[Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington: 2013]

Wildflowers Blooming Along the Cherry Orchard Trail

Accessed from the Trailhead East of the Lyle Tunnels from State Road #14

April 1, 2013

A views along the Columbia River from high along the Cherry Orchard Trail......March 7, 2011.

A view west along the Columbia River from high along the Cherry Orchard Trail.....March 7, 2011.

* indicates the plant is currently in bloom.

Plant list for the Cherry Orchard Trail

List is for plants seen from the trailhead on Highway 14 immediately east of the Lyle Tunnels uphill to the the top of the ridge.

* Bigleaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum

California Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta var. californica - Past bloom.

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana - Some with leaves appearing.

Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei

Cliff Fern: Woodsia (oregana or scopulina)

Gold-back Fern: Pentagramma triangularis

Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrhiza

Imbricate Sword Fern: Polystichum imbricans

Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

Ookow: Dichelostemma congestum

* Pale-anther Glacier Lilies: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum

Bicolor Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii - A few plants in bud.

* Panicled Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum

* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Fading out of bloom except at the highest, shadiest elevations.

Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum

Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

* Western Spring Beauty: Claytonia lanceolata

*Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata

* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis

* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum

* Common Chickweed: Stellaria media

* Shining Chickweed: Stellaria nitens

* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii

* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum

Thick-leaved Thelypody: Thelypodium laciniatum var. laciniatum - In bud.

* Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes - Fading out of bloom.

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera (now Lithophragma glabrum)

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Brittle-leaved Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa

Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius x sericeus (Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius) - A few plants beginning to bloom.

Rabbitsfoot Clover: Trifolium arvense

Red Clover: Trifolium pratense

* Upland Yellow Violet: Viola nuttallii ssp. praemorsa

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Dove'sfoot Geranium: Geranium molle

Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum - Leafing out.

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

Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. nitida - In bud.

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Dustymaidens: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

* Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa

* Weakstem Cryptanth: Cryptantha flaccida

* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia

* Great Hounds Tongue: Adelinia grandis

* Field Gromwell: Buglossoides arvensis

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale - Beginning to bloom.

* Slender Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus

* Henbit: Lamium amplexicaule

* Narrowleaf Paintbrush: Castilleja attenutata - Beginning to bloom.

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Chickweed Monkeyflower: Erythranthe alsinoides

Sticky-stem Penstemon: Penstemon glandulosus var. chelanensis

Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii

* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella

* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum

* Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

* Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus - Leafing out.

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

* Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana x deltoidea

* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fading out of bloom.

Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa

Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integerrimus - In bud.

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

* Silverpuffs: Uropappus lindleyi


Animals Seen During This Hike:

Pacific Tree Frog

Western Fence Lizard

Red-tailed Hawks

Cooper's Hawk

Turkey Vultures

Common Ravens

Stellers Jays

Scrub Jays

Lesser Goldfinches

Mourning Cloaks

Duskywings

Large Bumblebees

Domestic Honey Bees


Paul Slichter