Weather: Partly sunny with a light wind. Temperature in the high 40s to low 50s.
This trail follows closely the eastern bank of the Klickitat River for about two and one-half miles downstream from Wahkiacus. The only access is from the lower Swale Canyon Trail, so it is an out and back hike.
* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.
Wolf Lichen: Letharia vulpina
Felt Lichen: Peltigera sp.
Scouring-rush Horsetail: Equisetum hyemale
Sword Fern: Polystichum sp.
Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum ssp. pubescens
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Vine Maple: Acer circinatum
Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum
Red Alder: Alnus rubra
Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea
California Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta var. californica
Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
Willow: Salix sp. - Young twigs yellowish-orange
Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri ?
Sedge: Carex sp. ?
Common Rush: Juncus effusus (ssp. ?)
Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides
Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha ?
Medusa Head: Taeniatherum caput-medusae
Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii
Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Rose Campion: Silene coronaria ?
Western Clematis: Clematis (ligusticifolia?)
Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium
* Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna
Leiberg's Stonecrop: Sedum leibergii
Smooth Praire Star: Lithophragma sp.
Peak Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa
Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia
Merten's Saxifrage: Saxifraga mertensiana
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii
Hawthorn: Crataegus sp.
Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor
Pacific Ninebark: Physocarpus capitatus
Sulphur Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta ?
Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata
Baldhip Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa
Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii
Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus armeniacus
Pacific Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus
Douglas' Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii (var. ?)
Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus
Locust: Robinia sp. ?
Deervetch: Lotus sp.
Rabbitfoot Clover: Trifolium arvense
Klamath Weed: Hypericum perforatum
Deerbrush: Ceanothus integerrimus
Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum
Blazing Star: Mentzelia laevicaulis
Wild Carrot: Daucus carota
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum
Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum
Bigleaf Periwinkle: Vinca major ?
Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/Primula poeticum
Selfheal: Prunella vulgaris (var. ?)
Dalmatian Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine
Elderberry: Sambucus sp.
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
Riverbank Wormwood: Artemisia ludoviciana (var ?)
Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana or Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea ?
Knapweed: Centaurea sp.
Chicory: Cichorum intybus
Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum (v. ?)
Columbia River Goldenweed: Grindelia (columbiana ?)
Hairy False Goldenaster: Heterotheca villosa (var. ?)
Mule Deer (numerous tracks along the trail)
Coyote (spoor on trail)
Common Mergansers
Northern Flicker
Scrub Jays
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Juncos
Black-capped Chickadees
Chestnut-backed Chickadees
Golden-crowned Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Winter Wren
Small burnt-orange color moth
Small moth, light gray forewings & orangish hind wings
California Tortoise Shell