[2011 Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Columbia River Gorge

Eagle Creek Trail

Wildflower bloom Along the Eagle Creek Trail as far as Upper Punchbowl Falls

October 18, 2011

Lower Punchbowl Falls, Eagle Creek, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area..............October 18, 2011.

Lower Punchbowl Falls on Eagle Creek, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area...............October 18, 2011. See additional photos of waterfalls along Eagle Creek below.

* indicates the wildflower is blooming.

Snake Liverwort: Conocephalum conicum ?

Lung Liverwort: Marchantia polymorpha ?

Lichen: Peltigera britannica or Peltigera leucophlebia ?

Horsetail: Equisetum sp.

Douglas' Spikemoss: Selaginella douglasii

Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii

Western Red Cedar: Thuja plicata

Western Hemlock: Tsuga heterophylla

Vine Maple: Acer circinatum

Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum

Filbert: Corylus cornuta var. californica

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana

Hooker's Willow: Salix (hookeriana ?)

Maidenhair Fern: Adiantum aleuticum

Podfern: Aspidotis densa

Lady Fern: Athrium filix-femina

Rock-brake: Cryptogramma crispa

Brittle Bladder-fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Irregular Polypody: Polypodium (amporphum ?)

Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrrhiza

Sword Fern: Polystichum munitum

Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum

Smallflowered Woodrush: Luzula parviflora

Bristly Dog's-tail Grass: Cynosurus echinatus

Witchgrass: Panicum (capillare ?)

Hooker's Fairy Bells: Disporum hookeri var. oreganum ?

Wood Lily, Trillium: Trillium ovatum

Heart-leaved Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

* Willow Weed: Polygonum lapathifolium

* Autumn Knotweed: Polygonum spergulariaeforme ? or Cascade Knotweed: Polygonum cascadense ?

Bitter Dock: Rumex obtusifolius

Wild Ginger: Asarum caudatum

Big-leaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophyllum

Chickweed: Stellaria media

Candy Flower, Siberian Spring Beauty: Claytonia sibirica

Little-leaf Montia: Montia parvifolia

Columbia Wind Flower: Anemone deltoidea

Oregon Anemone: Anemone oregana ?

Creeping Buttercup: Ranunculus repens

Western Meadow-rue: Thalictrum occidentale

Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa

Inside-out Flower: Vancouveria hexandra

Oregon Stonecrop: Sedum oreganum

Broad-leaf Stonecrop: Sedum spathulifolium

Small-flowered alumroot: Heuchera micrantha var. diversifolia

Small-flowered Alumroot: Heuchera micrantha var. micrantha

Merten's Saxifrage: Saxifraga mertensiana ?

Western Saxifrage: Saxifraga occidentalis

Fringe Cup: Tellima grandiflora

Youth-on-age: Tolmiea menziesii

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericeaa var. occidentalis

Stink Currant: Ribes bracteosum

Goatsbeard: Aruncus dioicus

Wood Strawberry: Fragaria vesca var. bracteata

Large-leaf Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. macrophyllum

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

Ninebark: Physocarpus capitatum

Glandular Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa var.

Little-wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

Clustered Rose: Rosa pisocarpa

Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus armeniacus

Black Cap: Rubus leucodermis

Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflora

Salmonberry: Rubus spectabilis

Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus

Leafy Pea: Lathyrus polyphyllus ?

* Robert Geranium: Geranium robertianum

Poison Oak: Rhus diversiloba

Cascara: Rhamnus prushiana

Common St. John's Wort: Hypericum perforatum

Stream Violet: Viola glabella

Evergreen Violet: Viola sempervirens

Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium

Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

Ciliate Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum var. ciliatum

Shining Angelica: Angelica arguta

* Queen Anne's Lace: Daucus carota

Salal: Gaultheria shallon

Red Huckleberry: Vaccinium parvifolium

Broad-leaf Star Flower: Trientalis latifolia

Woodland Phacelia: Phacelia nemoralis

* Selfheal: Prunella vulgaris - Fading out of bloom.

Yerba Buena: Satureja douglasii ?

Great Hedge-nettle: Stachys chamissonis

* Black Nightshade: Solanum nigrum

Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus

* Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii

Cascade Penstemon: Penstemon serrulatus

English Plantain: Plantago major

Oregon Bedstraw: Galium oreganum

Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

Twinflower: Linnaea borealis

Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigata

Oval-leaf Viburnum: Viburnum ellipticum

Scouler's Valerian: Valeriana scouleri

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor

Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

Streambank Arnica: Arnica amplexicaulis

Broad-leaf Arnica: Arnica latifolia

Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare

Horseweed: Conyza canadensis

* Annual Fleabane: Erigeron annuus

Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum

Hawkweed: Hieracium sp.

* False Dandelion: Hypochaeris radicata

* Wall Lettuce: Lactuca muralis - Fading out of bloom.

* Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola

* Nipplewort: Lapsana communis - Fading out of bloom.

Columbia Gorge Groundsel: Packera bolanderi var. harfordii

Sweet Colt's Foot: Petasites frigidus

Canada Goldenrod: Solidago lepida var. salebrosa

Common Sow Thistle: Sonchus oleraceus

Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale


Animals Seen Along this Route:

Dippers - Singing happily.

Stellers Jays

Winter Wrens

Spawning Salmon - Seen below the water supply dam for the Eagle Creek Hatchery.

Woolly Bear caterpillars

Banana Slugs


Metaka Falls, Eagle Creek, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area..............October 18, 2011. - Upper Punchbowl Falls, Eagle Creek, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area..............October 18, 2011.

Metaka Falls (left) and Upper Punchbowl Falls (right) on Eagle Creek, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area...............October 18, 2011.

Paul Slichter