April 23, 2010

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Complete Klickitat Trail: Upper Swale Canyon Plant List.

Common Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Scouring-rush Horsetail: Equisetum hyemale

* Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis ?

Rush: Juncus sp.

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

Basin Wildrye: Leymus cinereus ?

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegeneria spicata

Medusa-head: Taeniatherum caput-medusae

Common Cattail: Typha latifolia

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

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

California Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta var. californica

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana

* Willow #1, 2 & 3: Salix sp.

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum ?

Onion: Allium sp. ? - In bud. Along rocky streambeds, but with broad, erect basal leaves.

Common Camas: Camassia quamash (var. breviflora ?)

Ookow: Dichelostemma congesta - In bud.

Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora (ssp. howellii ?) - In bud.

Deathcamas: Zigadenus sp.

Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis

Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - A few plants in bud.

Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum douglasii var. tenue - In bud.

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. proliferum?)

Black Bindweed: Fallopia convolvulus

Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

* Pale Springbeauty: Claytonia exigua ssp. exigua

* Streambank Springbeauty: Claytonia parviflora ?

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana ?

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata

* Erubescent Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra

* Dwarf Miner's Lettuce: Montia dichotoma

* Water Chickweed: Montia fontana

* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis

* Sticky Chickweed: Cerastium glomeratum

* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum

* Common Chickweed: Stellaria media

Western White Clematis: Clematis ligusticifolia

Meadow Buttercup: Delphinium distichum - In bud.

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

* Least Mousetail: Myosurus minimus

* White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

* Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens

* American Wintercress: Barbarea orthoceras

* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma

* Narrow Tansymustard?: Descurainia incisa ssp. filipes ?

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna var. boerhaavii

Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods maturing.

* Daggerpod: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides

* Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes

Leiberg's Stonecrop: Sedum leibergii

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. integrifolia

* Clayton's Saxifrage, Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga nidifica var. claytoniifolia

* Golden Currant: Ribes aureum

* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

* Straggly Currant: Ribes divaricatum

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - A few plants with buds forming.

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. alnifolia ?)

* Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. cusickii

Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii ? - Flower buds forming.

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa (var. ?)

Sulphur Cinqueflower: Potentilla recta ?

* Bitter Cherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa - In bud.

Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba annua

Douglas' Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii (var. ?)

* Milkvetch: Astragalus (hoodianus or reventiformis) - Very early in bloom.

Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus (var. aridus ?)

* Columbia Gorge Lupine?: Lupinus latifolius x sericeus?

* Whitish Lupine: Lupinus sulphureus ssp. subsaccatus

Alfalfa: Medicago sativa

* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Fading out of bloom.

* Valley Yellow Violet: Viola praemorsa

Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Klamath Weed: Hypericum perforatum

Mountain Globemallow: Iliamna rivularis - A few plants with buds forming.

Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana (var. procera ?) - A few plants in bud.

* Bur Chervil: Anthriscus caucalis

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 - Both cream and yellow-flowered forms.

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Broadnineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. anomalum

* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri ssp. borealis ?

Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Hood's Phlox: Phlox hoodii

* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa

* Annual Polemonium: Polemonium micranthum

* Ballhead Desert Parsley: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata

Silver-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata - In bud.

Variedleaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla

* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa

* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

* Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiogothrys scouleri

* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus

Narrow-leaved Skullcap: Scutellaria angustifolia

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Chickweed Monkeyflower: Mimulus alsinoides

* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus

Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

Water Speedwell: Veronica anagallis-aquatica

* Corn Speedwell: Veronica arvensis

* Purslane Speedwell: Veronica peregrina

* Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora var. purpurea

* Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine var. echinospermum

Manroot: Marah oreganus

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus mexicana

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus

* Long-spurred Plectritis: Plectritis ciliosa

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

* Narrowleaf Pussytoes: Antennara stenophylla

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana ?

Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii

Chicory: Cichorum intybus

Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense

Hall's Goldenweed: Columbiadoria hallii

Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis ?

* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosum

Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum integrifolium var. integrifolium

Gumweed: Grindelia (columbiana?)

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

* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides

Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus (var. ?) - In bud.

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius

Mule's Ears: Wyethia sp.

Animals Seen During This Hike:

Mule Deer

California Ground Squirrels

Yellow-bellied Marmots - Young are about 2/3 grown.

Turkey Vultures

Kestrel

Magpies

Common Raven - hazed by a curlew

Scrub Jay

Horned Larks

Red-winged Blackbirds

Brewer's Blackbirds

Western Meadowlarks

Common Snipe

Curlew

Greater Yellowlegs

Killdeer

Mallards

California Quail

Yellow-rumped Warblers

Brewer's Sparrows ?

Dark-eyed Juncos

Violet-green Swallows

Frogs croaking

Small fish in small side creek

Anise Swallowtail

Swallowtail

Sara's Orangetips

Green Hairstreak

Blue

Large Bumblebee (yellow thorax, black abdomen)

Woolly-bear ? caterpillars

Mosquitos

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