[Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Columbia River Gorge: 2010]
The Labyrinth and Coyote Wall
April 10, 2010
Complete plant list for the Coyote Wall and Labyrinth.
Wolfbane Lichen: Letharia vulpina
Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei
Podfern: Aspidotis densa
Gold-back Fern: Pentagramma triangularis
Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrrhiza
Imbricate Sword Fern: Polystichum imbricans
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii
White Alder: Alnus rhombifolia
* Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana
Willow: Salix sp.
* Long-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macrantha
Bristly Dog's-tail Grass: Cynosurus echinata
Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa
Medusa Head: Taeniatherum caput-medusae
Sagebrush Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus
Ball-head Cluster Lily: Dichelostemma congestum
* Pale-anthered Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum
* Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - A few plants still in bloom.
* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. howellii
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii (Synonym: Sisyrinchium douglasii var. douglasii) - A few plants still in bloom.
* Common Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata var. californica
Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum douglasii var. tenue
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum
Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella
* Streambank Springbeauty: Claytonia parviflora ssp. parviflora
* Cuban Spinach: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata
* Dwarf Miner's-lettuce: Montia dichotoma
* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis
* Chickweed: Stellaria media
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis
* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium
* California Poppy: Eschscholzia californica
* Mouse-ear Cress: Arabidopsis thaliana
* Hairy Bitter Cress: Cardamine hirsuta ?
* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii (formerly Cardamine pulcherrima var. pulcherrima)
* Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna
Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes
* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera (Synonym: Lithophragma glabrum)
* Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (Synonym: Lithophragma glabra)
* Peak Saxifrage: Saxifraga nidifica var. claytoniifolia - Beginning to bloom.
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. integrifolia - Beginning to bloom.
* Western Saxifrage: Saxifraga occidentalis - Beginning to bloom.
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii
* Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. cusickii
Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor
Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana (var. melanocarpa ?)
Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana
Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus armeniacus
Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba annua
* Woollypod Milkvetch: Astragalus purshii
* Bicolored Lupine: Lupinus bicolor
* Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus - A few plants beginning to bloom.
Alfalfa: Medicago sativa ?
* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum
* Small-head Clover: Trifolium microcephalum
* Sand Clover: Trifolium tridentatum
Vetch: Vicia sp.
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Geranium: Geranium sp.
* Valley Yellow Violet: Viola vallicola (V. nuttallii var. vallicola)
Deer Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus
Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum
Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea
* Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum
* Burr Chervil: Anthriscus caucalis
Queen Anne's Lace: Daucus carota
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Fading out of bloom.
* Fern-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum (var. dissectum ?)
* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayii
* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Yellow-flowered form.
* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum
Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri
Western Snake Root: Sanicula crassicaulis
* Sierra Snake Root: Sanicula graveolens
Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana - A few plants in bud.
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum
* Baby Stars: Linanthus bicolor
* Baker's Linanthus: Linanthus bolanderi
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
* Hood's Phlox: Phlox hoodii
* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii
Wood's Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora
* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata
Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla - A few plants with flower heads in bud.
* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa
* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale
* Rusty Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys nothofulvus
* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus
* Henbit: Lamium amplexicaule
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
* Few-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia sparsiflora
* Common Monkey Flower: Mimulus guttatus - Beginning to bloom.
* Dwarf Owl-clover: Triphysaria pusilla (Orthocarpus pusillus)
Barrett's Penstemon: Penstemon barrettiae
Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii
* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella
* Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora
English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata
* Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine
Blue Elderberry: Sambucus mexicana
Snowberry: Symphoricarpos sp.
* Long-spurred Plectritis: Plectritis ciliosa
* White-flowered Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera
* Big Root: Marah oreganus
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla
Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia
Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea - A few with flower heads in bud.
Knapweed: Centaurea sp.
Bachelor's Button: Centaurea cyanus - A few plants in bud.
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule
Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa
Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium
Hairy False Goldenaster: Heterotheca villosa
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri (var. scouleri ?)
* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides
Slender Cudweed: Pseudognaphalium canescens ?
Western Grounsel: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus - In bud.
* Common Groundsel: Senecio vulgaris
* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale
Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
Double-crested Cormorants (Rowland Lake)
Ring-billed Ducks (Rowland Lake)
Osprey (building nest between Rowland Lake and the Columbia River)
Bald Eagle ppp
Red-tailed Hawks
Kestrels
Common Ravens
Northern Flickers
Downy Woodpecker
American Robins
Western Bluebirds
House Finches
Dark-eyed Juncos
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Western Fence Lizard
Gopher Snake
Pond Frogs croaking
Sara's Orangetip
Large Bumblebees: Bombus sp.
Small native bees on Lomatium grayi
Hoover Flies