Plant list for the Cherry Orchard Trail
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Bigleaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum - Flower buds swelling.
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
Awned Hairycap Moss: Polytrichum pilferum
Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei
Gold-back Fern: Pentagramma triangularis
Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrhiza
Imbricate Sword Fern: Polystichum imbricans
Cliff Fern: Woodsia (oregana or scopulina)
* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri - Beginning to bloom.
Tall Oatgrass: Arrhenatherum elatius ?
Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
Bristly Dog's-tail Grass: Cynosurus echinatus
Leiberg's Blue Grass: Poa leibergii ?
Nevada Blue Grass, Rush Blue Grass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia - In bud.
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicatum
Medusa-head: Taeniatherum caput-medusae
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - Leaves only.
Sagebrush Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus - Numerous on open slopes of the first large bench. Only the basal leaves are present.
Ookow: Dichelostemma congestum
* Pale-anther Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - A few plants beginning to bloom.
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - More numerous above 800'.
* Panicle Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum - Numerous on open slopes of the first large bench. beginning to bloom.
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Fading out of bloom. Most numerous along the top of the ridge.
Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp. - Basal leaves. Could be one of 4-5 species found in the Gorge.
Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Scabland Wild' Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum
* Streambank Springbeauty: Claytonia parviflora ?
*Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata
* Cushion Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. depressa
Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis
Sticky Chickweed: Cerastium (glomeratum ?)
* Common Chickweed: Stellaria media
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Beginning to bloom.
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis
* White Meconella: Meconella oregana
* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma
* Oak Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii - Fairly common under the oaks along the upper ridge.
* Narrow Tansymustard: Descurainia incisa (ssp. filipes?)
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
Thick-leaved Thelypody: Thelypodium laciniatum var. laciniatum - In bud.
* Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes
Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium -In bud.
* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera (now included with Lithophragma glabrum)
* Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum
Brittle-leaved Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa - In bud.
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - Beginning to leaf out.
Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia - Beginning to leaf out.
Field Parsley Piert: Aphanes arvensis
Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor - Beginning to leaf out.
Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Beginning to leaf out.
Western Burnet: Poterium sanguisorba var. polygamum
* Woollly Pod Milkvetch: Astragalus purshianus
Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus
Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius x sericeus (Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius)- Some plants with flower buds.
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Dove'sfoot Geranium: Geranium molle
Deer Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus
Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum - Bright red leaves visible at nodes nearest the ground.
Burr Chervil: Anthriscus caucalis ?
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum
Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum (var. dissectum ?)
* Klickitat (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense
Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - Past bloom. Only blooming along the top of the ridge.
Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum
Western Snake Root: Sanicula crassicaulis
Columbian Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. nitida
* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens - Beginning to bloom.
Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum - In bud.
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
* Ballheaded Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii
Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla
* Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa
* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii
* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella
* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum
English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata
Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine
* Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus - Beginning to bloom.
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus - Beginning to leaf out.
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha
* Northwestern Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana x deltoidea (or B. careyana) - Beginning to bloom.
Yellow Star-thistle: Centaurea solstitialis
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fading out of bloom except atop the ridge.
Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa
Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum
Blanketflower: Gaillardia aristata
Hairy False Goldenaster: Heterotheca villosa (var. ?)
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri
False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides
Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus - Purple-tinged leaves emerging from the ground.
* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale
Animals Seen During These Hikes:
California Gray Squirrel
Bald Eagles
Red-tailed Hawks
Common Raven
Scrub Jays
Northern Flicker
Dark-eyed Juncos
Canyon Wren
Rock Wren