[2013 Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington

Eagle Creek Trail

Wildflower bloom Along the Eagle Creek Trail as far as High Bridge

May 20, 2013


* indicates the wildflower is blooming.

Many-forked Cladonia: Cladonia furcata or Reindeer Lichen: Cladonia rangiferina ?

Lettuce Lung Lichen: Lobaria oregana

Membranous Dog-lichen: Peltigera membranacea ?

Snake Liverwort: Conocephalum conicum

Common Feather Moss: Eurhynchium praelongum

Splendid Feather Moss: Hylocomium splendens

Palm Tree Moss: Leucolepis acnathoneuron

Douglas' Neckera Moss: Neckera douglasii

Juniper Polytrichum Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum

Elongate Racomitrium Moss: Racomitrium elongatum

Electrified Cats Tail Moss: Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus ?

Douglas' Spikemoss: Selaginella douglasii

Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii

Western Red Cedar: Thuja plicata

Western Hemlock: Tsuga heterophylla

Vine Maple: Acer circinatum

Douglas' Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii

Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum

Red Alder: Alnus rubra - Leaf buds opening.

Filbert: Corylus cornuta var. californica

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana

Columbia Willow: Salix columbiana or Dusky Willow: Salix melanopsis ?

Sitka Willow: Salix sitchensis

Maidenhair Fern: Adiantum aleuticum

Podfern: Aspidotis densa

Lady Fern: Athrium filix-femina

Rock-brake: Cryptogramma crispa

Brittle Bladder-fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrrhiza

Sword Fern: Polystichum munitum

* Henderson's Sedge: Carex hendersonii

Long-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macrantha ?

Small-flowered Rush: Luzula parviflora

* Silver Hair-grass: Aira caryophyllea

* Sweet Vernalgrass: Anthoxanthum odoratum

* California Brome: Bromus carinatus var. carinatus

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

Howell's Reedgrass: Calamagrostis howellii ?

* Orchard Grass: Dactylis glomerata

* Annual Bluegrass: Poa annua - At trailhead.

* Multnomah Bluegrass: Poa xmultnomae (Poa gracillima v. multnomae ?)

* Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - Beginning to bloom.

Pale-anther Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - Pods forming.

Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis - Pods forming.

False Lily of the Valley: Maianthemum dilatatum

* False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum

Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

Hooker's Fairy Bells: Prosartes hookeri

Wood Lily, Trillium: Trillium ovatum

Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia (hyacinthina ?)

Heart-leaved Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - In bud.

Bitter Dock: Rumex obtusifolius

Wild Ginger: Asarum caudatum

* Candy Flower, Siberian Spring Beauty: Claytonia sibirica

* Little-leaf Montia: Montia parvifolia

* Field Chickweed: Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum

Sticky Chickweed: Cerastium glomeratum

Big-leaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophyllum

Bouncing Bet: Saponaria officinalis

Bladder Campion: Silene vulgaris - In bud.

Baneberry: Actaea rubra - Fruits forming.

* Columbia Windflower: Anemone deltoidea

* Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

* Rockslide Larkspur: Delphinium glareosum - Fading out of bloom.

* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus

Western Meadow-rue: Thalictrum occidentale - Fading out of bloom.

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa

* Inside-out Flower: Vancouveria hexandra

* Bleeding Hearts: Dicentra formosa - Fading out of bloom.

Oregon Stonecrop: Sedum oreganum

* Broad-leaf Stonecrop: Sedum spathulatum

* Shepherd's Cress: Teesdalia nudicaulis

* Oregon Bolandra: Bolandra oregana

* Small-flowered Alumroot: Heuchera micrantha var. micrantha

* Fleshy-leaved Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. claytoniifolia - A few plants in bloom near High Bridge.

* Merten's Saxifrage: Saxifraga mertensiana - Still blooming near High Bridge.

* Fringe Cup: Tellima grandiflora - Still blooming near High Bridge.

* Youth-on-age: Tolmiea menziesii

Stink Currant: Ribes bracteosum

Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum

* Goatsbeard: Aruncus dioicus

* Wood Strawberry: Fragaria vesca var. bracteata - One plant in bloom.

* Large-leaf Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. macrophyllum

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor - New leaves.

Osoberry: Oemleria cerasiformis - Fruits forming.

* Ninebark: Physocarpus capitatus - Blooming near the trailhead.

* Glandular Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa var. reflexa

* Choke Cherry: Prunus virginiana (var. melanocarpa ?)

* Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus armeniacus

Black Cap: Rubus leucodermis - In bud.

* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflora

Salmonberry: Rubus spectabilis - Fruits are orange.

* Leafy Pea: Lathyrus polyphyllus

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus

* Sand Clover: Trifolium wildenovii

Wood Sorrel: Oxalis sp.

* Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum

* Shining Geranium: Geranium lucidum - At trailhead.

* Robert Geranium: Geranium robertianum

* Cascara: Rhamnus prushiana

Common St. John's Wort: Hypericum perforatum

Stream Violet: Viola glabella

Evergreen Violet: Viola sempervirens

Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium

* Enchanter's Nightshade: Circaea alpina

Slender Clarkia: Clarkia gracilis or Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea ? - In bud.

Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

Ciliate Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum (var. watsonii ?)

* Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum

Kneeling Angelica: Angelica genuflexa

* Cow Parsnip: Heracleum lanatum - At bloom at the trailhead.

* Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum - Fading out of bloom.

* Martindale's Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei - Fading out of bloom.

* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

* Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi - Fading out of bloom.

Salal: Gaultheria shallon

Red Huckleberry: Vaccinium parvifolium

* Dark-throat Shooting Star: Dodecatheon pulchellum ssp. macrocarpum - Blooming in moist places near High Bridge.

* Broadleaf Starflower: Trientalis latifolia

* Varied-leaf Collomia: Collomia heterophylla - Beginning to bloom.

Bluefields Gilia: Gilia capitata

* Pacific Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum tenuipes

* Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora v. parviflora

* Sitka Mist Maidens: Romanzoffia sitchensis - Still blooming near High Bridge.

* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia

* Yellow and Blue Scorpionweed: Myosotis discolor

Selfheal: Prunella vulgaris

Yerba Buena: Satureja douglasii

Great Hedge Nettle: Stachys cooleyae ?

* Large-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia grandiflora

* Chickweed Monkeyflower: Mimulus alsinoides - Still blooming near High Bridge.

* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus

Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii

* Cliff Penstemon: Penstemon rupicola

Cascade Penstemon: Penstemon serrulatus - Beginning to flower near the trailhead.

* Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora var. occidentalis

English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

Broad-leaved Plantain: Plantago major

* Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine var. echinospermum

Oregon Bedstraw: Galium oreganum - In bud.

Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

Twinflower: Linnaea borealis - In bud.

* Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa - Beginning to bloom.

Red Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa - Past bloom.

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigata

* Rosy Plectritis: Plectritis congesta

* Scouler's Valerian: Valeriana scouleri

* Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus

Scouler's Harbells: Campanula scouleri

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor - In bud.

Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

* Streambank Arnica: Arnica amplexicaulis - Beginning to bloom.

* Mountain Arnica: Arnica latifolia - Beginning to bloom.

* English Daisy: Bellis perennis

Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense

Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare

Native Thistle ?: Cirsium sp.

Annual Fleabane: Erigeron annuus

* Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum

Long-bearded Hawkweed: Hieracium longiberbe - In bud.

English Hawkweed: Hieracium (vulgatum ?)

Hawkweed: Hieracium sp. - Native.

False Dandelion: Hypochaeris radicata - In bud.

Wall Lettuce: Lactuca muralis

Nipplewort: Lapsana communis

* Columbia Gorge Groundsel: Packera bolanderi var. harfordii

Sweet Colt's Foot: Petasites frigidus

Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale


Animals Seen Along this Route:

Towsends Chipmunk

Bat flying through insect clouds above Punchbowl Falls (1:30 pm)

Harlequin Ducks - Pair foraging along the bottom of Eagle Creek (underwater)

Red-tailed Hawk

Osprey

Common Mergansers

Raven

Stellers Jays

American Robins

Western Wood Peewees

Warbling Vireo

Violet-green Swallows

Winter Wrens

Rufous Hummingbird

Garter Snakes

Western Fence Lizard

Pale Swallowtail

Mustard Whites

Blues

Duskywings

Hoover Flies

Water Striders

Caddisfly Larvae

Large Land Snail

Banana Slug


Eagle Creek Trail, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.............April 13, 2012.
A view of Eagle Creek from near the trailhead. The white patches of flowers on the slope above the river are western saxifrages (Saxifraga rufidula) which cover many of the cliff faces, making them a milky white color.............April 13, 2012.

Paul Slichter