[Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington: 2022]

Wildflowers in Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington

Weldon Wagon Trail

Private and Washington Department of Natural Resources lands 1 mile east of Husum, WA

May 4, 2022

View southeast along the Weldon Wagon Trail across the open slopes of the White Salmon Oaks Natural Resource Conservation Area.........May 4, 2022.

View southeast along the Weldon Wagon Trail across the open slopes of the White Salmon Oaks Natural Resource Conservation Area.........May 4, 2022.

* Indicates the wildflower is blooming.

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Imbricate Sword Fern: Polystichum imbricans

Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum ssp. pubescens - Around trailhead.

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

* Vine Maple: Acer circinatum

* Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum - Leafing out. Still blooming atop the ridge.

California Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta (ssp. californica ?)

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

* Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana - Leafing out.

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa - Around trailhead.

Douglas' Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana

Pacific Poison-oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum

Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii var. lemmonii

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

Hooker's Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.

Green-banded Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus ssp. macrocarpus

Ookow: Dichelostemma congestum - In bud. A week or so from blooming.

Columbia Lily: Lilium columbianum - Along logging roads atop ridge.

Pale-anthered Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum (One still in bloom at the top.)

* Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis - Fading out of bloom.

False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule - Forest atop ridge.

Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum - Forest atop ridge.

* Hooker's Fairy-bells: Prosartes hookeri - Forest atop ridge.

* Western Wakerobin: Trillium ovatum - Blooming atop the ridge.

Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora (former variety howellii)

Grass Widow: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Past blooom.

* Fairy Slippers: Calypso bulbosa

* Striped Coral Root Orchid: Corallorhiza striata

* Clustered Lady Slipper: Cypripedium fasiculatum

* Common Bastard Toad-flax: Commandra umbellata var. californica

Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata

* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis

* Littleaf Montia: Montia parvifolia - Gravels along old logging road near trailhead.

Sticky Mouse-ear Chickweed: Cerastium glomeratum

* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum

* Big-leaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

Vanilla Leaf: Achlys (californica ?) - Very new leaves so hard to ID.

* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

* Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa

* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii var. nuttallii - A few still in bloom

* Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna - Still blooming higher on the ridge near trees.

Fringepod: Thysanocarpus curvipes

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

Fringe Cups: Tellima grandiflora

Lobb's Gooseberry: Ribes lobbii - Along logging roads atop the ridge. Dry clearcut.

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia

Cinquefoil: Drymocallis sp.

* Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. californica

* Blueleaf Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. glauca

Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

* Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

Baldhip Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

Pearhip Rose: Rosa (woodsii ?)

Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus bifrons - Around trailhead.

Blackcap: Rubus leucodermis - Around trailhead.

Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus - Around traihead.

Shinyleaf Spiraea: Spiraea lucida - Around trailhead.

Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis

* Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius (former variety thompsonianus) - Beginning to bloom.

* Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus

* Ball-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Peak bloom.

White Clover: Trifolium repens - Around trailhead.

* Cow Vetch: Vicia sativa

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

* Dove's-foot Geranium: Geranium molle

Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum

* Long-spurred Violet: Viola adunca

* Yellow Prairie Violet: Viola nuttallii

* Cut-leaf Violet: Viola sheltonii

Slender Clarkia: Clarkia gracilis - In bud.

Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum - Along logging roads atop ridge.

Queen Anne's Lace: Daucus carota - Around trailhead.

* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum

* Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum - Fading out of bloom.

* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense

Biscuit Root: Lomatium macrocarpum (yellow- flowered form).

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Suksdorf's Desert Parsley: Lomatium suksdorfii

* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum

* Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

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

* Sierra Snake Root: Sanicula graveolens

Field Hedge-parsley: Torilis arvensis ssp. arvensis

* False Hedge-parsley: Yabea microcarpa

* Pacific Dogwood: Cornus nuttallii

Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana

Broad-leaved Starflower: Lysimachia latifolia

Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Longleaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia

* Annual Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium micranthum

* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

* Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. austiniae

* Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa

* Common Cryptantha: Cryptantha intermedia var. hendersonii

Common Hound's-tongue: Cynoglossum officinale - Along logging roads atop ridge.

* Great Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grandis - Peak bloom.

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

* Blue Scorpiongrass: Myosotis stricta

* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus

Yerba Buena: Clinopodium douglasii

* Red Dead-nettle: Lamium purpureum - Around trailhead.

Lemonbalm: Melissa officinalis - Around trailhead.

Self-heal: Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata - Around trailhead.

* Narrow-leaf Owl-clover: Castilleja attenuatus

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii

* Common Monkey Flower: Erythranthe guttata

* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus - Along logging roads atop ridge.

English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

Broadleaf Plantain: Plantago major

* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum

* Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa - In bud.

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus (cerulea ?) - Not in bloom yet. In clearcuts atop ridge.

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis var. hesperius

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

* Lamb's Lettuce: Valerianella locusta

* Bigroot: Marah oreganus

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud around trailhead.

Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

Pearly Everlastings: Anaphalis margaritacea - Near trailhead and along trail atop ridge.

* Northwestern Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea

Rough Eyelashweed: Blepharipappus scaber ?

Silvercrown Luina: Cacaliopsis nardosmia

Diffuse Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa - Along logging roads atop ridge.

Chicory: Cichorium intybus - Along logging roads atop ridge.

Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense - Along logging roads atop ridge.

Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare - Along logging roads atop ridge.

Hall's Goldenweed: Columbiadoria hallii

Smooth Hawksbeard: Crepis capillaris

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

False Dandelion: Hypochaeris radicata - Near trailhead.

Ox-eye Daisy: Leucanthemum vulgare - Near trailhead.

* Lemon-scented Tarweed: Madia citriodora

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

Wall-lettuce: Mycelis muralis

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus - Beginning to bloom.

* Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale


Paul Slichter