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

October 12, 2011

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

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

Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei

Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Scouring-rush Horsetail: Equisetum hyemale

Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa

Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum - Winged fruits are mature.

Mountain Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia - New catkins forming.

White Alder: Alnus rhombifolia - New catkins forming.

Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta var. californica

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana

Pacific Willow: Salix (lasiandra ?)

Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis

Torrent Sedge: Carex nudata ?

Pale Broom Sedge: Carex (subfusca?)

* Awned Flatsedge: Cyperus squarrosus

Small-fruited Bulrush: Scirpus microcarpus

Common Tule: Schoenoplectus acutus (Synonym: Scirpus acutus) ?

Common Bulrush: Schoenoplectus pungens (Synonym: Scirpus americanus) ?

Common Rush: Juncus effusus (ssp. ?)

Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius

Rabbitsfoot Polypogon: Polypogon monspeliensis

Broadleaf Cattail: Typha latifolia

American Waterplantain: Alisma triviale (Synonym: Alisma plantago-aquatica var. americanum)

Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

* Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

* Prostrate Knotweed: Polygonum aviculare

* Spotted Lady's-thumb: Persicaria maculosa

Willow Dock: Rumex salicifolius

* Jerusalem Oak: Chenopodium botrys

Turkey Mullein: Eremocarpus setigera

Green Carpetweed: Mollugo verticillata

Soapweed: Saponaria officinalis

Western Clematis: Clematis (ligusticifolia) ?

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?)

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

Ninebark: Physocarpus (capitatus ?)

Sulphur Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa

Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Baldhip Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus armeniacus

Evergreen Blackberry: Rubus laciniata

Pacific Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus var. macropetalus

Douglas' Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii (var. ?)

* Spanish-clover, American Bird's-foot Trefoil: Lotus unifoliatus var. unifoliatus - Fading out of bloom.

* White Sweetclover: Melilotus albus - Fading out of bloom.

Ridge-seeded Spurge: Euphorbia (glyptosperma ? )

Deerbrush: Ceanothus integerrimus

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

* Hooker's Evening-primrose: Oenothera (elata ?)

* Queen Anne's Lace: Daucus carota

* Indian Hemp: Apocynum cannabinum

Bittersweet Nightshade: Solanum dulcamara

Rough Bugleweed: Lycopus asper

* Corn Mint, Field Mint: Mentha arvensis

* Peppermint: Mentha piperita

* Dalmatian Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica

Common Monkey Flower: Mimulus guttatus - Basal leaves of new plants growing on the sandy beaches.

Moth Mullein: Verbascum blatteria

* Bachelor's Button: Centaurea cyanus

* Yellow Star-thistle: Centaurea solstitialis

* Chicory: Cichorum intybus

* Horseweed: Conyza canadensis

* Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa - Blooming on sheer cliffs above the Klickitat River upstream of the Fisher Hill Bridge.

* Western Goldenrod: Euthamia occidentalis - Past peak bloom.

* Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola

Common Cocklebur: Xanthium strumarium

California Ground Squirrels

Northern Flickers

Belted Kingfisher

American Crow

Scrub Jays

Steller's Jays

Dippers

Song Sparrows

White-crowned Sparrows

Black-capped Chickadees

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Rattle Snake (9" young snake)

Pacific Frog

Ochre Ringlet

Woollybear Caterpillars