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
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