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

Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington

Perham and Wygant Trails

From old Highway 30 up to the powerline corridor.

March 29, 2015

View west across the Columbia River towards Dog Mountain from an old viewpoint along the Wygant Trail, Columbia River Gorge........March 29, 2015.

View west across the Columbia River towards Dog Mountain from an old viewpoint along the Wygant Trail, Columbia River Gorge........March 29, 2015.

* indicates the wildflower is blooming.

Lung Lichen: Lobaria oregana ?

Common Feather Moss: Eurhynchium praelongum

Splendid Feather Moss: Hylocomium splendens

Palm Tree Moss: Leucolepis acnathoneuron

Juniper Polytrichum Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum

Elongate Racomitrium Moss: Racomitrium elongatum

Fan Moss: Rhizomnium glabrescens ?

Electrified Cats Tail Moss: Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus ?

Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei

Vine Maple: Acer circinatum

* Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum

Filbert: Corylus cornuta ssp. californica - Past bloom.

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa - Leafing out.

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana

* Sitka Willow: Salix sitchensis

Western Red Cedar: Thuja plicata

Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum - Leafing out.

Atantic Ivy: Hedera hibernica

Maidenhair Fern: Adiantum aleuticum - New fronds opening.

Lady Fern: Athrium filix-femina - New fronds expanding.

Rock-brake: Cryptogramma crispa - New fronds opening.

Brittle Bladder-fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Spreading Wood Fern: Dryopteris expansa ?

Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrrhiza

Imbricate Sword Fern: Polystichum imbricans var. imbricans

Sword Fern: Polystichum munitum

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

* Long-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macrantha ? - Beginning to bloom.

Bristly Dogtail Grass: Cynosurus echinata

Common Bastard Toadflax: Comandra umbellata var. californica

Onion: Allium sp. (A. accuminatum or A. cernuum ?)

Ookow: Dichelostemma congestum

* Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis - Beginning to bloom.

Columbia Tiger Lily: Lilium columbianum

False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule

Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

* Hooker's Fairybells: Prosartes hookeri

Clasping-leaf Twisted Stalk: Streptopus amplexifolius - In bud.

* Wood Lily, Trillium: Trillium ovatum

* Grasswidow: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii

* Calypso Orchid: Calypso bulbosa

Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp. ?

Heart-leaved Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

Bitter Dock: Rumex obtusifolius

Wild Ginger: Asarum caudatum

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata

* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis

Little-leaf Montia: Montia parvifolia

* Big-leaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophyllum

* Chickweed: Stellaria media

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla

* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

* Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa

Inside-out Flower: Vancouveria hexandra

* Dutchman's Breeches: Dicentra cucullaria

* Slender Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii

* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

Broad-leaf Stonecrop: Sedum spathulatum

Small-flowered Alumroot: Heuchera micrantha var. micrantha

* Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Fleshy-leaved Saxifrage: Micrangthes fragosa

* Wholeleaf Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia

* Western Saxifrage: Micranthes occidentalis ?

Merten's Saxifrage: Saxifraga mertensiana

* Fringe Cup: Tellima grandiflora

Youth-on-age: Tolmiea menziesii

* Pacific Dogwood: Cornus nuttallii

* Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum

* Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier cusickii

Sylvan Goatsbeard: Aruncus dioicus var. acuminatus

* Wood Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor - New leaves.

Glandular Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa (var. glandulosa ?)

Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

Black Cap: Rubus leucodermis

Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

* Salmonberry: Rubus spectabilis

Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus

Pea: Lathyrus sp. - Native

Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus

Broad-leaved Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

Bigleaf Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus var. polyphyllus ?

Robert Geranium: Geranium robertianum

Cascara: Rhamnus prushiana - New leaves.

* Evergreen Violet: Viola sempervirens - Beginnning to bloom.

Enchanter's Nightshade: Circaea alpina

Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum

Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum

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

Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens

Broadleaf Starflower: Lysiachia latifolia

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa

* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa

* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii ?

Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. parviflora

* Great Houndstongue: Adelinia grandis

* Blue Scorpiongrass: Myosotis micrantha

Selfheal: Prunella vulgaris

Yerba Buena: Clinopodium douglasii (Satureja douglasii)

Red Hedgenettle: Stachys cooleyae

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella - Beginning to flower.

* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum

Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

Twinflower: Linnaea borealis

Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis

Oval-leaf Viburnum: Viburnum ellipticum

* Rosy Plectritis: Plectritis congesta - Beginning to bloom.

Scouler's Valerian: Valeriana scouleri

Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor

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

Long-bearded Hawkweed: Hieracium (longiberbe ?)

Wall Lettuce: Lactuca muralis

Columbia Gorge Groundsel: Packera bolanderi var. harfordii

Sweet Colt's Foot: Petasites frigidus

* White Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale


Paul Slichter