* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.
Comprehensive Klickitat Trail: Upper Swale Canyon Plant List.
Common Horsetail: Equisetum arvense
Scouring-rush Horsetail: Equisetum hyemale
* Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis
* Sedge: Carex sp.
Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius ?
* Soft Brome: Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus
* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides
* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis
Basin Wildrye: Leymus cinereus ?
* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegeneria spicata
* Needle and Thread: Heterostipa comata ssp. comata ?
Medusa-head: Taeniatherum caput-medusae
Common Cattail: Typha latifolia
Pondweed: Potamogeton sp.
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa - Small trees planted along the old railroad bed.
Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea
* California Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta var. californica - Beginning to bloom.
Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa
* Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
* Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.
* Nevius' Garlic, Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii (Allium douglasii var. nevii)
* Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. breviflora
* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. howellii
* Meadow Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion venenosum var. venenosum
Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis
* Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum Both cream and yellow-flowered plants.
Scabland Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare - Many with bright red flower buds.
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. proliferum?)
Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii
* Curly Dock: Rumex crispus
* Willowleaf Dock: Rumex salicifolius (var. ?)
Chamisso's Springbeauty: Claytonia chamissoi
* Pale Springbeauty: Claytonia exigua ssp. exigua
* Pallid Springbeauty: Claytonia exigua ssp. glauca
* 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
* Water Chickweed: Montia fontana
* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis
* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum
* Common Chickweed: Stellaria media
Western White Clematis: Clematis ligusticifolia
Meadow Buttercup: Delphinium distichum - In bud.
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
* Bristly Mousetail: Myosurus aristatus ?
* Mousetail: Myosurus clavicaulis ?
* Least Mousetail: Myosurus minimus
* White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis
* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus
* Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens
* American Wintercress: Barbarea orthoceras
* Shepherd's Purse: Capsella bursa-pastoris
* Hairy Bittercress: Cardamine hirsuta
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods maturing.
* Daggerpod: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides
Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum
* Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes
Leiberg's Stonecrop: Sedum leibergii - In bud.
* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera (now L. glabrum)
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia - Most plants have faded out of bloom.
* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum - Fading out of bloom.
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - A few plants with buds forming.
* Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. cusickii
* Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii
Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor
Cultivated Apple: Malus x domestica ?
Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa (var. ?) - Buds forming.
Sulphur Cinqueflower: Potentilla recta
* Bitter Cherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata
* Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa - Beginning to bloom.
Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum
Douglas' Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii (var. ?)
* Hood River Milkvetch: Astragalus hoodianus - Very early in bloom.
Nevada Deervetch: Lotus nevadensis
* Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. aridus
* Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius x sericeus (Lupinus latifolilus var. latifolius)
Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus var. leucophyllus
* Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus
* Whitish Lupine: Lupinus sulphureus var. bingenensis
* Valley Yellow Violet: Viola nuttallii var. praemorsa
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Western St. John's Wort: Hypericum scouleri ?
Klamath Weed: Hypericum perforatum
Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana - A few plants in bud.
* Spike-primrose: Boisduvalia sp.
Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium
Slender Godetia: Clarkia gracilis ? - In bud.
* Bur Chervil: Anthriscus caucalis
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum
* Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum
* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense
* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Both cream and yellow-flowered forms. Second bloom due to recent rains.
* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Broadnineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. anomalum
Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana
Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Fading out of bloom.
Pincushionplant: Navarretia intertexta ?
* Least Navarretia: Navarretia leucocephala ssp. minima
* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa
*Annual Polemonium: Polemonium micranthum
* Ballhead Desert Parsley: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - Fading out of bloom.
* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata
* Silver-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata
* Linearleaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis
* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa
* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia
* Yellow and Blue Scorpion Flower: Myosotis discolor
* Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiogothrys scouleri (var. ?)
* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus
Narrow-leaved Skullcap: Scutellaria angustifolia
* Narrowleaved Owlclover: Castilleja attenuata
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
* Short-flowered Monkeyflower: Erythranthe breviflora
* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata
Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii
* Dwarf Owlcover: Triphysaria pusilla
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
Water Speedwell: Veronica anagallis-aquatica
* Corn Speedwell: Veronica arvensis
* Purslane Speedwell: Veronica peregrina var. xalpensis
* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum
* Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine
* Manroot: Marah oreganus
Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.
* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Fading out of bloom.
* Narrowleaf Pussytoes: Antennara stenophylla
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana or B. careyana x deltoidea ?
Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii - In bud.
Chicory: Cichorum intybus
Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense
Hall's Goldenweed: Columbiadoria hallii
Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia - In bud.
Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fading out of bloom.
Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosum
Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri (var. cynoglossoides?)
* Lemon-scented Tarweed: Madia citriodora ?
* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides
* Sweet Marsh Goundsel: Senecio hydrophiloides
* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltaus
* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale
Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
* Northern Wyethia: Wyethia amplexicaulis
Animals Seen During This Hike:
California Ground Squirrels
Yellow-bellied Marmots
Gophers/ Moles
Turkey Vultures
Red-tailed Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Kestrel
Great Horned Owl
Magpies
Common Raven
Horned Larks
Cliff Swallows
Red-winged Blackbirds
Brewer's Blackbirds
Western Meadowlarks
Common Snipe
Chukar
Curlew
Killdeer
Mallards
Mourning Doves
Flycatchers
American Pipits
Orange-crowned Warblers
Yellow-rumped Warblers
White-crowned Sparrows
Dark-eyed Junco
Western Rattlesnake (2 feet long)
Pacific Tree Frog
Frogs croaking
Small fish in small side creek
Spring Azure
Ochre Ringlets
Mustard Whites
Large Bumblebee (yellow thorax, black abdomen)
Carnivorous Ground Beetles
Lady Bugs
Water Striders