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