoniifolia

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?)

Field Parsley Piert: Aphanes arvensis (Synonym: Alchemilla occidentalis)

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

Ninebark: Physocarpus sp.

Glandular Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa (var. )

Sulphur Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta ?

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa

Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Baldhip Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus armeniacus

Evergreen Blackberry: Rubus laciniata

Pacific Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus var. macropetalus

Douglas' Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii (var. ?)

Everlasting Pea: Lathyrus latifolius ?

* Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Geranium: Geranium sp.

Deerbrush: Ceanothus integerrimus

Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum - Many plants with whitish-green berries.

Queen Anne's Lace: Daucus carota

* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum

* Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum (var. ?)

* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayii

* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Yellow-flowered form.

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

Western Snake Root: Sanicula crassicaulis

* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens

* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata

Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla - In bud.

* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa

* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia

* Great Hound's Tongue: Cynoglossum grande

* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus

* Henbit: Lamium amplexicaule

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Dalmatian Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica

* Common Monkey Flower: Mimulus guttatus

* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella

* Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora var. purpurea

Narrowleaf Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

* Annual Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine

Teasel: Dipsacus sylvestris

* Manroot: Marah oreganus

Elderberry: Sambucus sp.

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

Western Wormwood: Artemisia ludoviciana (var. ?)

* Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea ?

Knapweed: Centaurea sp.

* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius

Mule Deer tracks

Skunk (dead)

California Ground Squirrels

Bald Eagles

Golden Eagles

Red-tailed Hawks

Osprey (on nest)

Turkey Vultures

Common Mergansers

Northern Flickers

Belted Kingfisher

Spotted Towhee

American Crow

Common Raven

Scrub Jays

Steller's Jays

Dippers - A constant serenade of song.

Lesser Goldfinches

Black-capped Chickadees

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Violet-green Swallows

Frogs (numerous frogs croaking)

Blue (butterfly)

Woollybear Caterpillars