Note: This portion of the Klickitat Wildlife Area is restrictedonly to individuals who have been permitted by the wildlife area manager due to its value as wildlife habitat for rare animal species. It is not open to the general public.
Weather: Overcast in the morning with thickening clouds leading to sprinkles by the afternoon. No wind. Temps in the morning in the upper 40s to mid-50s by the afternoon.
Cup Lichen: Cladonia sp.
Cowpie Lichen: Diploschistes muscorum ?
Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri
Wolf Lichen: Letharia vulpina
Pelt Lichen: Peltigera sp. - Brown.
Homalothecium Moss: Homalothecium sp.
Juniper Haircap Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum
Polytrichum Moss: Polytrichum pilferum
Elongate Racomitrium Moss: Racomitrium elongatum ?
Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei
Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrrhiza
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
* Bigleaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum - Beginning to bloom.
California Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta var. californica - Past bloom. Beginning to leaf out.
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
Common Rush: Juncus effusus (var. ?)
* Long-anther Woodrush: Luzula macrantha
* Silver Hair-grass: Aira caryophyllea
Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha
Reed Canarygrass: Phalaris arundinacea
* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa
* Leiberg's Bluegrass: Poa leibergii
* Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata
Common Cattail: Typha latifolia
Ball-head Cluster Lily: Dichelostemma congestum - Basal leaves only.
Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus ssp. macrocarpus
Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. breviflora - Many plants with well-formed flower buds.
Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis - Many plants with well-formed flower buds.
Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Fading out of bloom.
Domestic Iris:
Rein-orchid: Platanthera sp.
Hearleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Scabland Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata var. perfoliata
* Cushion Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. depressa
Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva
* Dwarf Montia: Montia dichotoma
* Water Chickweed: Montia fontana var. tenerrima
* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis
* Chickweed: Stellaria media
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis
* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium
* Mousear Cress: Arabidopsis thaliana
* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii - Fading out of bloom.
* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma - Fading out of bloom except in shaded places.
* Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna
Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods visible.
* Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes
* Smooth Praire Star: Lithophragma glabrum
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum - Beginning to bloom.
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia
* Rustyhair Saxifrage: Micranthes rufidula
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - Beginning to leaf out.
Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?) - In bud.
Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor - Beginning to leaf out.
* Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus
Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius x sericeus
Clover: Trifolium sp.
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Dovefoot Geranium: Geranium molle
Poison Oak: Toxicoscordion diversilobum - A few plants with signs they are about to leaf out.
Watson's Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum (ssp. watsonii ?)
Burr Chervil: Anthriscus caucalis
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum- Past peak bloom.
* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum (yellow-flowered form)
* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - Beginning to bloom.
* Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum ? or Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense ?
Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - Past bloom.
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum - Beginning to bloom.
Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi
Yampah: Perideridia montana (Perideridia gairdneri)
Western Snakeroot: Sanicula crassicaulis
Columbia Frasera: Fraseria albicaulis var. columbiana
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/ Primula poeticum - Beginning to bloom.
Common Babystars: Leptosiphon bicolor
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - Beginning to bloom.
* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata
*Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa
Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys hispidulus or P. scouleri ?
* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus
*Henbit: Lamium amplexicaule
Attenuate Paintbrush: Castilleja attenuata
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
* Few-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia sparsiflora var. bruceae
Common Monkey Flower: Erythranthe guttata
Cut-leaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii
Dwarf Owl-clover: Triphysaria pusilla ?
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum (former var. purpurea)
Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine
* Big Root: Marah oreganus - Beginning to bloom.
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - A few plants beginning to bloom along Highway SR 14.
Bachelor's Buttons: Centaurea cyanus - Way too common.
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule
Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa
Hairy Goldaster: Heterotheca villosa
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri
Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus - Basal leaves only.
* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale
Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
Mule Deer
California Ground Squirrels
Red-tailed Hawks
Cooper's Hawks
Turkey Vultures
Mallards
Wood Ducks
Turkeys
Lewis' Woodpeckers
Northern Flickers
Downy Woodpecker
Starlings
Red-winged Blackbirds
Common Ravens
Scrub Jays
American Robins
Townsend's Solitaire ?
Spotted Towhees
Dark-eyed Juncos
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Red-breasted Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatches
Ruby-crowned Kinglets
Black-crowned Chickadees
Violet-green Swallows
Garter Snakes
Western Pond Turtles
Bullfrogs - Croaking
Western Tree Frogs
Bumblebees
Native Bees