Relatively complete wildflower list for the Klickitat Wildlife Area.
Cowpie Lichen: Diploschistes muscorum ?
Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri
Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis
Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
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
Common Spikerush: Eleocharis palustris
* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii ssp. lemmonii
* Brome: Bromus sp.
* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
* One-spike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata
Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides
Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha
* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa
* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata
* Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - Beginning to bloom.
* Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii
Green-banded Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus
* Common Camas: Camassia quamash (var. ?) - Fading out of bloom.
Ookow: Dichelostemma congestum
Pale-anther Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - Past bloom.
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica
Panicled Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatusm - Past bloom.
* Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum
* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflorum ssp. howellii
Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina
Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Past bloom.
Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp.
* Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra
* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis
Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum - In bud.
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Fading out of bloom.
* White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis var. diffusus
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis
Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Fading out of bloom.
Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods ripe.
* Gooseberry-leaved Alumroot: Heuchera grossulariifolia var. tenuifolia
Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera (now included as part of Lithophragma glabrum) - Past bloom.
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum
* Fleshy-leaved Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa - Fading out of bloom.
* Western Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. alnifolia ?) - Mostly past bloom.
Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor
Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa (var. ?) - Leafy bracteate.
* Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata
* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata
Annual Burnet: Poteridium occidentale
Birchleaf Spiraea: Spiraea lucida
* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus
Sierra Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis
Bog Deervetch: Hosackia pinnata
Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus
* Common Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius
Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Past bloom.
Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata
Oregon Checkermallow: Sidaldea oregana ssp. oregana
* Buckbrush: Ceanothus cuneatus var. cuneatus
Deer Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus - In bud.
* Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus
* Buckbrush: Ceanothus sanguineus
Slender Godetia: Clarkia gracilis - In bud.
Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea
Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Fruits well-formed.
* Chocolate Tips: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum
* Klickitat (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense - Fading out of bloom.
* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Yellow flowers.
* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum ? - Fading out of bloom.
Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. brevifolium ?
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum
Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi
* Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens
Kinnickinnick: Arctostaphylos nevadensis
Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea
Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium
Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/Primula poeticum - Fading out of bloom.
* Bolander's Babystars: Leptosiphon bolanderi
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
Prickly Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta (var. ?)
* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa
Ballhead Desert Parsley: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - Past bloom.
* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia
* Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri var. scouleri ? - Small flowers, ascending stems.
* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus - Fading out of bloom.
Attenuate Owlclover: Castilleja attenuata
* Hairy Indian Paintbrush: Castilleja tenuis
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
* Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii
* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata
* Barrett's Penstemon: Penstemon barrettiae
* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum
English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata
* Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine
Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera
* Blue Cups: Githopsis specularioides
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.
* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla
Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa
Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides - In bud.
* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - Not abundant.
* Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fading out of bloom.
California Rayless Fleabane: Erigeron inornatus
Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri (former var. cynoglossoides ?)
* Little Tarweed: Madia exigua - Alternate leaves.
* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans
* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides
Columbia Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma carthamoides var. carthamoides
* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus
* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale
Animals Seen During This Hike:
California Ground Squirrels
Turkey Vultures
Red-tailed Hawk
Common Ravens
Black-headed Grosbeak - Heard.
Western Tanager - calling
Spotted Towhees - calling
Western Wood Peewees
Chipping Sparrows
Dark-eyed Juncos
White-crowned Sparrows
Lazuli Buntings
Violet-green Swallows
Nashville Warblers
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Vaux's Swifts
Canyon Wren
Horned Lizard
Western Fence Lizards
Pacific Treefrogs (Adults and tadpoles)
Anise Swallowtails
Indra Swallowtails
Pale Swallowtails
Ochre Ringlets
Wood Nymphs
Acmon Blue
Boisduval's Blues
Western Pine Elfins
Bumblebees: Bombus sp.