[Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Wildflowers Blooming Along the Cherry Orchard Trail

Accessed from the Trailhead East of the Lyle Tunnels from State Road #14

November 3, 2010

View west along the Columbia River Gorge from high on the Cherry Orchard Trail.......November 3, 2010.

A view west along the Columbia River from high along the Cherry Orchard Trail........November 3, 2010.

* indicates the plant is currently in bloom.

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Bigleaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana

Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei

Gold-back Fern: Pentagramma triangularis

Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrhiza

Imbricate Sword Fern: Polystichum imbricans

Western Sword Fern: Polystichum munitum

Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

Bristly Dog's-tail Grass: Cynosurus echinatus

Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicatum

Medusa-head: Taeniatherum caput-medusae

North African Grass: Ventenata dubia

Sagebrush Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus - Pods present.

Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis - Pods present.

Panicle Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum

Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

* Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum

Broom Buckwheat: Eriogonum vimineum

Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. ranunculus

Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum

Thick-leaved Thelypody: Thelypodium laciniatum v. laciniatum

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

White Fairy Poppy: Meconella oregana

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. ?

Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Blackcap: Rubus leucodermis

Dewberry: Rubus ursinus

Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus

Lupine: Lupinus sp.

Rabbitsfoot Clover: Trifolium arvense

Red Clover: Trifolium pratense

Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Dove'sfoot Geranium: Geranium molle

Deer Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus

Spreading Dogbane: Apocymum androsaemifolium

Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum

Clarkia: Clarkia sp.

Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

Brook Willowherb: Epilobium torreyi ?

Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum

Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

Snakeroot: Sanicula sp.

Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea

Shooting Stars: Dodecatheon sp.

Prickly Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta

Dustymaidens: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata

Narrowleaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis

Common Hound's Tongue: Cynoglossum officinale

Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

Selfheal: Prunella vulgaris

Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

Manroot: Marah oreganus

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Field pussytoes: Antennaria howellii var. howellii

Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sp. (probably a hybrid of B. careyana X B. deltoidea)

* Yellow Star-thistle: Centaurea solstitialis

Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare

Rush Skeletonweed: Chondrilla juncea

Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum (var. integerrimus?)

Blanketflower: Gaillardia aristata

Columbian Goldenbush: Columbiadoria hallii

* Horseweed: Conyza canadensis

* Hairy False Goldenaster: Heterotheca villosa (var. ?)

Smooth Cat's Tongue: Hypochaeris glabra

* False Dandylion: Hypochaeris radicata

Salsify: Tragopogon dubius

Common Cocklebur: Xanthium strumarium


Paul Slichter