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

Wildflowers Blooming Along the Cherry Orchard Trail

Accessed from the Trailhead Along the Lyle-Centerville Road

November 14, 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.

Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii

Bigleaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana

Field Woodrush: Luzula campestris var. congesta ?

Blue Wildrye: Elymus glaucus ?

Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha

Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

Sandberg Bluegrass: Poa secunda (Poa nevadensis ?)

North African Grass: Ventenata dubia

Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis

Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia (v. integrifolia ?)

* Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus - creamy yellow flowers

Common Vetch: Vicia sativa

Valley Yellow Violet: Viola vallicola

Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Dove'sfoot Geranium: Geranium molle

Deer Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus

Spreading Dogbane: Apocymum androsaemifolium

Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversiloba

Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

Brook Willowherb: Epilobium torreyi ?

Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

Common Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri ssp. borealis

White-stemmed Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana

Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

Prickly Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta

* Yellow Star-thistle: Centaurea solstitialis

Chicory: Cichorum intybus

Rush Skeletonweed: Chondrilla juncea

Tall Hoary Aster: Machaeranthera canescens var. incana

Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus


Paul Slichter