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

February 20, 2010

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Complete Klickitat Trail (Fisher Hill Road to Pitt) Plant List

Wolf Lichen: Letharia vulpina

Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei

Indian's Dream: Aspidotis densa

Scouring-rush Horsetail: Equisetum hyemale

Sword Fern: Polystichum sp.

Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa

Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum

Alder: Alnus sp.

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana

Willow: Salix sp. - Young twigs reddish

Willow #2: Salix sp. - Young twigs yellowish

Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis ?

Common Rush: Juncus effusus (ssp. ?)

Bristly Dog's-tail Grass: Cynosurus echinata

Medusa Head: Taeniatherum caput-medusae

Ball-head Cluster Lily: Dichelostemma congestum (formerly Brodiaea congesta) - Basal leaves only.

* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii (Synonym: Sisyrinchium douglasii var. douglasii) - A few plants beginning to bloom.

Common Duckweed: Lemna minor

Water Plantain: Alisma plantago-aquatica

Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum

Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata (ssp. perfoliata ?) -

Chickweed: Stellaria media -

Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium- In bud.

Dutchman's Breeches: Dicentra cucullaria

California Poppy: Eschscholzia californica

Hairy Bittercress: Cardamine hirsuta

* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma

* Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna - Fairly numerous.

Leiberg's Stonecrop: Sedum leibergii

* Smooth Praire Star: Lithophragma glabrum (Synonym: Lithophragma glabra)

Peak Saxifrage: Saxifraga nidifica var. claytoniifolia

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?)

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

Ninebark: Physocarpus sp.

Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa

Sulphur Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta ?

Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Beginning to leaf out.

Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus armeniacus

Pacific Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus

Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba occidentalis (Synonym: Sanguisorba annua)

Douglas' Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii (var. ?)

Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus - The leaves of some plants are starting to emerge from the ground.

Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus - Leaves emerging from the ground.

Rabbitfoot Clover: Trifolium arvense

Vetch: Vicia sp.

Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Klamath Weed: Hypericum perforatum

Deerbrush: Ceanothus integerrimus

Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum - Many plants with whitish-green berries.

Diamond Clarkia?: Clarkia rhomboidea

Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

Bur Chervil: Anthriscus caucalis

Wild Carrot: Daucus carota

* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Numerous plants beginning to bloom along the lowest 2 miles of trail.

Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum (var. ?)

* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayii - A few beginning to bloom.

* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Yellow-flowered form. A few beginning to bloom.

Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi

Western Snake Root: Sanicula crassicaulis

Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - A few leaves beginning to emerge.

Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla ?

Common Hound's Tongue: Cynoglossum officinale

Henbit: Lamium amplexicaule

Dalmatian Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica

Common Monkey Flower: Mimulus guttatus

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

Narrowleaf Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine

Fuller's Teasel: Dipsacus sylvestris

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea - A few with leaves beginning to emerge from the ground.

Knapweed: Centaurea sp.

* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fairly numerous.

Hairy False Goldenaster: Heterotheca villosa (Synonym: Chrysopsis villosa) ?

Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

Mule Deer (numerous tracks along the trail)

Coyote (spoor on trail)

California Ground Squirrels - very numerous

Cottontail Rabbit -

Bald Eagle (1 adult fishing)

Golden Eagle (immature, patrolling the canyon rim)

Red-tailed Hawk

Goldeneyes

Northern Flickers

Downy Woodpeckers (pair)

Common Raven

Scrub Jays

American Robins

Dippers

Golden-crowned Sparrows

Dark-eyed Juncos

Black-capped Chickadees

Ruby-crowned Kinglets?

Bushtits

Frogs (numerous frogs croaking)

Black Flies

Hoover Flies

Honey Bees

Small burnt-orange color moth

Small moth, light gray forewings & orangish hind wings

Mourning Cloaks - very numerous, both individuals from last year and new ones from this year

California Tortoise Shells - less numerous, both older and new individuals

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