[Wildflower Destinations in the Columbia River Gorge]
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* indicates a wildflower currently in bloom.
This hike is mostly on lands recently purchased by the Columbia Land Trust. Please contact them for permission to hike here and for the best directions to gain public access to this site. FYI - The Portland chapter NPSO will hold a hike here in early May if you are interested in learning more about this site.
Lichen: Umbilicaria sp,
Polytrichum Moss: Polytrichum pilferum
Racomitrium Moss: Racomitrium lanuginosum
Lace Lipfern: Cheilanthes gracillima
* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
* Leiberg's Bluegrass: Poa leibergii
Medusahead: Taeniatherum caput-medusae
Common Camas: Camassia quamash (ssp. breviflora ?)
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii
Curly Dock: Rumex crispus
* Pale Springbeauty: Claytonia exigua ssp. exigua
Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra
* Water Chickweed: Montia fontana
* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis
* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum
* Common Chickweed: Stellaria media
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis
* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma - Fading.
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
* Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes
* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera
* Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum
* Peak Saxifrage: Saxifraga nidifica ssp. claytoniifolia
Serviceberry: Amelanchier sp. - In bud.
* Almond: Prunus dulcis
Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba occidentalis
Hood River Milkvetch: Astragalus hoodianus - In bud.
Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus
Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus - In bud.
Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus
Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - In bud.
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Chervil: Anthriscus scandicina
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Beginning to bloom.
* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Yellow-flowered form.
Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - Leaves only.
* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi
* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum
Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana (P. gairdneri ssp. borealis)
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum
* Midget Phlox: Phlox gracilis
* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata
Variedleaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla - In bud.
* Fireweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa
Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale
* Rusty Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys nothofulvus
Matted Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys scouleri var. penicillatus
* Small Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus
Narrowleaf Paintbrush: Castilleja attenuata
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Beginning to bloom.
* Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora var. occidentalis
Cleavers: Galium aparine
Plectritis: Plectritis sp. - In bud.
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana ?
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule
Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum
False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - In bud.
Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
Western Fence Lizard
California Ground Squirrel
Red-tailed Hawks
Turkey Vulture
Mallards
Ravens
Scrub Jays
Western Meadowlarks
Lesser Goldfinches
Domestic Honeybees