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
Awned Hairycap Moss: Polytrichum pilferum
Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei
Gold-back Fern: Pentagramma triangularis
Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrhiza
Imbricate Sword Fern: Polystichum imbricans
Cliff Fern: Woodsia (oregana or scopulina)
* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri - Beginning to bloom.
Tall Oatgrass: Arrhenatherum elatius ?
Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
Bristly Dog's-tail Grass: Cynosurus echinatus
* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa
* Nevada Blue Grass, Rush Blue Grass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicatum
Medusa-head: Taeniatherum caput-medusae
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - Leaves only.
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
* Pale-anther Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Fading out of bloom above 800'.
* Panicle Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum - Numerous on open slopes of the first large bench. beginning to bloom.
Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. howellii - In bud.
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Fading out of bloom. Most numerous along the top of the ridge.
Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp. - Basal leaves. Could be one of 4-5 species found in the Gorge.
Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Scabland Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum
* Streambank Springbeauty: Claytonia parviflora ?
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata
* Cushion Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. depressa
* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis
Sticky Chickweed: Cerastium (glomeratum ?)
* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum
* Common Chickweed: Stellaria media
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis
* White Meconella: Meconella oregana
* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma
* Oak Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii - Fairly common under the oaks along the upper ridge.
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
Thick-leaved Thelypody: Thelypodium laciniatum var. laciniatum - In bud.
* Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes
Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium -In bud.
* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera (now lumped in with Lithophragma glabrum)
* Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum
Brittle-leaved Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa - In bud.
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - Beginning to leaf out.
Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia - Beginning to leaf out.
Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor - Beginning to leaf out.
Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Beginning to leaf out.
* Woollly Pod Milkvetch: Astragalus purshianus
Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus
Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius x sericeus (Lupinus latifolius var. latifolus) - Many plants with flower buds. Probably in bloom by late this next weekend.
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Dove'sfoot Geranium: Geranium molle
Deer Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus
Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum - Bright red leaves visible at nodes nearest the ground.
Burr Chervil: Anthriscus caucalis ?
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Fading out of bloom.
* Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum (var. dissectum ?)
* Klickitat (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense
Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum
Western Snake Root: Sanicula crassicaulis
Columbian Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. nitida
* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
* Ballheaded Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii
Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla
* Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa
* Intermediate Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia
Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale - In bud.
* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
* Chickweed Monkeyflower: Erythranthe alsinoides
Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii
* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella
* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum
English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata
Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine
* Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus - Beginning to leaf out.
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha
* Northwestern Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana x deltoidea (or B. careyana)
Yellow Star-thistle: Centaurea solstitialis
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fading out of bloom except atop the ridge.
Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa
Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum
Blanketflower: Gaillardia aristata
Hairy False Goldenaster: Heterotheca villosa (var. ?)
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri
False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides
Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus - In bud.
* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale
Animals Seen During These Hikes:
California Gray Squirrel
Bald Eagle - Immature
Red-tailed Hawks
Common Raven
Scrub Jays
Northern Flicker
Dark-eyed Juncos
Lesser Goldfinches feeding on yellow star-thistle seed.