Comprehensive Plant List for the Champion Lumber Company Haul Road.
Wolfbane Lichen: Letharia vulpina
Haircap Juniper Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum
Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense
Scouring-rush Horsetail: Equisetum hyemale
Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
Imbricate Swordfern: Polystichum imbricans
Western Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Vine Maple: Acer circinatum
Douglas Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii
Bigleaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum
White Alder: Alnus rhombifolia
* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium
California Filbert: Corylus cornuta var. californica
* Pacific Dogwood: Cornus nuttallii
* Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa ssp. balsamifera
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
* Willow: Salix sp.
Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana
Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum
Pacific Rush: Juncus effusus (var. ?)
* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri
* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum (lemmonii ?)
* Soft Brome: Bromus hordeaceus
* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides
* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
Leiberg's Bluegrass: Poa leibergii - Past bloom.
* Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia
* Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda
* Poa wheeleri ? gracillima, etc. - Tall (up to meter high) native bluegrass found under the oaks.
* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata
* Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis
* Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - Plants beginning to bloom, flowers cream to very faint pink.
Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus
Common Camas - Camassia quamash ssp. breviflora - Fading out of bloom.
Pale-anthered Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - Pods forming.
Columbia Tiger Lily: Lilium columbianum
* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii
Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina - In bud.
Panicle Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum - Past bloom.
* Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum
* Spotted Coralroot: Corallorhiza maculata
* Striped Coralroot: Corallorhiza striata
* Mountain Lady Slippers: Cypripedium montanum
Rattlesnake Plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia - Basal leaves only.
Rein Orchid: Piperia sp. - Basal leaves only.
* Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum
* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella
Curly Dock: Rumex crispus
Willow Dock: Rumex salicifolius
Jerusalem Oak: Chenopodium botrys
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana
* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis - Only blooming in wet ditches. Past bloom elsewhere.
Largeleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla - In bud.
Bouncing Bet: Saponaria officinalis
* Common Chickweed: Stellaria media - Fading out of bloom.
Western Clematis: Clematis ligusticifolia
Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum - In bud.
* Nuttall's Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallii - Sorry, I forgot to go back and check the identity of this. Growing near Dead Canyon Creek.
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis
* American Wintercress: Barbarea orthoceras
Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Past bloom.
* Tumble Mustard: Sisymbrium altissimum
* Thinleaved Alumroot: Heuchera grossulariifolia var. tenuifolia
* Small-flowered Prairie Stars: Lithophragma parviflorum
Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa - Past bloom.
* Merten's Saxifrage: Saxifraga mertensiana - Fading out of bloom.
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - Flower buds forming.
Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier cusickii - Fruits forming.
* Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii - Fading out of bloom.
* Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata
Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor
Domestic Apple: Malus x domestica
* Oregon Crabapple: Malus fusca
Ninebark: Physocarpus capitatus - In bud.
Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa (var. glandulosa ?)
Sulphur Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta - In bud.
* Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa
* Baldhip Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa - Beginning to bloom.
Rose: Rosa sp.
*Blackcap Raspberry: Rubus leucodermis
* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus
* Trailing Pacific Blackberry: Rubus ursinus
Birch-leaf Spiraea: Spiraea lucida
Hardhack: Spiraea douglasii (var. ?)
Spanish-clover: Acmispon americanus var. americanus
Nevada Deer-vetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis
* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus
* Big Deervetch: Hosackia crassifolia var. crassifolia
* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus - Observed atop the road cut where it was difficult to climb to confirm its identity.
* Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius (formerly var. thompsonianus)
* Cup Clover: Trifolium cyathiferum
Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum- Past bloom.
* White Clover: Trifolium repens
* American Vetch: Vicia americanum
* Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea (var. ?)
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium - Fading out of bloom.
Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana
Common St. John's Wort: Hypericum perforatum
* White-stemmed Blazing Star: Mentzelia albicaulis ?
* Deerbrush: Ceanothus integerrimus - Beginning to bloom.
*Buckbrush: Ceanothus sanguineus
* Cascara: Rhamnus purshiana
Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium
Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Fat fruits are forming.
* Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum
*Klickitat (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense ?
* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Butterfly-loving Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum
* Suksdorf's Desert Parsley: Lomatium suksdorfii
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. anomalum
* Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi
Kinnickinick: Arctostaphylos nevadensis
* Little Prince's Pine: Chimaphila menziesii
* Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea
* Nightblooming False Bindweed: Calystegia atriplicifolia ssp. atriplicifolia - Beginning to bloom.
* Broadleaf Star Flower: Lysimachia latifolia
Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium
* Bluefields Gilia: Gilia capitata
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Mostly past bloom.
* Midget Phlox: Phlox gracilis - Fading out of bloom.
* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa
Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii
* Basin Nemophila: Nemophila breviflora
* Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. austiniae
Varied-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla ssp. virgata - In bud.
* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia
* Common Houndstongue: Cynoglossum officinale
Diffuse Stickseed: Hackelia diffusa var. diffusa - In bud.
* Yellow and Blue Scorpionweed: Myosotis discolor
Little Combseed: Gruvelia pusilla - Past bloom.
Small Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus - Fading out of bloom.
* Narrowleaf Skullcap: Scutellaria angustifolia
Self Heal: Prunella vulgaris
* Attenuate Paintbrush: Castilleja attenuata - Fading out of bloom.
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Fading out of bloom.
* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata
* Barrett's Penstemon: Penstemon barrettiae
Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus - Blooming on the river sand and gravel bars.
Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii v. richardsonii
Lanceleaf Figwort: Scrophularia lanceolata
* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
*Purslane Speedwell: Veronica peregrina var. xalapensis
* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum
* Cleavers: Galium aparine
* Bigroot: Marah oreganus
Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea - In bud.
White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera - Past bloom.
* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - Beginning to bloom.
Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla - Going to seed.
Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa
* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - Either this species or a hybrid between Carey's balsamroot and northwestern balsamroot (Balsamorhiza deltoidea).
* Silvercrown: Cacaliopsis nardosmia
* Dustymaidens: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii - Beginning to bloom.
Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare
Spring Gold: Crocidium multicaule - Past bloom.
* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum - Beginning to bloom.
* Meadow Hawkweed: Hieracium caespitosum
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri
Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola
* Little Tarweed: Madia exigua
* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans
* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale
* Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius - Beginning to bloom.
Mule Deer or a Black Tail, or hybrid
California Ground Squirrels
Bald Eagle and one immature eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Ravens
Crows
Turkey
Spotted Sandpiper ? ????????
Northern Flicker - heard
Western Wood Peewee - heard.
Spotted Towhee
American Robin ?????????
Black-headed Grosbeaks - numerous. Very vocal.
Western Tanagers -fairly numerous. Likewise, very vocal.
Violet-green Swallows - numerous
Vaux's Swifts - numerous
Lazuli Buntings - numerous. A consant stream of song.
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Black-capped Chickadees
Racer
Bullfrogs - heard
Tree Frogs - heard and seen on the river bar along the Klickitat River
Pale Tiger Swallowtails
Great Artics
Caliornia Tortoiseshell
Propertius Duskywings - Other duskywings may have been present too.
Ochre Ringlets - common.
Mylitta Crescents - One chased off an intruding dragonfly several times larger than itself that had blundered into its territory.
Sara's Orangetip
Boisduval's Blues ?
Woolly Bear Caterpillars - Long white hairs on their back for that 'punk' look.
Large Bumblebees
Hoover Flies
Black Cricket
Mosquitoes - Numerous in the forest.