Informal Trail from Memaloose to Rowena and Vicinity
April 15, 2012
Dog Lichen: Peltigera sp. - grayish surface.
Red Glossy Bryum Moss: Bryum miniatum
Juniper Haircap Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum
Polytrichum Moss: Polytrichum pilferum
Elongate Racomitrium Moss: Racomitrium (elongatum ?)
Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei
Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense
Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrrhiza
Gold Back Fern: Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis
Imbricate Sword Fern: Polystichum imbricans ssp. imbricans
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
* Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum - Beginning to bloom.
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana
Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides - New foliage is striking in the morning light.
Common Cattail: Typha latifolia
Soft Rush: Juncus effusus ssp. pacificus - Diffuse inflorescence.
* Long-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macrantha
* Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus (pratensis?)
Soft Brome: Bromus hordeaceus
Bristly Dog's-tail Grass: Cynosurus echinatus
Orchard Grass: Dactylis glomerata
Prairie Junegrass: Koehleria macrantha
* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa
* Leiberg's Blue Grass: Poa leibergii - Probably the largest population of this attractive grass I've seen so far in the Gorge!
* Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia - Fairly numerous.
* Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda - A few plants seen.
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicatum - Common away from the cultivated fields areas that were heavily grazed.
Medusahead Wildrye: Taeniatherum caput-medusae
* Daffodils: Narcissus sp. - This area had an old homestead on it.
Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus - Numerous basal leaves.
Common Camas: Camassia quamash - Plants in bud.
Ookow, Ball-head Cluster Lily: Dichelostemma congestum
* Pale-anthered Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - Fading out of bloom.
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Fading out of bloom.
Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. howellii - Several plants in bud.
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii (old var. douglasii) - Fading out of bloom.
Long-spurred Rein Orchid: Piperia elegans ? - (basal leaves only, so this could also be Piperia unalascensis or one of the other 3 rein orchids)
Common Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata var. californica - In bud.
Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum
Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella
Curly Dock: Rumex crispus
* Little Springbeauty: Claytonia exigua (ssp. exigua ?)
* Streambank Springbeauty: Claytonia parviflora
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata
* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra
* Water Chickweed: Montia fontana
* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis
* Chickweed: Cerastium sp.
* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum
* Chickweed: Stellaria media
* Shiny Starwort: Stellaria nitens
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum - Beginning to bloom.
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis - Numerous.
* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium
* American Wintercress: Barbarea orthoceras - Beginning to bloom.
* Dutchman's Breeches: Dicentra cucullaria
* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii - Fading out of bloom.
* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna var. boerhaavii
Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods well-developed.
* Fringe Pod: Thysanocarpus curvipes - Numerous.
* Smooth Praire Star: Lithophragma glabrum
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum
* Peak Saxifrage: Saxifraga nidifica var. claytoniifolia
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. integrifolia
* Rustyhair Saxifrage: Saxifraga rufidula
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - Beginning to leaf out.
* Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. cusickii ?) - Beginning to bloom.
Ocean Spray: Holodiscus discolor - Beginning to leaf out.
Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana ?
Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus armeniacus
Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba annua
Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus ? - Leaflets long and thin. Plants 6-12" tall.
Common Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus - In bud.
* Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus - Beginning to bloom.
Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum
Vetch: Vicia sp.
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversiloba - A few plants beginning to leaf out.
Slender Clarkia: Clarkia gracilis ? - Dried stems of last year's plants.
Chervil: Anthriscus scandicina
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum
* Fern-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum - Beginning to bloom.
* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi
* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum (yellow-flowered form)
* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - Beginning to bloom.
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum
Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri
Western Snakeroot: Sanicula crassicaulis
* Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens - Beginning to bloom.
* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens - Fading out of bloom.
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum
Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana
Narrow-leaf Milkweed: Asclepias fascicularis
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - Beginning to bloom.
Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora
* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata
Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata
* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa
* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia - Beginning to bloom.
* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale - Beginning to bloom.
* Eastside Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys hispidulus (P. scouleri)
* Rusty Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys nothofulvus
* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus
* Red Deadnettle: Lamium purpureum
* Attenuate Indian Paintbrush: Castilleja attenuata (Orthocarpus attenuatus) - Beginning to bloom.
* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. hispida - A few plants beginning to show some color.
* Large-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia grandiflora - Beginning to bloom.
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
* Few-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia sparsiflora
* Chickweed Monkeyflower: Mimulus alsinoides
* Common Monkey Flower: Mimulus guttatus - Beginning to bloom.
Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii
* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella
Dwarf Owl-clover: Triphysaria pusilla (Orthocarpus pusillus)
* Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora
Common Plantain: Plantago major
* Bedstraw: Galium aparine var. echinospermum
Big Root: Marah oreganus -
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus - Beginning to leaf out.
* Long-spurred Plectritis: Plectritis ciliosa
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha
Common Burdock: Arctium minus
* Northwestern Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (or B. careyana?, or a hybrid between the two?) - Beginning to bloom.
Bachelor's Button: Centaurea cyanus
Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare
Columbia Goldenweed: Columbiadora hallii
Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule
Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum (var. ?)
Columbia Gumweed: Grindelia nana var. discoidea (G. columbiana) ? - Basal leaves and last year's dried stems.
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri (var. cynoglossoides ?)
False Dandylion: Hypochaeris radicata
* False Agoseris, Prairie Dandelion: Nothocalais troximoides - Beginning to bloom.
Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus (var. exaltatus ?)
* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale
Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
California Ground Squirrels
Mule Deer (or hybrid with Black-tailed Deer ?)
Turkey Vultures
Red-tailed Hawks
Hen Turkey
California Quail
Northern Flicker
Red-winged Blackbirds
Ravens
Crows
Scrub Jays
Stellers Jays
Western Meadowlarks
Spotted Towhees
American Robins
Western Bluebird
House Finches
Black-capped Chickadees
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Tree Frogs - Numerous, fleeing our heavy footsteps through the grass!
Sara's Orangetips - Numerous. Observed nectaring on Phlox gracilis.
Propertius Duskywing - Nectaring on Lomatium columbianum
Large Bumble Bees - numerous (yellow head and tail, black body)
Domestic Honey Bees
Hoover Flies
Deer Ticks (tiny)
Dog Ticks (larger)
Two views west towards the Memaloose Rest Area along Interstate 84 with poison oak beginning to leaf out and both bigleaf maple and Cusick's serviceberry in bloom. Note the hills of Catherine Creek in the distance across the Columbia River.