[Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington: 2014]

Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington

Mayer State Park (West Rim of Rowena Dell) & Adjacent USFS Properties

March 31, 2014

Oregon Meconella: Meconella oregana

Oregon Meconella: Meconella oregana

* Indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Cup Lichen: Cladonia sp.

Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri

Dog Lichen: Peltigera sp. - Brownish surface.

Polytrichum Moss: Polytrichum pilferum

Elongate Racomitrium Moss: Racomitrium (elongatum ?)

Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrrhiza

Imbricate Sword Fern: Polystichum imbricans ssp. imbricans

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

* Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum - Beginning to bloom.

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana

* Long-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macrantha

Bristly Dog's-tail Grass: Cynosurus echinatus

Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

* Leiberg's Blue Grass: Poa leibergii

* Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia - Beginning to bloom.

* Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda - Beginning to bloom.

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata - Common away from the cultivated fields areas that were heavily grazed.

Medusahead Wildrye: Taeniatherum caput-medusae

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum

Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus - Basal leaves.

Ookow, Ball-head Cluster Lily: Dichelostemma congestum

*Pale-anther Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - Close to peak bloom.

* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Fading out of bloom.

Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. howellii - Only basal leaves.

Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina

* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Fading out of bloom.

Long-spurred Rein Orchid: Platanthera elegans ? - (basal leaves only, so this could also be Platanthera unalascensis or one of the other 3 rein orchids)

Common Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata var. californica - In bud.

Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum

Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata

* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra

* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis

* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum

* Chickweed: Stellaria media

* Shiny Starwort: Stellaria nitens

Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - In bud.

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium - Beginning to bloom.

* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii

* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

* Fringe Pod: Thysanocarpus curvipes

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera (now part of Lithophragma glabrum)

* Smooth Praire Star: Lithophragma glabrum

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum - Beginning to bloom.

* Peak Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa

* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia

* Rustyhair Saxifrage: Micranthes rufidula

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - Beginning to leaf out.

Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. cusickii ?) - Beginning to leaf out.

Ocean Spray: Holodiscus discolor - Beginning to leaf out.

Common Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius (former var. thompsonianus) - In bud.

Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus

Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - In bud.

Vetch: Vicia (hirsuta ?)

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum

Chervil: Anthriscus cacaulis

* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum

* Fern-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum - Beginning to bloom. "Chocolate Tips".

* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum (yellow-flowered form)

Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule -Beginning to bloom.

* Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum

Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - Past bloom.

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum - Beginning to bloom.

Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri (Perideridia montana)

Western Snakeroot: Sanicula crassicaulis

Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis ssp. nitida (formerly ssp. columbiana) - In bud.

* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/ Primula conjugens

Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/ Primula poeticum - Flower buds forming.

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata

Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata

Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa - Basal leaves.

Eastside Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys hispidulus ?

* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Few-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia sparsiflora var. bruceae

Dwarf Owl-clover: Triphysaria pusilla

English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

Bedstraw: Galium aparine

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus - Beginning to leaf out.

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - Beginning to bloom.

Bachelor's Button: Centaurea cyanus

Tumble Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa

Rush Skeletonweed: Chondrilla juncea

Columbia Goldenweed: Columbiadoria hallii

Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia

* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule

Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum (var. ?)

Columbia River Gumweed: Grindelia (columbiana ?)

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Animals Seen Along This Route Today:

California Ground Squirrels

Meadow Vole

Mule Deer (or hybrid with Black-tailed Deer ?)

Turkey Vultures

Red-tailed Hawks

Northern Flickers

Ravens

Scrub Jays

Stellers Jays

Red-winged Blackbirds (heard in vicinity)

Western Meadowlarks

American Robins

Western Bluebirds

Dark-eyed Juncos

Black-capped Chickadees

Yellow-rumped Warblers

White-breasted Nuthatches

Ruby-crowned Kinglets

Alligator Lizard

Garter Snake

Bumble Bee

Domestic Honey Bee

Hoover Flies


Paul Slichter