[Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington: 2020] [Wildflower Bloom in Central & Eastern Washington: 2020]

Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington

Meadows and Woods west of Soda Springs Road at the South Klickitat Breaks

Klickitat Wildlife Area

May 26, 2020

Vernally moist meadows along the Klickitat Breaks Road, Klickitat Wildlife Area.........May 16, 2014

Masses of meadow deathcamas (Toxicoscordion venonosum) in vernally moist meadows near the Klickitat Breaks Road, Klickitat Wildlife Area...........May 61, 2014.

* indicates the wildflower is currently bloom.

Relatively complete wildflower list for the Klickitat Wildlife Area.

Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri

Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen: Letharia columbiana

Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis

Polytrichum Moss: Polytrichum pilferum

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

* Poverty Rush: Juncus tenuis ?

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii var. lemmonii

* Brome: Bromus sp.

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* California Oatgrass: Danthonia californica

* One-spike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata

* Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha

* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa

* Sandberg's Blue Grass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda - Fading out of bloom.

* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

Common Cattail: Typha latifolia

* Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - Beginning to bloom.

* Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii

Green-banded Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus

Common Camas: Camassia quamash (var. ?) -

* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflorum ssp. howellii

* Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina - Beginning to bloom.

Panicled Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatusm - Past bloom.

* Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum

Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp.

Western Ladies' Tresses: Spiranthes porrifolia

Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - In bud.

* Scabland Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum - In bud.

Willow Dock: Rumex triangulivalvis

Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis

* Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum - Beginning to bloom.

* Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius

Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens

* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum

Western Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. alnifolia ?) - Mostly past bloom.

* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana var. platypetala

* Old Man's Whiskers: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

* Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa - Fading out of bloom.

Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum

Spanish Clover: Acmispon americanus var. americanus

Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis

* Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Past bloom.

* Common Vetch: Vicia sativa

Oregon Checkermallow: Sidaldea oregana ssp. oregana

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum

Deer Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus - In bud.

Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus

* Slender Clarkia: Clarkia gracilis

Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Fruits well-formed.

Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatensis - Fruits well-formed.

Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Past bloom.

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana (Perideridia gairdneri)

Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea

Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium

* Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana - Beginning to bloom.

Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/ Primula poeticum - Past bloom.

* Prickly Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta ssp. propinqua

* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa

Ballheaded Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - Past bloom.

* Yellow and Blue Scorpion Grass: Myosotis discolor

* Blue Scorpion Grass: Myosotis micrantha

* Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri var. scouleri ?

* Hairy Indian Paintbrush: Castilleja tenuis

Bractless Hedge-hyssop: Gratiola ebracteata

* Barrett's Penstemon: Penstemon barrettiae - Fading out of bloom.

* Purslane Speedwell: Veronica peregrina var. xalpensis

English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

* Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa

* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Fading out of bloom.

* Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Fading out of bloom.

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana

* Dusty Maidens: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii

Smooth Hawksbeard: Crepis capillaris

California Rayless Fleabane: Erigeron inornatus

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

* Pineapple Weed: Matricaria discoidea

Cutleaf Silverpuffs: Microseris laciniata

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides

Columbia Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma carthamoides var. carthamoides

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

Leafy Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum ?

Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Animals Seen During This Hike:

Anise Swallowtail

Echo Azure

Great Arctic


Paul Slichter