[Columbia River Gorge Wildflower Reports: 2011]

Currently Blooming Wildflowers at Horsethief Butte

Columbia Hills Historical State Park

June 16, 2011

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii
* Indicates the plant is currently in bloom.

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana

Lace Lipfern: Myriopteris gracillima

Gold-back Fern: Pentagramma triangularis

* Blackcreeper Sedge: Carex praegracilis ?

* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii ssp. lemmonii

* Soft Brome: Bromus hordeaceus var. hordeaceus ?

* Cheat Grass: Bromus tectorum

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

* Basin Wildrye: Leymus cinereus

Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa

* Sandberg's Blue Grass: Poa secunda var. secunda

* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudorogneria spicata

* Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum

* Harvest Brodiaea: Brodiaea coronaria

* Ballheaded Cluster Lily: Dichelostemma congestum

* Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina

* Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis - Past bloom.

* Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

* Snow Buckwheat: Eriogonum niveum

Wire-stem Buckwheat: Eriogonum vimineum - In bud.

Prostrate Knotweed: Polygonum aviculare

Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

* Bitter Dock: Rumex obtusifolius

Willow Dock: Rumex salicifolius

Lambsquarters: Chenopodium album

Russian Thistle: Salsola kali

* Menzie's Campion: Silene menziesii

Virgin's Bower: Clematis ligusticifolia

* California Poppy: Eschscholtzia californica

* Tumble Mustard: Sisymbrium altissimum

* Thick-leaved Thelypody: Thelypodium laciniatum var. laciniatum

* Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

* Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana

Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus armeniacus

* Evergreen Blackberry: Rubus laciniatus

* Hardhack, Douglas' Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii

* Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. aridus

* Rabbit's-foot Clover: Trifolium arvense

* Few-flower Clover: Trifolium oliganthum

* Mountain Hollyhock: Iliamna rivularis

Common St. John's Wort: Hypericum perforatum

* Poison Ivy, Poison Oak: Toxicodendron radicans

* Common St. John's Wort: Hypericum perforatum

Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. anomalum

* Field Bindweed: Convolvulus arvensis

Narrowleaf Milkweed: Asclepias fascicularis - In bud.

* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata

Spearmint: Mentha spicata

* Narrowleaf Skullcap: Scutellaria angustifolia

* Cut-leaf Nightshade: Solanum triflorum

* Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii

* Moth Mullein: Verbascum blatteria

* Water Speedwell: Veronica anagallis-aquatica

* Clustered Broomrape: Aphyllon franciscanum

Cleavers: Galium aparine

* Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii

Rush Skeletonweed: Chondrilla juncea - Taking over the area on the north side of Washington Highway 14.

* Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense

Wavyleaf Thistle: Cirsium undulatum - In bud.

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa

Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa

* Cushion Fleabane: Erigeron poliospermus

* Smooth Cat's-ear: Hypochaeris glabra ?

* Pineapple Weed: Matricaria discoidea


Paul Slichter