Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington

Balds, Meadows and Woods Above the Klickitat River Near Klickitat, Washington

April 29, 2022

Cowpie Lichen: Diploschistes muscorum ?

Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri

Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Scouringrush Horsetail: Equisetum hyemale

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

* Bigleaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum - Fading out of bloom.

* Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea - Beginning to bloom. ID to C. occidentalis or C. stolonifera needs to be determined using leaves.

California Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta ssp. californica - Just past bloom.

Lewis' Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana

Willow: Salix

Common Cattail: Typha latifolia

Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

Common Rush: Juncus effusus (ssp. ?)

* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii ssp. lemmonii - Beginning to bloom.

* Meadow Brome: Bromus commutatus ?

* Ripgut: Bromus diandrus

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha

* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

* Fescue: Vulpia sp.

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum ? - In bud.

Green-banded Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus

* Cusick's Camas: Camassia cusickii

Ookow: Dichelostemma congestum - In bud.

Spanish Bluebell ?: Hyacinthoides hispanica ? - Introduced species (old home site?)

Grass Lily: Ornithogalum (umbellatum ?) - Introduced species (old home site?)

* Panicled Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatusm

* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflorum ssp. howellii - Beginning to bloom.

Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina ?

Bearded Iris ?: Iris sp. - Introduced species (old home site?)

Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Past bloom.

Striped Coralroot: Corallorhiza striata

Mountain Lady Slipper: Cypripedium montanum

Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp.

* Bastard Toadflax: Comandra umbellata ssp. californica

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

Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

* Pale Springbeauty: Claytonia exigua ssp. exigua

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata

* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra

* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis

* Sticky Mouse-ear Chickweed: Cerastium glomeratum

* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum

Rose Campion: Lychnis coronaria

* Common Chickweed: Stellaria media

Western Clematis: Clematis ligusticifolia

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

Bittercress: Cardamine sp. - Fruits developing. Weedy?

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

Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes - Fruits developing.

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Nesting Saxifrage: Micranthes nidifica

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

Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii

Woodland Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. californica

Sulphur Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta - In bud.

Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus bifrons

Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis

Everlasting Peavine: Lathyrus latifolius

* Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

* Smallflower Lupine: Lupinus micranthus

Alfalfa: Medicago sativa

* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Fading out of bloom.

American Vetch: Vicia americana var. americana

* Common Vetch: Vicia sativa (var. angustifolia ?)

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Carolina Geranium: Geranium carolinianum

Sumac: Rhus glabra

* Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum

Deer Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus

* Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus

Slender Godetia: Clarkia gracilis - In bud.

Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea - In bud.

* Burr Chervil: Anthriscus caucalis

Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Past bloom.

* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense

* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Fading out of bloom.

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. brevifolium ?

* Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Western Sanicle: Sanicula crassicaulis var. crassicaulis - In bud.

* Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens

* Field Hedge-parsley: Torilis arvensis ?

Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium

Common Dogbane: Apocynum cannabinum

Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana

* Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

Bluefield Gilia: Gilia capitata ssp. capitata

* Bolander's Babystars: Leptosiphon bolanderi

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

* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa

Ballhead Desert Parsley: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - Past bloom.

Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata - Past bloom.

* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa

* Corn Gromwell: Buglossoides arvensis

* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia var. hendersonii

* Cryptanth: Cryptantha sp. - Small-flowered annual. Nutlets difficult to ID in field as still in early development.

* Blue Scorpiongrass: Myosotis stricta

* Little Gruvelia: Gruvelia pusilla (Pectocarya pusilla)

* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus - Fading out of bloom.

* Common Dead-nettle: Lamium amplexicaule

* Attenuate Owlclover: Castilleja attenuata

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii

* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata

Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii

* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum

* Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

European High-bush Cranberry: Viburnum opulus var. opulus ?

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera - Fading out of bloom.

* Blue Cups: Githopsis specularioides

* Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa - In bud?

* Bachelor's Button: Centaurea cyanus - Beginning to bloom.

Skeletonweed: Chondrilla juncea ?

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

Western Goldenrod: Euthamia occidentalis

Gumweed: Grindelia sp.

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola

* Lemon-scented Tarweed: Madia citriodora

* Least Tarweed: Hemizonella minima

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - Going to seed.

Cotton Batting Cudweed: Pseudognaphalium stramineum

Bristle Head: Rigiopappus leptocladus

Goldenrod: Solidago sp. ?

Animals Seen During This Hike:

California Ground Squirrels

Turkey Vultures

Red-tailed Hawk

Common Ravens

Common Crows

Acorn Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Western Tanagers - calling

Dark-eyed Juncos

Golden-crowned Sparrows

Violet-green Swallows

Nashville Warblers

Audubon's Warblers

Vaux's Swifts

Western Fence Lizards

Racer

Anise Swallowtails

Ochre Ringlets

Whites

Bumblebees: Bombus sp.