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

[Wildflower Destinations in the Columbia River Gorge]

Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge

Dancing Rock

Friends of the Columbia River Gorge Property

May 1, 2010

View east from Dancing Rock over Horsethief Butte towards the eastern Columbia River Gorge...............May 1, 2010.

A view upstream towards Horsethief Butte (on the right) and the eastern Columbia River Gorge as seen from the Dancing Rock property.....................May 1, 2010. Note the biscuit-swale topography in the foreground where the biscuits are deeper vegetated soils while the swales are shallow or rocky, often lightly vegetated soils. The area enclosed by an orange construction fence on the far side of Washington Highway SR14 is a new off highway parking area that should be finished by the end of the summer. Consult with the Friends of the Columbia Gorge before visiting this property (Dancing Rock), especially to avoid trespassing onto neighboring private property.
* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Lacefern: Cheilanthes gracillima

Imbricate Sword Fern: Polystichum imbricans

Goldback Fern: Pentagramma triangularis

Brittle Fragilefern: Cystopteris fragilis

Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum

California Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta var. californica

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana

* Ripgut Grass: Bromus diandrus

* Soft Brome: Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

Basin Wildrye: Leymus cinereus

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

Medusahead: Taeniatherum caput-medusae

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.

* Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. breviflora

Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods well formed.

* Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

Douglas' Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. grandiflora - In bud, the buds deep blue.

* Bicolor Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. howellii

Panicled Death Camas: Zigadenus paniculatus

* Meadow Death Camas: Zigadenus venenosus var. venenosus

* Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Yellow-flowered form.

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. proliferum?)

* Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

Lambsquarters: Chenopodium album

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata

Water Chickweed: Montia fontana

* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis

* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum

* Common Chickweed: Stellaria media

* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum - In bud.

* Least Mousetail: Myosurus minimus

* Shepherd's Purse: Capsella bursa-pastoris

Scalepod: Idahoa scapigera

* Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?)

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

* Bitter Cherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

* Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa

Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus armeniacus

Douglas' Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii (var. ?)

Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius x sericeus ?

Lupine: Lupinus lepidus (var. ?)

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Poison Oak: Rhus diversiloba

Klamath Weed: Hypericum perforatum

Turkey Mullein: Eremocarpus setigera

* Dove'sfoot Geranium: Geranium molle

Poison Oak: Toxicodendron (diversilobum ?)

* Chervil: Anthriscus caucalis

* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayii

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Broadnineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. anomalum (or L. leptocarpum?)

* Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum

Collomia: Collomia sp.

Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata

* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata

* Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla

* Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia lycopsoides

* Weak-stemmed Cryptanth: Cryptantha flaccida

* Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri (var. ?)

* Attenuate Indian Paintbrush: Castilleja attenuata

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus

Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii v. richardsonii

* Corn Speedwell: Veronica arvensis

* Purslane Speedwell: Veronica peregrina var. xalapensis

* Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora var. purpurea

* Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine var. echinospermum

* Manroot: Marah oreganus

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza (careyana ?)

Chicory: Cichorum intybus

Wavyleaf Thistle: Cirsium undulatum

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa (v. speciosa?)

Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa

* Cushion Fleabane: Erigeron poliospermus

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri var. cynoglossoides

* Lemon-scented Tarweed: Madia citriodora

* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius - In bud.

Animals Seen at this Site:

California Ground Squirrels

Raven

Scrub Jays

Mourning Doves

White-crowned Sparrows

Rattlesnake

A small vernal pond at Dancing Rock, eastern Columbia River Gorge............May 1, 2010. - Rattlesnake seen at Dancing Rock on May 1, 2010.

One of several small vernal ponds that can be seen at the Dancing Rock property, and a two foot long rattlesnake seen just to the right of the photo..................May 1, 2010.
Paul Slichter