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

Wildflower Bloom along a ridgeline above the White Salmon River

The Conservation Fund Lands Near BZ Corner, WA

May 12, 2023

Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii

Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia rattanii)

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum ssp. pubescens

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

* Vine Maple: Acer circinatum

Douglas Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii

* Bigleaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum

California Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta var. californica

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana

Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum - Leafing out.

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri ?

* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii ssp. lemmonii

Dogtail Grass: Cynosurus echinata

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

Sagebrush Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus ssp. macrocarpus

Ookow: Dichelostemma congestum

Columbia Lily: Lilium columbianum

Bicolor Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii

Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp.

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

Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata

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

* Linear-leaf Montia: Montia linearis

* Largeleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (formerly L. bulbifera) - Bulblet form.

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. alnifolia

Douglas's Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii

Cinquefoil: Drymocallis sp.

* Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. californica

Blueleaf Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. glauca

Sulphur Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta

* Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. mollis

Baldhip Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus

Shinyleaf Spiraea: Spiraea lucida

Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis

* Large-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

* Few-flowered Peavine: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus

Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus ? - Only leaves.

* Largeleaf Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus var. polyphyllus

* Baker's Violet: Viola nuttallii var. bakeri

* Cutleaf Violet: Viola sheltonii - Fading out of bloom.

Deerbrush: Ceanothus integerrimus ?

Buckbrush: Ceanothus sanguineus ?

Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum

Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium

Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea

Annual Evening Primrose: Epilobium brachycarpum

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium brevifolium (L. triternatum var. triternatum)

Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum

* Bare-stemmed Biscuit-root: Lomatium nudicaule

* Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium

Western Starflower: Lysimachia latifolia

* Linear-leaf Collomia: Collomia linearis

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa

* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - Fading out of bloom.

* Small-flowered Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. austiniae

* Small-flowered Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. parviflora

Woodland Phacelia: Phacelia nemoralis var. oregonensis or Varied-leaf Phacelia (Phacelia heterophylla) ? - In bud.

* Pacific Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grandis

* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia var. hendersonii

Common Houndstongue: Cynoglossum officinale

* Little Combseed: Gruvelia pusilla

* Slender Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus

Self-heal: Prunella vulgaris var. vulgaris

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii

Finetooth Penstemon: Penstemon subserratus ?

* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

* Cleavers: Galium aparine

Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa

Elderberry: Sambucus sp. - probably blue elderberry

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

Creeping Snowberry: Symhoricarpos mollis

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

* Common Cornsalad: Valerianella locusta

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

* Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea

Silvercrown Luina: Cacaliopsis nardosmia ssp. glabrata

Spotted Knapweed: Centaurea stoebe ssp. australis ?

Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare

Hall's Goldenweed: Columbiadoria hallii

Smooth Hawksbeard: Crepis capillaris

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

False Dandelion: Hypochaeris radicata

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Animals Observed During This Hike:

Black Bear

Western Fence Lizard

Anise Swallowtails - Numerous.

Blues - Moving too fast to ID.

Propertius Duskywings


Paul Slichter