* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.
Complete Klickitat Trail: Upper Swale Canyon Plant List.
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegeneria spicata
Medusa-head: Taeniatherum caput-medusae
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa - Small trees planted along the old railroad bed.
* California Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta var. californica
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
* Arroyo Willow: Salix lasiolepis - Beginning to bloom.
Willow #2: Salix sp.
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Beginning to bloom.
Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum
Curly Dock: Rumex crispus
Meadow Buttercup: Delphinium distichum
Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
* Obscure Buttercup: Ranunculus triternatus
Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
Leiberg's Stonecrop: Sedum leibergii
Currant-leaf Alumroot: Heuchera grossulariifolia var. tenuifolia
Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum - Beginning to bloom.
Clayton's Saxifrage, Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa - In bud.
Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii
Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii
Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor
Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa
Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa
Evergreen Blackberry: Rubus laciniata
Douglas' Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii (var. ?)
Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus (var. aridus ?)
Columbia Gorge Lupine?: Lupinus latifolius x sericeus (Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius)
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium - Beginning to bloom.
Klamath Weed: Hypericum perforatum
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum
Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum
* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense
* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi
* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Yellow-flowered form, beginning to bloom.
Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum
Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea (var. ?)
Ballhead Desert Parsley: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - In bud.
Silver-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata ?
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea ssp. cerulea
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha
Chicory: Cichorum intybus
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule
Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa
Animals Seen During This Hike:
Frogs croaking
Canyon Wrens
Dark-eyed Juncos
American Robins
Spotted Towhees
Western Meadowlarks
Common Mallards
Northern Flickers
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