Today the weather was in the low 50s with partly sunny skys and winds 10-20 mph with stronger gusts.
* 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
* Needle Spikerush: Eleocharis acicularis
Rush: Juncus sp. ?
Slender Rush: Juncus tenuis
* Soft Brome: Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus
* Ripgut Grass: Bromus diandrus
* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides
* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis
Basin Wildrye: Leymus cinereus
Reed Canary Grass: Phalaris arundinacea
* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegeneria spicata
Medusa-head: Taeniatherum caput-medusae
Common Cattail: Typha latifolia
Pondweed: Potamogeton sp.
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa - Small trees planted along the old railroad bed.
* Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea
California Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta var. californica
Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana
Narrow-leaf Willow: Salix exigua ?
Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana ?
* Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum
* Nevius' Garlic, Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii (Allium douglasii var. nevii) - Dense bloom in dry swales next to Swale Creek.
* 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
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum - Forming flower buds.
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. proliferum?)
* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii
* Curly Dock: Rumex crispus
* Pallid Springbeauty: Claytonia exigua ssp. glauca
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata
* 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
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
* Least Mousetail: Myosurus minimus
* White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis
* American Wintercress: Barbarea orthoceras
Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
Daggerpod: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides
* Western Yellowcress: Rorippa curvisiliqua
* Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum
Leiberg's Stonecrop: Sedum leibergii - In bud.
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia - Most plants have faded out of bloom.
Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - A few plants with buds forming.
Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. cusickii
* Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii
Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor
* Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa (var. glandulosa ?) - Buds forming.
* Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. gracilis (formerly var. fastigiata)
* Bitter Cherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata
* Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa
* Domestic Rose: Rosa canina or Rosa multiflora ?
* Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii
Blackcap: Rubus leucodermis - Fruits forming.
Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum
* Hood River Milkvetch: Astragalus hoodianus
* Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis
* Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. aridus
* Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius x sericeus (Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius)
* Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus var. leucophyllus
* Whitish Lupine: Lupinus sulphureus var. bingensis
* Least Hopclover: Trifolium dubium
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Klamath Weed: Hypericum perforatum
* Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana var. procera
* Slender Godetia: Clarkia gracilis
* Tansy-leaved Evening-primrose: Camissonia tanacetifolia
Watson's Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. watsonii ?
* Bur Chervil: Anthriscus caucalis
Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum
Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum
* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense
Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum
* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Broadnineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. anomalum
Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana
Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora
* Bluefield Gilia: Gilia capitata ssp. capitata
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
* Least Navarretia: Navarretia leucocephala ssp. minima
* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa
Ballhead Desert Parsley: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii
* Silver-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata
* Linearleaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis
* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa
* Yellow and Blue Scorpion Flower: Myosotis discolor
* Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiogothrys scouleri (var. ?)
Mint: Mentha sp.
* Narrow-leaved Skullcap: Scutellaria angustifolia
Hairy Indian Paintbrush: Castilleja tenuis - In bud.
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
* Bractless Hedgehyssop: Gratiola ebracteata
* Dalmatian Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica
* Short-flowered Monkeyflower: Erythranthe breviflora
* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata
Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
Water Speedwell: Veronica anagallis-aquatica
* Purslane Speedwell: Veronica peregrina var. xalpensis
* Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine
* Manroot: Marah oreganus
Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera
* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Narrowleaf Pussytoes: Antennara stenophylla
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana ?
* Bachelor's Button: Centaurea cyanus
* Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii
Chicory: Cichorum intybus
Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense
Hall's Goldenweed: Columbiadoria hallii
Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia - In bud.
* Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis
Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa
Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri (formerly var. cynoglossoides )
Woollyheads: Psilocarphus sp. - In bud.
* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltaus
Goldenrod: Solidago sp.
* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale
Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
* Northern Wyethia: Wyethia amplexicaulis
Animals Seen During This Hike:
California Ground Squirrels
Yellow-bellied Marmots
Wild Turkeys
Kestrel
Horned Larks
Barn Swallows
Cliff Swallows
Scrub Jay
Red-winged Blackbirds
Brewer's Blackbirds
Western Meadowlarks
Killdeer
Mourning Doves
Flycatchers
Dark-eyed Junco
Rock Wren ?
Spring Azure
Ochre Ringlets
Woolly Bear caterpillar on Columbia Gorge Lupine
Water Striders