Plant list for the Cherry Orchard Trail
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Bigleaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei
Cliff Fern: Woodsia (oregana or scopulina)
Gold-back Fern: Pentagramma triangularis
Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrhiza
Imbricate Sword Fern: Polystichum imbricans
Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri
Long-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macrantha
Bristly Dog's-tail Grass: Cynosurus echinatus
Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicatum
Medusa-head: Taeniatherum caput-medusae
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum
Sagebrush Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus - Numerous on open slopes of the first large bench. Only the basal leaves are present.
Ookow: Dichelostemma congestum
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica
Panicle Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum - Numerous on open slopes of the first large bench. Only the basal leaves are present.
Bicolor Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii
Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum
Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella
Russian Thistle: Salsola tragus
* Streambank Springbeauty: Claytonia parviflora ?
*Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata
* Cushion Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. depressa
Sticky Chickweed: Cerastium (glomeratum ?)
* Common Chickweed: Stellaria media
Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis
* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma
* Narrow Tansymustard: Descurainia incisa (ssp. filipes?)
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum
Thick-leaved Thelypody: Thelypodium laciniatum v. laciniatum
Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium
* Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum
Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa - In bud.
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia
Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor
Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata
Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius x sericeus (Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius) - Recent frosts have really damaged the leaves on plants that emerged from the ground several weeks ago during an early warm spell.
Rabbitsfoot Clover: Trifolium arvense
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Dove'sfoot Geranium: Geranium molle
Deer Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus
Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum
Clarkia: Clarkia sp.
Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum
Burr Chervil: Anthriscus caucalis ?
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum
* Klickitat (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense
Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi
Columbian Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. nitida
Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens - In bud. Some will begin blooming in the next few days.
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
Dustymaidens: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii
Small-flowered Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora (var. parviflora?)
Fiddleneck: Amsinckia sp.
Rusty Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys nothofulvus ?
Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus ?
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine
White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - In bud.
Yellow Star-thistle: Centaurea solstitialis
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule
Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa
Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum (var. integerrimus?)
Blanketflower: Gaillardia aristata
Hairy False Goldenaster: Heterotheca villosa (var. ?)
Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale
Salsify: Tragopogon dubius