[Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Columbia River Gorge: 2012]

October 14, 2012

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Complete Klickitat Trail (Fisher Hill Road to Pitt) Plant List

Cup Lichen: Cladonia sp.

Common Liverwort: Marchantia polymorpha

Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei

Racomitirium Moss: Racomitrium sp.

Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Scouring-rush Horsetail: Equisetum hyemale

Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa

Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum - Winged fruits are mature.

Mountain Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia - New catkins forming.

White Alder: Alnus rhombifolia - New catkins forming.

Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta var. californica

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana

Smooth Sumac: Rhus glabra

Narrow-leaf Willow: Salix exigua var. exigua

Coastal Willow: Salix hookeriana

Pacific Willow: Salix lasiandra var. lasiandra

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana

Common Duckweed: Lemna minor

Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis

Torrent Sedge: Carex nudata

* Awned Flatsedge: Cyperus squarrosus

Small-fruited Bulrush: Scirpus microcarpus

Common Tule: Schoenoplectus acutus (Synonym: Scirpus acutus) ?

Common Rush: Juncus effusus (ssp. ?)

Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius

Mad Sandbur: Cenchrus longispinus

Bristly Dog's-tail Grass: Cynosurus echinata

Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha

Canary Reedgrass: Phalaris arundinacea

North African Grass: Ventenata dubia

Broadleaf Cattail: Typha latifolia

American Waterplantain: Alisma triviale (Synonym: Alisma plantago-aquatica var. americanum)

Garden Asparagus: Asparagus officinalis

Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

* Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

* Prostrate Knotweed: Polygonum aviculare

* Spotted Lady's-thumb: Persicaria maculosa

Willow Dock: Rumex salicifolius

Turkey Mullein: Eremocarpus setigera

Russian Thistle: Salsola kali

Soapweed: Saponaria officinalis

Western Clematis: Clematis ligusticifolia

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?)

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

Ninebark: Physocarpus (capitatus ?)

Sulphur Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa

Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Baldhip Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus armeniacus

Blackcap Raspberry: Rubus leucodermis

Pacific Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus var. macropetalus

Douglas' Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii (var. ?)

Everlasting Pea: Lathyrus latifolius

Spanish-clover, American Bird's-foot Trefoil: Lotus unifoliatus var. unifoliatus - Fading out of bloom.

* White Sweetclover: Melilotus albus - Fading out of bloom.

* Rabbitsfoot Clover: Trifolium arvense - Fading out of bloom.

Ridge-seeded Spurge: Euphorbia (glyptosperma ? )

Deerbrush: Ceanothus integerrimus

Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum - Many plants with whitish-green berries. The leaves are turning to an attractive, shiny red color.

* Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum - Fading out of bloom.

Hooker's Evening-primrose: Oenothera (elata ?)

* Queen Anne's Lace: Daucus carota

* Common Centaury: Centaurium erythraea - Fading out of bloom.

Indian Hemp: Apocynum cannabinum

Prickly Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta var. intertexta

Bittersweet Nightshade: Solanum dulcamara

Corn Mint, Field Mint: Mentha arvensis

Peppermint: Mentha piperita

Cooley's Hedge Nettle: Stachys cooleyae

* Dalmatian Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica

Common Monkey Flower: Mimulus guttatus - Basal leaves of new plants growing on the sandy beaches.

* Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii

Moth Mullein: Verbascum blatteria

* Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

Fuller's Teasel: Dipsacus sylvestris

Western Wormwood: Artemisia ludoviciana (var. ?)

* Bachelor's Button: Centaurea cyanus

* Tumble Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa

* Yellow Star-thistle: Centaurea solstitialis

Rush Skeletonweed: Chondrilla juncea

* Chicory: Cichorum intybus

* Horseweed: Conyza canadensis

* Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa - Blooming on sheer cliffs above the Klickitat River upstream of the Fisher Hill Bridge.

* Western Goldenrod: Euthamia occidentalis - Past peak bloom.

* Marsh Cudweed: Gnaphalium uliginosum

* Hairy Goldaster: Heterotheca villosa

* False Dandylion: Hypochaeris radicata

* Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola

* Rabbit Leaf: Lagophylla ramosissima

Slender Cudweed: Pseudognaphalium canescens ?

Common Cocklebur: Xanthium strumarium

Bald Eagle - mature

Red-tailed Hawks

Glaucous-winged Gulls

Common Merganser

Northern Flickers

Belted Kingfisher

Ravens

Scrub Jays

Steller's Jays

Dippers

Hermit Thrush

Song Sparrows

Dark-eyed Juncos

Black-capped Chickadees

White-breasted Nuthatch

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Ruby-crowned Kinglets

 

Pacific Tree Frog

Eight Spot Lady Bugs

Woollybear Caterpillars