Relatively complete wildflower list for the Klickitat Wildlife Area.
Cowpie Lichen: Diploschistes muscorum ?
Grand Fir: Abies grandis (or Abies amabilis ?)
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
* Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
Poverty Rush: Juncus tenuis ? - In bud. Long subtending bracts.
* Needle Spikerush: Eleocharis acicularis ?
Common Spikerush: Eleocharis palustris
* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii var. lemmonii
One-spike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata ?
Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides
* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata
Medusa Head: Taenitherum caput-medusae
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.
* Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii
Green-banded Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus
* Common Camas: Camassia quamash (var. breviflora ?) - Beginning to bloom.
Pale-anther Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - Just past bloom in the woods.
Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods well-formed.
* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii
Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina
* Panicled Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum
* Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum
Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Past bloom.
Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp.
* Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Blooming in Sheep Canyon.
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
Prostrate Knotweed: Polygonum aviculare
Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii
Curly Dock: Rumex crispus
* Miner' Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana
Erubescent Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra
* Water Chickweed: Montia fontana - Fading out of bloom as streams dry up.
* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis - Fading out of bloom.
Sticky Chickweed: Cerastium glomeratum
* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum
* Common Chickweed: Stellaria media
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Fading out of bloom.
* Least Mousetail: Myosurus minimus
* White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis var. aquatilis
* White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis (var. diffusus ?)
Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens
Oak Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii - Past bloom.
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Fading out of bloom.
Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods ripe.
* Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes
Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum - Past bloom.
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum
* Brittle-leaved Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa - Fading out of bloom.
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes nidifica - Fading out of bloom.
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - In forest.
* Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier cusickii
* Hawthorn: Crataegus sp.
* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana var. platypetala ?
Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum
* Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata
* Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata
* Hood River Milkvetch: Astragalus hoodianus
* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus
Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis
Spanish Clover: Acmispon americanus var. americanus
* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus - Beginning to bloom.
Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lepidus - Not in bloom yet.
* Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus
* Common Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius - Beginning to bloom.
* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Mostly past bloom.
* Upland Yellow Violet: Viola nuttallii var. praemorsa - Fading out of bloom.
* Cutleaf Violet: Viola sheltonii
Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata - Past bloom.
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum
* Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus
Slender Clarkia: Clarkia gracilis - In bud.
Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea - In bud.
Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum
* Fringed Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum var. ciliatum
Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Fruits well-formed.
Gorman's Salt and Pepper: Lomatium gormanii - Fruits well-formed.
* Klickitat (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium kklickitatense
Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Past bloom.
* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum
Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi
Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana (Perideridia gairdneri) - Basal leaves in moist meadows.
Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium (var. ?)
Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana - In bud.
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/Primula poeticum - Fading out of bloom.
Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora
* Bolander's Babystars: Leptosiphon bolanderi
Prickly Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta (var. ?)
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Fading out of bloom.
* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa
Little Polemonium: Polemonium micranthum - Past bloom.
Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus - Past bloom.
* Ballhead Desert Parsley: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii
Great Basin Nemophila: Nemophila breviflora - Past bloom.
Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata - Past bloom.
* Rancher's Fireweed: Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia
* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia menziesii var. menziesii
Common Houndstongue: Cynoglossum officinale
* Yellow and Blue Scorpion Grass: Myosotis discolor
* Blue Scorpion Grass: Myosotis micrantha
* Little Combseed: Pectocarya pusilla
* Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri var. scouleri
* Matted Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri var. penicillatus
* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus - Fading out of bloom.
* Attenuate Paintbrush: Castilleja attenuata - Fading out of bloom.
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Still blooming where moist or shaded.
* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata
Bractless Hedge=hyssop: Gratiola ebracteata
* Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera - Fading out of bloom.
Rare-flowered Heterocodon: Heterocodon rariflorum
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.
* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Fading out of bloom.
* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - Blooming on west-facing slopes.
* Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri (former var. hookeri)
Dusty Maidens: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii
Smooth Hawksbeard: Crepis capillaris
Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia - In bud.
Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Just past bloom.
White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum - In conifer woods.
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri
* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides
* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus
Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale
Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
Animals Seen During This Hike:
California Ground Squirrels
Turkey Vultures
Kestrels
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawks
Common Ravens
Acorn Woodpeckers
Northern Flicker
Mourning Doves
Western Meadowlarks
American Robins
Western Bluebirds - Common.
Western Wood Peewees - Heard and seen.
Cassins Finches
Chipping Sparrows - Numerous. Observed and and constantly heard singing.
Dark-eyed Juncos
Savannah Sparrows
Red-breasted Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatches
Yellow-rumped Warblers - Common.
Vauxs Swifts
Western Fence Lizards
Pacific Treefrogs ?( tadpoles)
Anise Swallowtails
Mourning Cloak
Propertius Duskywings
Wood Nymphs
Bumblebees: Bombus sp.
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