[2012 Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Columbia River Gorge

Eagle Creek Trail #440

Wildflower bloom Along the Eagle Creek Trail to about 0.3 miles above High Bridge

August 2, 2012

Eagle Creek at High Bridge, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.......August 2, 2012.

Eagle Creek at High Bridge, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.......August 2, 2012.

* indicates the wildflower is blooming.

Snake Liverwort: Conocephalum conicum

Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Giant Horsetail: Equisetum telmateia

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

Red Alder: Alnus rubra

Filbert: Corylus cornuta var. californica

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana

Sitka Willow: Salix sitchensis

Maidenhair Fern: Adiantum aleuticum

Podfern: Aspidotis densa

Maidenhair Spleenwort: Asplenium trichomanes

Lady Fern: Athrium filix-femina

Rock-brake: Cryptogramma crispa

Brittle Bladder-fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrrhiza

Sword Fern: Polystichum munitum

* Sedge: Carex (hendersonii or leptopoda ?)

Long-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macrantha

Small-flowered Woodrush: Luzula parviflora

Silver Hair-grass: Aira caryophyllea

Sweet Vernalgrass: Anthoxanthum odoratum

Soft Brome: Bromus hordeaceus or commutatus ?

Mountain Brome: Bromus carinatus var.

Bristly Dog's-tail Grass: Cynosurus echinatus

Orchard Grass: Dactylis glomerata

Bluegrass: Poa sp. (howellii, nemoralis, nervosa ?)

* Bluegrass: Poa sp. (x multnomae ?)

Onion: Allium sp. (A. accuminatum or A. cernuum ?) - Past bloom.

Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis - Pods nearly ripe.

Columbia Tiger Lily: Lilium columbianum - Past bloom.

False Lily-of-the-Valley: Maianthemum dilatatum

False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum - Fruit ripening.

Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum - Fruit ripening.

Hooker's Fairy Bells: Prosartes hookeri var. oreganum - Fruit ripening.

Wood Lily, Trillium: Trillium ovatum - Past bloom.

Heart-leaved Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

* Prostrate Knotweed: Polygonum aviculare

* Polygonum - Beginning to bloom.

Curly Dock: Rumex cripsus

Bitter Dock: Rumex obtusifolius

Wild Ginger: Asarum caudatum

* Candy Flower, Siberian Spring Beauty: Claytonia sibirica

* Little-leaf Montia: Montia parvifolia - Fading out of bloom.

Field Chickweed: Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum

Big-leaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophyllum

* Rose Campion: Silene coronaria

Bladder Campion: Silene vulgaris

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium - Fruit ripening.

Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa - Fruit ripening.

Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus

Western Meadow-rue: Thalictrum occidentale

* Inside-out Flower: Vancouveria hexandra - Fading out of bloom.

* Oregon Stonecrop: Sedum oreganum

* Broad-leaf Stonecrop: Sedum spathulatum - Fading out of bloom.

Oregon Bolandra: Bolandra oregana

Small-flowered Alumroot: Heuchera micrantha var. micrantha

* Western Saxifrage: Saxifraga occidentalis var. rufidula - A few plants still in full bloom.

Fringe Cup: Tellima grandiflora

Western Dogwood: Cornus nuttallii

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea var. occidentalis

* Foamflower: Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata

Stink Currant: Ribes bracteosum

Prickly Currant: Ribes lacustre

Goatsbeard: Aruncus dioicus

Wood Strawberry: Fragaria vesca var. bracteata

* Large-leaf Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. macrophyllum

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

Ninebark: Physocarpus capitatus

Glandular Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa (var. reflexa ?)

Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

* Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus armeniacus

* Black Cap: Rubus leucodermis

Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflora

Salmonberry: Rubus spectabilis

* Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus - Beginning to bloom.

* Spanish Clover: Lotus unifoliolatus

Clover: Trifolium (microcephalum ?) - Native clover?

* Red Clover: Trifolium pratense

* White Clover: Trifolium repens

* Robert Geranium: Geranium robertianum

Cascara: Rhamnus purshiana

* Common St. John's Wort: Hypericum perforatum

* Evergreen Violet: Viola sempervirens - One plant seen in bloom.

* Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium

* Enchanter's Nightshade: Circaea alpina

* Common Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea - Fading out ob bloom.

* Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

* Fringed Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum var. ciliatum

* Sharptooth Angelica: Angelica arguta

Cow Parsnip: Heracleum lanatum

Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata

* Salal: Gaultheria shallon - Fading out ob bloom.

* Indian Pipes: Monotropa uniflora

Red Huckleberry: Vaccinium parvifolium - Berries ripening.

Broadleaf Starflower: Trientalis latifolia

* Small-flowered Nightshade: Solanum americanum ?

* Varied-leaf Collomia: Collomia heterophylla - Fading out of bloom.

* Bluefield Gilia: Gilia capitata - Fading out of bloom.

Pacific Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum tenuipes

* Woodland Phacelia: Phacelia nemoralis

* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia

* Blue Scorpion Grass: Myosotis micrantha

* Selfheal: Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata

* Selfheal: Prunella vulgaris ssp. vulgaris

Yerba Buena: Satureja douglasii

* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus

* Musk Monkeyflower: Mimulus moschatus

* Turtle Heads: Nothochelone nemorosa

* Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii

Cascade Penstemon: Penstemon serrulatus

* English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

* Common Plantain: Plantago major

Oregon Bedstraw: Galium oreganum

* Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

Twinflower: Linnaea borealis

Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigata

* Rosy Plectritis: Plectritis congesta - A few plants still in bloom.

Scouler's Valerian: Valeriana scouleri

Big Root: Marah oreganus

* Scoulers Harebell: Campanula scouleri

Heterocodon: Heterocodon rariflorum

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor

* Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

* Streambank Arnica: Arnica amplexicaulis - Fading out of bloom.

Mountain Arnica: Arnica latifolia

Mugwort: Artemisia vulgaris

* English Daisy: Bellis perennis

* Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense

* Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare

* Annual Fleabane: Erigeron annuus

* Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum - Fading out of bloom.

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* Long-bearded Hawkweed: Hieracium longiberbe

* Common Hawkweed: Hieracium (lachenalii ? ) - Weedy.

* False Dandylion: Hypochaeris radicata

* Wall Lettuce: Lactuca muralis

* Nipplewort: Lapsana communis

* Oxeye Daisy: Leucanthemum vulgare

* Slender Tarweed: Madia gracilis ?

* Columbia Gorge Groundsel: Packera bolanderi var. harfordii - A few plants still in bloom.

Sweet Colt's Foot: Petasites frigidus

Canada Goldenrod: Solidago lepida var. salebrosa ?

* Common Sow Thistle: Sonchus oleraceus

Douglas' Aster: Symphyotrichum subspicatum

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale


Animals Seen Along this Route:

Ospreys flying about a nest with several young flexing their flight muscles.

Ravens

Dippers - Singing happily.

Stellers Jays

American Robins

Propertius Duskywings

Skippers

Whites

Hoover Fly


Paul Slichter