[Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington: 2015]

Wildflower Bloomin the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington

Starvation Creek State Park

April 19, 2015

Hillside above the Starvation Creek State Park parking area.........April 26, 2015.

Several views of Starvation Creek State Park, Columbia River Gorge.........April 26, 2015. People who have fear of heights should consider not hiking the Starvation Ridge Cuttoff Trail #414B due to it's steepness, amount of exposure, and constant erosion, as well as the Starvation Ridge Trail #414 uphill to the east of the junction with the Cutoff Trail #414B.

View from highest powerline tower in Starvation Creek State Park........April 26, 2015.* indicates the wildflower is blooming.

Glossy Red Bryum Moss: Bryum miniatum

Scented Liverwort: Conocephalum conicum

Plume Moss: Dendroalsia abietina

Common Feather Moss: Eurhynchium praelongum

Splenidid Feather Moss: Hylocomium splendens

Palm Tree Moss: Leucolepis acnathoneuron

Juniper Polytrichum Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum

Elongate Racomitrium Moss: Racomitrium elongatum

Electrified Cats Tail Moss: Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus ?

Douglas' Spikemoss: Selaginella douglasii

Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei

Maidenhair Fern: Adiantum aleuticum

Podfern: Aspidotis densa

Lady Fern: Athrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum

American Parsley Fern: Cryptogramma acrostichoides

Brittle Bladder-fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrrhiza

Imbricate Sword Fern: Polystichum imbricans ssp. imbricans ? - On cliffs.

Sword Fern: Polystichum munitum

Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens

Laurent's Cliff Fern: Woodsia scopulina ssp. laurentiana - On cliffs along Trail 414B.

* Vine Maple: Acer circinatum

Douglas Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii

* Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum - Fading out of bloom.

Red Alder: Alnus rubra

Filbert: Corylus cornuta ssp. californica

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

* Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana - Blooming and leafing out.

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana

Western Red Cedar: Thuja plicata

Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum - In bud.

English Ivy: Hedera helix

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

* Long-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macrantha ?

* Small-flowered Woodrush: Luzula parviflora (L. divaricata)

* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii ssp. lemmonii

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* Annual Bluegrass: Poa annua

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Leiberg's Bluegrass: Poa leibergii ? or Poa xmultnomae ?

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

Wild Ginger: Asarum caudatum

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.

Ookow: Dichelostemma congestum

* Pale-anther Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum

* Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis - Fading out of bloom.

Columbia Lily: Lilium columbianum

* False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule

Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum - In bud.

* Hooker's Fairybells: Prosartes hookeri

* Bicolor Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii

Grasswidow: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Past bloom.

* Calypso Orchid: Calypso bulbosa

Rattlesnake Plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia

Alaska Rein Orchid: Platanthera unalascensis ?

Heart-leaved Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - In bud.

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata

* Siberian Springbeauty: Claytonia siberica

Water Chickweed: Montia fontana - Past bloom.

Littleleaf Montia: Montia parvifolia

* Field Chickweed: Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum

* Sticky Chickweed: Cerastium glomeratum

* Big-leaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophyllum

Rose Campion: Silene coronaria

* Chickweed: Stellaria media

Shining Starwort: Stellaria nitens - Past bloom.

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla

* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

* Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa

Inside-out Flower: Vancouveria hexandra

Dutchman's Breeches: Dicentra cucullaria - Past bloom.

* Mouse-ear Cress: Arabidopsis thaliana

* Cascade Rockcress: Arabis furcata

* Slender Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii - Fading out of bloom.

* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma - Fading out of bloom.

* Pennsylvania Bittercress: Cardamine pensylvanica

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Fading out of bloom.

* Shepherd's Cress: Teesdalia nudicaulis

Broad-leaf Stonecrop: Sedum spathulatum - In bud.

Small-flowered Alumroot: Heuchera micrantha var. micrantha - In bud.

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Fleshy-leaved Saxifrage: Micrangthes fragosa - Fading out of bloom.

* Nesting Saxifrage: Micranthes nidifica - Fading out of bloom.

* Rusty-haired Saxifrage: Micranthes rufidula - Fading out of bloom.

* Yellowdot Saxifrage: Saxifraga bronchialis var. verspertina - Beginning to bloom high on vertical, north-facing cliffs atop the highest point.

* Merten's Saxifrage: Saxifraga mertensisana

* Fringe Cup: Tellima grandiflora

Coolwort Foamflower: Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata ? - Leaves only. Along Warren Creek at Trail #414 crossing.

* Youth-on-age: Tolmiea menziesii

* Pacific Dogwood: Cornus nuttallii

* Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum

* Dwarf Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. alnifolia ?)

* Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier cusickii ?

* Wood Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

Glandular Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. - Inflorescence leafy-bracteate.

Sweet Cherry: Prunus avium ?

Choke Cherry: Prunus virginiana (var. ?) - In bud.

Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

* Nootka Rose: Rosa nutkana - Beginning to bloom at the parking area.

* Black Cap: Rubus leucodermis

* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

* Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus

Shinyleaf Spiraea: Spiraea lucida

* Scots Broom: Cytisus scoparius

* Leafy Pea: Lathyrus polyphyllus

Pea: Lathyrus sp. - Native. In bud.

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus

Evergreen Violet: Viola sempervirens

* Shining Geranium: Geranium lucidum - Bad weed on trail along I-84 !

* Dove's Foot Geranium: Geranium molle

* Robert Geranium: Geranium robertianum - Bad weed.

Klamath Weed: Hypericum perforatum

Deer Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus - In bud.

Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea

Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

* Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum

* Bur Chervil: Anthriscus caucaulis - Begins to bloom.

* Chocolate Tips: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum

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

* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

* Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi - Beginning to bloom.

*Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens

Hairy Manzanita: Arctostaphylos columbiana - Fruits maturing.

Little Pipsissewa: Chimaphila menziesii

Red Huckleberry: Vaccinium parvifolium

* Poet's Shooting Stars: Dodecatheon/ Primula poeticum - Fading out of bloom.

* Broadleaf Starflower: Lysimachia latifolia - Beginning to bloom.

Variedleaf Collomia: Collomia heterophylla

Blue Field Gilia: Gilia capitata ?

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Fading out of bloom.

* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa

* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - Fading out of bloom.

* Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora v. parviflora

* Sitka Mist Maidens: Romanzoffia sitchensis

* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia

* Great Houndstongue: Adelinia grandis

* Yellow and Blue Scorpiongrass: Myosotis discolor

* Blue Scorpiongrass: Myosotis micrantha

* Red-Dead Nettle: Lamium purpureum

Yerba Buena: Clinopodium douglasii

Red Hedge-nettle: Stachys cooleyae

* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. hispida

* Large-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia grandiflora

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Chickweed Monkeyflower: Erythranthe alsinoides

* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata

Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii

* Rock Penstemon: Penstemon rupicola

* Western Mountain Kittentails: Veronica missurica ssp. stellata - Fading out of bloom.

* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

* Corn Speedwell: Veronica arvensis

English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum

* Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

* Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa - Beginning to bloom.

Elderberry: Sambucus sp.

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis

Oval-leaf Viburnum: Viburnum ellipticum

* Rosy Plectritis: Plectritis congesta

* Scouler's Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis ssp scouleri

* Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus

Scouler's Harebell: Campanula scouleri

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor

Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

* Racemose Pussytoes: Antennaria racemosa

* Mountain Arnica: Arnica latifolia

Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza (careyana ?)

* Tall Silvercrown: Cacaliopsis nardosmia ssp. glabrata

Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare

Hall's Goldenweed: Columbiadoria hallii

* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fading out of bloom.

Columbia Gorge Fleabane: Erigeron oreganus

Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. leucophyllum

White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

English Hawkweed: Hieracium lachenalii

Long-bearded Hawkweed: Hieracium longiberbe

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium (scouleri ?)

False Dandylion: Hypochaeris radicata

Wall Lettuce: Lactuca muralis

Columbia Gorge Groundsel: Packera bolanderi var. harfordii

Sweet Colt's Foot: Petasites frigidus - Past bloom.

* White Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale


Animals Seen At This Location:

Osprey

Common Ravens

Scrub Jays

Stellers Jays

American Robins

Dipper

Dark-eyed Juncos

White-crowned Sparrows

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Warbler


Paul Slichter