Today the weather was in the mid to high 50s with clear, sunny skies and a stiff wind from the north in exposed locations!
Relatively complete wildflower list for the Klickitat Wildlife Area.
* indicates the plant is currenlty in bloom.
Wolfbane Lichen: Letharia vulpina
Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense
Brittle Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum ssp. pubescens
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Bigleaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum
White Alder: Alnus rhombifolia
California Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta var. californica
* Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa
* Douglas' Sedge: Carex douglasii
* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri
* Long-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macrantha
* Soft Brome: Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus
* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides
Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis
* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.
Green-banded Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus
Pale-anthered Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum
* Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum
* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. howellii
* Panicled Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum
* Striped Coralroot: Corallorhiza striata
* Mountain Lady Slippers: Cypripedium montanum
* Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana
* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra
* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis
* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum
* Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla
Soapweed: Saponaria officinalis
Menzie's Catchfly: Silene menziesii
* Chickweed: Stellaria media
* Oregon Anemone: Anemone oregana
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis
* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium
* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum
* Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum
* Clayton's Saxifrage, Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa
Straggly Currant: Ribes divaricatum ?
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii
Black Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii
* Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata
Sulfur Flower Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta ?
Chokecherry: Prunus virginianus var. melanocarpa - In bud.
Litle Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa
Douglas' Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii (var. ?)
* Hood River Milkvetch: Astragalus hoodianus
* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus
* Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius
Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus ?
Alfalfa: Medicago sativa
* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Deer Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus
Cutleaf Violet: Viola sheltonii
Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata
Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea
Chervil: Anthriscus caucalis
Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum
* Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum
* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense or Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum
Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum
* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Suksdorf's Desert Parsley: Lomatium suksdorfii
* Broadnineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum (var. anomalum ?)
* Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens
* Pacific Dogwood: Cornus nuttallii
Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea
Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea
Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsmaefolium
Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/Primula poeticum
Broadleaf Star Flower: Lysimachia latifolia
Field Bindweed: Convolvulus arvensis
Night-blooming Morning Glory: Calystegia atriplicifolia ssp. atriplicifolia ?
* Baker's Linanthus: Leptosiphon bolanderi
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa
* Ballhead Desert Parsley: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii
* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata
* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata
* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa
* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia
* Weak-stemmed Cryptanth: Cryptantha flaccida
* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale
* Yellow and Blue Forget-me-not: Myosotis discolor
* Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri ?
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata - In bud.
Fine-toothed Penstemon: Penstemon subserratus
Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii
Lance-leaf Figwort: Scrophularia lanceolata ?
* Corn Speedwell: Veronica arvensis
* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum
* Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine
Shrubby Bedstraw: Galium serpenticum
* Man Root, Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus
Elderberry: Sambucus sp. - Probably blue elderberry.
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
* Long-spurred Plectritis: Plectritis ciliosa ? or Plectritis brachystemon ?
* Rosy Plectritis: Plectritis congesta ?
* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa
* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha
* Field Pussytoes: Antennaria howellii ssp. neodioica
* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia
Riverbank Wormwood: Artemisia lindleyana ?
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana ?
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fading out of bloom.
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri (former var. cynoglossoides)
* Slender Tarweed: Madia gracilis
* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans
* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides
* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus
* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale
The photo at right is a view from the Soda Springs Road northwest towards the Klickitat River. Soda Springs is the flat area to the left of the bend in the river. Photographed on April 30, 2010.
Animals Seen During This Hike:
Western Gray Squirrel
Turkey Vultures
Coopers Hawk
Kestrel
Common Mergansers
Ravens
Stellers Jays
Western Meadowlarks
Robins
Western Tanager - calling
Spotted Towhees - calling
Dark-eyed Juncos
Red-breasted Nuthatches
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Nashville Warblers
Black-throated Gray Warblers
Vauxs Swifts
Western Fence Lizards ?
Anise Swallowtail
Indra Swallowtail
Western Swallowtail
California Tortoiseshells
Propertius Duskywings
Sara's Orangetip
Ochre Ringlet
Blue - unidentified
Bumblebees: Bombus sp.