Relatively complete wildflower list for the Klickitat Wildlife Area.
Cowpie Lichen: Diploschistes muscorum ?
Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri
Wolfbane Lichen: Letharia vulpina ?
Rock Tripe: Umbilicaria phaea
Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
* Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa
* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri
Rush: Juncus sp.
* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii ssp. lemmonii - Begining to bloom.
* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha
* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa
* Leiberg's Blue Grass: Poa leibergii
* Nevada Blue Grass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia
* Sandberg's Blue Grass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda
Medusahead: Taenitherum caput-medusae
Common Cattail: Typha latifolia
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.
Rock Onion: Allium (macrum ?) - In bud.
Green-banded Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus
* Common Camas: Camassia quamash (var. ?) - Beginning to bloom.
* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflorum ssp. howellii - Beginning to bloom.
* Panicled Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatusm
* Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum
Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp.
Western Ladies Tresses: Spiranthes porrifolia
Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - In bud.
Scabland Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare
Kellogg's Knotweed: Polygonum polygaloides (ssp. kelloggii ?) - Nearing bloom.
* Dwarf Montia: Montia dichotoma
* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis
* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum
Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis
* Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum
Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods ripe.
* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera (now included as part of Lithophragma glabrum)
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia
* Western Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. alnifolia ?) - Mostly past bloom.
Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum
Spanish Clover: Acmispon americanus var. americanus
Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis
* Hood River Milkvetch: Astragalus hoodianus
* Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus
* Common Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius
* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum
Deer Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus
* Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus
Cutleaf Violet: Viola sheltonii
* Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata - Fading out of bloom.
Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea
Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Fruits well-formed.
Klickitat (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense - Past bloom.
Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum
* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum - Past bloom.
* Suksdorf's Desert Parsley: Lomatium suksdorfii
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum
Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana (Perideridia gairdneri)
Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea
Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana
* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/Primula conjugens
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/Primula poeticum
* Baker's Linanthus: Leptosiphon bolanderi
Whitehead Pincushion Plant: Navarretia leucocephala
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa
* Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus
* Ballhead Desert Parsley: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii
* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa
* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia
* Little Combseed: Gruvelia pusilla
* Gromwell: Lithospermum arvense
* Blue Scorpion Grass: Myosotis micrantha
* Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri var. scouleri ?
* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus
* Narrowleaf Paintbrush: Castilleja attenuata
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella
* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum (former var. purpurea)
* Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.
Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa
* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha
* Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides
* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana
Hall's Goldenweed: Columbiadoria hallii
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fading out of bloom.
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri (former var. cynoglossoides ?)
Cutleaf Silverpuffs: Microseris laciniata
Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans- In bud.
* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides
* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus
Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
Animals Seen During This Hike:
California Ground Squirrels
Turkey Vultures
Harrier
Coopers Hawk ?
Lesser Sandhill Cranes - 13 overflying on their way north
Mallard - pair in a stock pond
Northern Flicker
Common Ravens
Scrub Jays
Black-headed Grosbeak - Heard.
Robins
Western Bluebirds
Western Tanager - calling
Spotted Towhees - calling
Western Wood Peewees - Fairly numerous. Heard and seen.
Chipping Sparrows - Numerous. Observed and and constantly heard singing.
Dark-eyed Juncos
Red-breasted Nuthatches
Horned Lark
Lazuli Bunting ? - calling
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Nashville Warblers
House Wren - heard
Violet-green Swallows
Vauxs Swifts
Western Fence Lizards
Anise Swallowtails
Indra Swallowtails
Pale Swallowtails
Western Swallowtail
California Tortoiseshell
Propertius Duskywings
Pine Elfins
Ochre Ringlets
Crescent
Wood Nymphs
Silvery Blue ?
Whites ?
Click Beetles
Bumblebees: Bombus sp.
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