[Wildflower Destinations in the Columbia River Gorge]
A Native Plant Society of Oregon hike.
* 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.
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana
Cowpie Lichen: Diploschistes muscorum
Map Lichen: Rhizocarpon sp. ?
Navel Lichen: Umbilicaria (phaea ?)
Polytrichum Moss: Polytrichum pilferum
Hoary Rock Moss: Racomitrium lanuginosum
Lace Lipfern: Cheilanthes gracillima
Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrhiza
Imbricate Sword Fern: Polystichum imbricans
Spikerush: Eleocharis sp. ?
Common Spikerush: Eleocharis (palustris ?)
Pacific Rush: Juncus effusus
Rush: Juncus (tenuis ?)
* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii
* Pacific Foxtail: Alopecurus saccatus
* Ripgut Brome: Bromus diandrus
* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
* Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda var. juncifolia
* Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda var. secunda
* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata - Beginning to bloom.
* Cereal Rye: Secale cereale
* Medusahead: Taeniatherum caput-medusae
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.
* Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii
* Common Camas: Camassia quamash (ssp. breviflora ?)
Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods forming.
* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii
Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum - In bud.
Curly Dock: Rumex crispus ?
* Willow Dock: Rumex salicifolius
* Miners Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana - Fading out of bloom.
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata
Water Chickweed: Montia fontana - Past bloom.
Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis - Past bloom.
Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum - Past bloom.
* Common Chickweed: Stellaria media
Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum (D. burkei) - In bud.
Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum
* White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis
* Celery-leaf Buttercup: Ranunculus sceleratus var. multifidus
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis - Fading out of bloom.
* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium
* Shepherd's Purse: Capsella bursa-pastoris
Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma - Going to seed.
Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Past bloom.
* Western Yellowcress: Rorippa curvisiliqua
* Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum - Beginning to bloom at the trailhead.
Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes - Pods forming.
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum - Fading out of bloom.
Peak Saxifrage: Saxifraga nidifica ssp. claytoniifolia - Past bloom.
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii
Serviceberry: Amelanchier sp. - Past bloom.
Almond: Prunus dulcis
Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba occidentalis
* Hood River Milkvetch: Astragalus hoodianus
* Howell's Milkvetch: Astragalus howellii
* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus or Whitish Lupine: Lupinus sulphureus ssp. subsaccatus
* Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus - Past peak.
* Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus
* Least Hop Clover: Trifolium dubium
Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Past bloom.
* Tare: Vicia hirsuta
* Common Vetch: Vicia sativa
* Hairy Vetch: Vicia villosa
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
* Slender Godetia: Clarkia gracilis
* False Carrot: Caucalis microcarpa
Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Past bloom.
Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Yellow-flowered form. Past bloom.
* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. anomalum
Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana (P. gairdneri ssp. borealis)
* Western Sanicle: Sanicula crassicaulis
Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum - Past bloom.
Narrow-leaf Milkweed: Asclepias fascicularis
* Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora - Beginning to bloom.
* Babystars: Linanthus bicolor
Navarretia: Navarretia sp.
* Midget Phlox: Phlox gracilis - Abundant in vernally moist swales.
* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata
* Variedleaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla - Beginning to bloom.
* Fireweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa
* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale
* Yellow and Blue Scorpionweed: Myosotis discolor
Little Combseed: Pectocarya pusilla
* Rusty Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys nothofulvus - Fading out of bloom.
* Matted Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys scouleri var. penicillatus
* Small Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus - Fading out of bloom.
Henbit: Lamium amplexicaule
* Narrowleaf Paintbrush: Castilleja attenuata
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Fading out of bloom.
Bractless Hedge-hyssop: Gratiola ebracteata
* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus
Dwarf Owlclover: Triphysaria pusilla
* Water Speedwell: Veronica anagallis-aquatica
* Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora var. purpurea
* Cleavers: Galium aparine
* Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera - Fading out of bloom.
* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - Beginning to bloom.
Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla - Going to seed.
Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Past bloom.
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana ? - Past peak.
Diffuse Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa
Rush Skeletonweed: Chondrilla juncea
Hall's Goldenweed: Columbiadoria hallii
* Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis
Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Going to seed.
* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum - Beginning to bloom.
Hairy Gold Aster: Heterotheca villosa
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - In bud.
* Smooth Goldfields: Lasthenia glaberrima - Beginning to bloom.
* Small Tarweed: Madia exigua or Hemizonella minima ?- Beginning to bloom.
* Lemon Tarweed: Madia citriodora
False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - Going to seed.
Rayless Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma carthamoides - In bud.
Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus
* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale
Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
Mule Deer (or hybrid with black-tailed deer ?)
Red-tailed Hawks
Kestrel
Turkey Vulture
Ravens
Eurasian Collared Doves
California Quail
Evening Grosbeaks
Western Meadowlarks
Western Kingbirds
Horned Larks
Rock Wrens
Rufous Hummingbird
Racers
Western Fence Lizard
Anise Swallowtail
Mourning Cloak
Silvery Blues ?
Yellowjackets
Bumblebees
Honey Bees
Crane Flies
Lady Bugs
Young Grasshoppers