[Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Columbia River Gorge: 2011] - [Wildflower Destinations in the Columbia River Gorge]

Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington

Rattlesnake Falls

DNR lands up Rattlesnake Creek, western Klickitat County, WA

May 28, 2011

Rattlesnake Falls: May 28, 2011

Rattlesnake Falls.....May 28, 2011.

* Indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Rattlesnake Falls is located on Washington Department of Natural Resources lands off of Rattlesnake Creek Road north of the town of Husum, Klickitat County, WA.

Lacefern: Myriopteris gracillima

Brittle Bladderfern: Cystopteris fragilis

Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrrhiza

Imbricate Sword Fern: Polystichum imbricans

Western Sword Fern: Polystichum munitum

Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum ssp. pubescens

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

* Vine Maple: Acer circinatum

* Douglas Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii

* Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum

California Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta var. californica

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

* Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana - Beginning to bloom.

Willow: Salix sp.

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

* Sedge: Carex sp. (Ovales section)

* Long-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macrantha ?

* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum sp. (A. lemmonii var. lemmonii ?) - Beginning to bloom.

* Soft Brome: Bromus hordeaceus

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa

* Leiberg's Blue Grass: Poa leibergii

* Nevada Blue Grass: Poa nevadensis

* Sandberg's Blue Grass: Poa secunda

Taper-tip Onion: Allium acuminatum - In bud.

Sagebrush Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus

* Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. breviflora - Beginning to bloom.

Ball-head Cluster Lily: Dichelostemma congestum - In bud.

* Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis - Most plants out of bloom. Pods forming.

Columbia Tiger Lily: Lilium columbianum

* False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule

Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

* Fairy Bells: Prosartes hookeri

Clasping Twisted Stalk: Streptopus amplexifolius

* Wood Lily: Trillium ovatum

Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis

Grasswidow: Olsynium douglasii

* Fairy Slipper: Calypso bulbosa

Spotted Coralroot: Corallorhiza maculata - In bud.

Striped Coralroot: Corallorhiza striata ? - About one week from blooming.

Rattlesnake Plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia

Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp.

* Common Bastard Toadflax: Comandra umbellata var. californica

* Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

* Streambank Springbeauty: Claytonia parviflora

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana

* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra

* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis

* Sticky Chickweed: Cerastium glomeratum

* Thyme-leaf Sandwort: Arenaria serpyllifolia var. serpyllifolia

* Largeleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

Longleaf Starwort: Stellaria longipes

* Chickweed: Stellaria media

Shiny Chickweed: Stellaria nitens

Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa - In bud.

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus

* Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla (Achlys californica may be present, too?)

* Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa

* Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens ?

Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii var. nuttallii

* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma

* Pensnylvania Bittercress: Cardamine pennsylvanica

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera

* Field Pepperweed: Lepidium campestre

* Gooseberryleaved Alumroot: Heuchera grossulariifolia var. tenuifolia

Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Northwest Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa - A few still in bloom at higher elevations where moist.

* Three-tooth Mitrewort: Ozomelis trifida

* Merten's Saxifrage: Saxifraga mertensiana

* Violet Suksdorfia: Suksdorfia violacea

* Straggly Gooseberry: Ribes divaricatum

* Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - Buds forming.

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia

Suksdorf's Hawthorn: Crataegus (gaylussacia ?)

* Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. californica

* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp platypetala

Large-leaf Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum

Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

Ninebark: Physocarpus capitatus

* Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa

Baldhip Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

Rose: Rosa sp.

* Blackcap Raspberry: Rubus leucodermis

Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum

Douglas' Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii var. menziesii

Birchleaf Spiraea: Spiraea (lucida ?)

Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis

* Small-flowered Deervetch: Acmispon parviflorus

Bog Deervetch: Hosackia pinnata

Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus - In bud.

* Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. aridus (or L. lepidus var. lepidus ?)

Largeleaf Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus

* Least Hop Clover: Trifolium dubium

American Vetch: Vicia americana

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana

Scouler's Saint John's Wort: Hypericum formosum

* Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii

* Baker's Violet: Viola bakeri

Violet: Viola sp.

Buckbrush: Ceanothus sanguineus - In bud.

Cascara: Rhamnus purshiana

Enchanter's Nightshade: Circaea alpina ssp. pacifica

Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea - In bud.

Annual Willow Herb: Epilobium brachycarpum

Willow Herb: Epilobium ciliatum (var. ?)

* Small-flowered Willow Herb: Epilobium minutum

* Pinyon Groundsmoke: Gayophytum ramosissimum (or Black-foot Groundsmoke: Gayophytum racemosum ?)

* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Fading out of bloom.

* Chocolate Tips: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum

* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense ?

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. anomalum - Plants erect, reminiscent of small Suksdorf's desert parsley.

Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Yampah: Perideridia montana

* Sierra Snake Root: Sanicula graveolens

* Kinnickinnick: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Little Prince's-pine: Chimaphila menziesii

Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea

White-veined Wintergreen: Pyrola picta - In bud.

Broad-leaf Star Flower: Lysimachia latifolia

Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. nitida - In bud.

Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium

Variedleaf Collomia: Collomia heterophylla

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis (both former varieties gracilis and humilior are present)

Mountain Navarretia: Navarretia divaricata

* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

* Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora (var. ?)

* Common Cryptantha: Cryptantha intermedia - Numerous.

* Common Hound's Tongue: Cynoglossum officinale

* Yellow and Blue Scorpiongrass: Myosotis discolor

* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus

Yerba Buena: Clinopodium douglasii

Self Heal: Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata

Cooley's Hedge-nettle: Stachys cooleyae

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii

* Common Monkey Flower: Mimulus guttatus

Barrett's Penstemon: Penstemon barrettiae - In bud.

* Corn Speedwell: Veronica arvensis

* Thymeleaf Speedwell: Veronica serpyllifola var. serpyllifoli a

* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum

* Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine

Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

Twinflower: Linnaea borealis

Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus (cerulea ?)

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

Scouler's Harebell: Campanula scouleri

* Rosy Plectritis: Plectritis congesta

* Corn Salad: Valerianella locusta

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa

* Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides

* Heartleaved Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

* Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea or hybrid with B. careyana ?

* Diffuse Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa

Hall's Goldenweed: Columbiadoria hallii

Rabbitbrush Goldenweed: Ericameria bloomeri

Rough Cat's-ear: Hypochaeris radicata

Hawkweed: Hieracium sp. - Weedy species ?

White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

* Little Tarweed: Madia exigua

Wall Lettuce: Mycelis muralis

Falsegold Groundsel: Packera pseudaurea

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale


Animals Seen at Catherine Creek:

Kestrel or Falcon ? - Only heard calling in the canyon.

Stellers Jays

Black-headed Grosbeaks

Western Wood Peewees

Chipping Sparrows

Dark-eyed Juncos

Pine Siskins

Violet-green Swallows

Western Fence Lizards

Pacific Tree Frog

Propertius Duskywings


Rattlesnake Creek about one-quarter mile downstream from Rattlesnake Falls......May 28, 2011.

Rattlesnake Creek as seen looking upstream about one-quarter mile downstream of Rattlesnake Falls......May 28, 2011.

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