[Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington: 2011]

Wildflowers Blooming Along the Cherry Orchard Trail

Accessed from the Trailhead East of the Lyle Tunnels from State Road #14

March 7, 2011

A views along the Columbia River from high along the Cherry Orchard Trail.......March 7, 2011.

A view west along the Columbia River from high along the Cherry Orchard Trail.......March 7, 2011.

* indicates the plant is currently in bloom.

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


Paul Slichter