[Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington: 2023]

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

Klickitat Oaks (lands to eventually become a Columbia Land Trust preserve)

Reached via Long Road off Wahkiacus Heights Road

April 27, 2023

Pale-anther Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum

A nice cluster of blooming pale-anther glacier lilies as seen in the Klickitat Wildlife Recreation Area about one-quarter mile west of the Glenwood-Goldendale Highway........April 6, 2013.

Today the morning weather was in the upper 50s with light winds and mostly sunny skies. The afternoon was mostly sunny with temps to the low 70s with light winds.

Cowpie Lichen: Diploschistes muscorum ?

Antlered Perfume: Everneria prunastri

Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen: Letharia columbiana ?

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri - Beginning to bloom.

Toad Rush: Juncus bufonius

* Large-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macrantha ? - Barely beginning to bloom. Too early to ID.

Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha

Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

Medusahead: Taenitherum caput-medusae

Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus ssp. macrocarpus - Curved basal leaves.

Ookow: Dichelostemma congestum

* Pale-anther Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum

* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Most plants fading out of bloom.

* Panicle Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum ? or Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordin venenosum - Beginning to bloom but inflorescences not developed enough for an accurate ID.

Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii

Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina

* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Fading out of bloom.

Rein Orchid: Platanthera (elegans or unalaschensis) - Basal leaves only.

* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis

Largeleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Beginning to bloom.

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Past peak bloom.

Scalepod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods forming.

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (Synonym: Lithophragma bulbifera) - Bulbil-forming form.

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia var. integrifolia

* Peak Saxifrage: Micranthes nidifica

Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus ? - Leaves.

Lupine: Lupinus sp. - Barely beginning to show leaves. Perennial.

* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Beginning to bloom.

Deerbrush: Ceanothus integerrimus

* Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata

* Large-fruit Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - Fading out of bloom.

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum - Beginning to bloom.

Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri (Perideridia montana)

* Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens - Beginning to bloom.

Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana

* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/Primula conjugens

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus

* Ballhead Desert Parsley: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - Beginning to bloom.

Little Combseed: Gruvelia pusilla - In bud.

* Slender Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Purple Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum

Narrowleaf Paintbrush: Castilleja attenuata

Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus - Beginning to leaf out.

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Beginning to bloom.

Smooth Hawksbeard: Crepis capillaris - Leaves. Weedy

* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule

Blanket Flower: Gaillardia aristata

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - Beginning to bloom.


Paul Slichter