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

Wildflower Bloom along a fire road in Winegartner Canyon, east of the White Salmon River

The Conservation Fund Lands Near BZ Corner, WA

May 12, 2023

Pacific Dogwood: Cornus nuttallii

Pacific Dogwood: Cornus nuttallii

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Brittle Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Common Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Western Sword Fern: Polystichum munitum

Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum ssp. pubescens

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

* Vine Maple: Acer circinatum

Douglas Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii

* Bigleaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum

* Pacific Dogwood: Cornus nuttallii

California Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta var. californica

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

Pacific Rush: Juncus effusus (var. ?)

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

Dogtail Grass: Cynosurus echinata

Ookow: Dichelostemma congestum

Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum

* False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule - Beginning to bloom.

* Hooker's Fairybells: Prosartes hookeri

* Western Wood Lily: Trillium ovatum - Fading out of bloom.

Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina

* Lady Slipper Orchid: Calypso bulbosa

Coralroot Orchid: Corallorhiza sp.

Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

* Mountain Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana

* Linear-leaf Montia: Montia linearis

* Largeleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

Baneberry: Actaea rubra

Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus

* Deer's-foot: Achlys californica - Beginning to bloom.

* Vanillaleaf: Achlys triphylla - Beginning to bloom.

* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

Oak Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii - Past bloom.

Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum ? - Only leaves.

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

* Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. californica

Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum

* Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. mollis

Baldhip Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus

Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius

* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum

* Upland Yellow Violet: Viola nuttallii var. praemorsa

Cutleaf Violet: Viola sheltonii

Deerbrush: Ceanothus integerrimus ?

Buckbrush: Ceanothus sanguineus ?

Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum

Annual Evening Primrose: Epilobium brachycarpum

Ciliate Evening Primrose: Epilobium ciliatum (ssp. ?)

Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum

* Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum

* Bare-stemmed Biscuit-root: Lomatium nudicaule

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

* Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens

Little Pipsissewa: Chimaphila menziesii

Western Starflower: Lysimachia latifolia

Varied-leaf Collomia: Collomia heterophylla

* Linear-leaf Collomia: Collomia linearis

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa

* Small-flowered Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. parviflora

* Pacific Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grandis

* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia var. hendersonii

* Little Combseed: Gruvelia pusilla

* Blue Scorpiongrass: Myosotis stricta

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii

Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata ?

Finetooth Penstemon: Penstemon subserratus ?

* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella

English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

* Cleavers: Galium aparine

Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

Creeping Snowberry: Symhoricarpos mollis

* Common Cornsalad: Valerianella locusta

Scouler's Harebell: Campanula scouleri

Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor

Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

* Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea

Silvercrown Luina: Cacaliopsis nardosmia ssp. glabrata

Smooth Hawksbeard: Crepis capillaris

White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale


Animals Observed During This Hike:

Western Fence Lizard

Anise Swallowtails - Numerous.

Blues - Moving too fast to ID.

California Tortoiseshell

Propertius Duskywing


Paul Slichter