Today the weather was in the low to upper 50s with partly sunny skys and very light winds in the morning, becoming stronger by afternoon.
* 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 var. 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 var. garryana
* Arroyo Willow: Salix lasiolepis
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum
Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii - 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.
Meadow Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion venenosum var. venenosum
Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis
Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - A few plants in bud.
Scabland Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare- 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 longepedicellata ?
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods maturing.
* Daggerpod: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides
* Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes
Leiberg's Stonecrop: Sedum leibergii
* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera (now L. glabrum)
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia
* Clayton's Saxifrage, Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa
* 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 Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta
* Bitter Cherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata
Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa - In bud.
Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum
Douglas' Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii (var. ?)
* Hood River Milkvetch: Astragalus hoodianus - Very early in bloom.
Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus (var. aridus ?)
* Columbia Gorge Lupine?: Lupinus latifolius x sericeus (L. latifolius var. latifolius)
* Whitish Lupine: Lupinus sulphureus var. bingenensis
Alfalfa: Medicago sativa
* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Fading out of bloom.
* Valley Yellow Violet: Viola nuttallii var. praemorsa
Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Klamath Weed: Hypericum perforatum
Mountain Globemallow: Iliamna rivularis - A few plants with buds forming.
Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana - 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. dissectum
* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense
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 montanum
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 (new taxonomic name ?)
* 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: Erythranthe alsinoides
* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata
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: Aphyllon purpureum
* Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine
Manroot: Marah oreganus
Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
* 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 or B. careyana x deltoidea ?
Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii
Chicory: Cichorum intybus
Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense
Hall's Goldenweed: Columbiadoria hallii
Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule
Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa
Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum integrifolium var. integrifolium
Gumweed: Grindelia (columbiana?)
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri (old var. cynoglossoides)
* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides
Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus - In bud.
* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale
Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
Northern Mule's Ears: Wyethia amplexicaulis
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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