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

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

California Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta var. californica

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

* Long-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macrantha

* Needlegrass: Achnatherum (lemmonii var. lemmonii?) - Beginning to bloom.

* Rip Gut: Bromus diandrus

* Soft Brome: Bromus hordeaceus var. hordeaceus

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

Bristly Dog's-tail Grass: Cynosurus echinata

Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

Medusa Head: Taeniatherum caput-medusae

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud

Sagebrush Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus

Ball-head Cluster Lily: Dichelostemma congestum - In bud.

* Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis - Fading out of bloom.

* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. howellii

Rattlesnake Plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia

* Common Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata var. californica

* Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Beginning to bloom. Cream-flowered variety.

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

* Water Chickweed: Montia fontana

* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis

* Thyme-leaf Sandwort: Arenaria serpyllifolia

* Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

* Chickweed: Stellaria media

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

* Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa

* California Poppy: Eschscholzia californica

* Mouse-ear Cress: Arabidopsis thaliana

* Hairy Bitter Cress: Cardamine hirsuta

* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum

* Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna - Fading out of bloom.

* Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum - Fading out of bloom at lower elevations.

* Peak Saxifrage: Saxifraga nidifica var. claytoniifolia - Fading out of bloom except along water courses.

* Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. integrifolia - Fading out of bloom.

Western Saxifrage: Saxifraga occidentalis

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - Flower buds forming.

* Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. cusickii

* Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii

* Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca var. bracteata

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana (var. melanocarpa ?)

Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus armeniacus

Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba annua

Birchleaf Spiraea: Spiraea betulifolia

Woollypod Milkvetch: Astragalus purshii - Woolly pods forming.

Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus

Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. utahensis ?

Small-flowered Deer-vetch: Lotus micranthus

Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus

* Bicolored Lupine: Lupinus bicolor

* Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus

* Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius x sericeus

* Field Clover: Trifolium campestre

* Least Hop Clover: Trifolium dubium

* Thimble Clover: Trifolium microdon ?

* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum

* Small-head Clover: Trifolium microcephalum

* Sand Clover: Trifolium wildenovii

* Few-flower Clover: Trifolium oliganthum

American Vetch: Vicia americana

* Bird Vetch: Vicia cracca

Hairy Vetch: Vicia hirsuta

* Garden Vetch: Vicia sativa

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

* Carolina Geranium: Geranium carolinianum

* Dovefoot Geranium: Geranium molle

Valley Yellow Violet: Viola praemorsa (V. nuttallii var. praemorsa)

Deer Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus - Some plants forming flower buds.

* Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum

* Slender Godetia: Clarkia gracilis

Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea

* Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum

* Burr Chervil: Anthriscus caucalis

Queen Anne's Lace: Daucus carota

Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Fruits well formed.

* Fern-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum

* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayii

* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Yellow-flowered form. Mostly out of bloom.

* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

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

* Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri

* Western Snake Root: Sanicula crassicaulis

* Sierra Snake Root: Sanicula graveolens

Narrow-leaf Milkweed: Asclepias fascicularis

Spreading Dogbane: Apocnum androsmaefolium

* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum - Mostly out of bloom.

* Western Starflower: Trientalis latifolia

Collomia: Collomia sp.

* Baby Stars: Linanthus bicolor

* Baker's Linanthus: Linanthus bolanderi

* Hood's Phlox: Phlox hoodii - Fading out of bloom.

* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - Fading out of bloom.

* Wood's Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora

* Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla

* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa

* Weak-stemmed Cryptanth: Cryptantha flaccida

* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia

* Great Hound's Tongue: Cynoglossum grande

* Yellow and Blue Scorpion Flower: Myosotis discolor

* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus

* Narrow-leaved Paintbrush: Castilleja attenuata

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Fading out of bloom everywhere except near the Atwood Road.

* Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii

* Few-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia sparsiflora - Fading out of bloom.

* Chickweed Monkey Flower: Mimulus alsinoides

* Common Monkey Flower: Mimulus guttatus

* Dwarf Owl-clover: Triphysaria pusilla (Orthocarpus pusillus)

* Barrett's Penstemon: Penstemon barrettiae

Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii

* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella

* Corn Speedwell: Veronica arvensis

* Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora - Fading out of bloom.

English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

* Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine var. echinospermum

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus mexicana - A few plants with flower buds forming.

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus (var. ?)

* Long-spurred Plectritis: Plectritis ciliosa

* Rosy Plectritis: Plectritis congesta

* White-flowered Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera - Fading out of bloom.

* Corn-salad: Valerianella locusta

* Big Root: Marah oreganus

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

* Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

* Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (or a hybrid with either B. careyana or B. sagittata)

Knapweed: Centaurea sp.

* Bachelor's Button: Centaurea cyanus

Hall's Goldenweed: Columbiadoria hallii

* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fading out of bloom.

Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa

* Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

Hairy False Goldenaster: Heterotheca villosa

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri (var. scouleri ?) - A few plants in bud.

* Smooth Cat's-ear: Hypochaeris glabra

Rough Cat's-ear: Hypochaeris radicata - In bud.

* Lemon-scented Tarweed: Madia citriodora

* Little Tarweed: Madia exigua

* Lindley's Annual Microseris: Microseris lindleyi

* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus

* 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

Western Meadowlark

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

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