[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

Private property near Grayback Mountain, Klickitat County

May 14, 2023

Poet's Shooting Stars: Dodecatheon/Primula poeticum

Poet's Shooting Stars: Dodecatheon/Primula poeticum

* Indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Hair Lichen: Bryoria sp.

Antlered Perfune: Evernia prunastri

Wolf Lichen: Letharia (vulpina ?)

Ragged Lichen: Platismatia glauca

Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa - Creek

California Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta var. californica

* Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana - Leafing out. and beginning to bloom.

Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

Poverty Rush: Juncus (tenuis ?) - In bud.

* Pacific Woodrush: Luzula comosa var. laxa - Creek.

* Spikerush: Eleocharis sp.

* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii ssp. lemmonii

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudorogneria spicata

* Fescue: Vulpia sp.

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.

* Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii ? - Beginning to bloom.

Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus

* Common Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash - Full bloom. ?

Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum

Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods.

* Panicled Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum - Fading out of bloom.

* Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum - Beginning to bloom.

* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii -

Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina - Leaves.

Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis

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

Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp. - Stems beginning to arise from paired basal leaves.

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

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii - Creek.

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

* Water Chickweed: Montia fontana - Creek.

* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis

* Largeleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

* Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens

* American Wintercress: Barbarea orthoceras

* Slender Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora - Creek.

Oak Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii - Past bloom.

* Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna - Past bloom except where moist.

* Purple-anther Pepperweed: Lepidium heterophyllum - Weed.

Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes - Fruits maturing.

Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (formerly L. bulbifera) - Past bloom. Creek

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Swamp Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. alnifolia

* Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. californica - Creek.

* Blueleaf Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. glauca - Beginning to bloom. Creek.

Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa var. glandulosa ?

Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum - Creek.

* Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Native Rose: Rosa sp.

Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis

Bog Deervetch: Hosackia pinnata

Nevada Pea: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. aridus

* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus

Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus ? - Only leaves.

* Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius - Beginning to bloom.

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

Smallhead Clover: Trifolium microcephalum ? or T. cyathiferum ? - Creek.

* American Vetch: Vicia americana

Vetch: Vicia sp. - Creek.

Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana - Creek

Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea

Clarkia: Clarkia sp. - Leaves.

Annual Evening Primrose: Epilobium brachycarpum

Deerbrush: Ceanothus integerrimus ?

* Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus

Buckbrush: Ceanothus sanguineus - In bud.

Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus

Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum - Creek.

Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum

* Klickitat (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense or Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum ?- Fading out of bloom.

Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

Piper's Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - Post bloom.

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

* Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana (P. gairdneri) - Creek

* Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens - Creek.

Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea

Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana

Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium

* Poet's Shooting Stars: Dodecatheon/Primula poeticum - Creek.

Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora ? - Creek

Linear-leaf Collomia: Collomia linearis ? - Creek.

* Baker's Babystars: Leptosiphon bolanderi

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

Needle-leaf Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta ssp. intertexta ?

Small Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus

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

* Small-flowered Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. parviflora

* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia var. hendersonii

* Little Combseed: Gruvelia pusilla

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

* Blue Scorpiongrass: Myosotis stricta

* Slender Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus - Creek.

Self-heal: Prunella vulgaris var. vulgaris - Creek.

* Narrowleaf Paintbrush: Castilleja attenuata

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii

* One-flower Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum

* Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale ? - Creek.

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

Heterocodon: Heterocodon rariflorum - Creek

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla - Past bloom.

Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa

* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

* Northern Pussytoes: Antennaria howellii ssp. neodioica

Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides - In bud. Creek

Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Beginning to bloom.

Silvercrown Luina: Cacaliopsis nardosmia ssp. glabrata

Hall's Goldenweed: Columbiadoria hallii

Smooth Hawksbeard: Crepis capillaris - Creek.

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

White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

Tarweed: Madia sp.

Cutleaf Microseris: Microseris laciniata (ssp. laciniata ?)

Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans - In bud.

False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides

* White Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus - Creek.

Aster: Symphyotrichum sp.

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale - Creek.

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius - Creek. Weedy.

Northern Mule's Ears: Wyethia amplexicaulis


Animals Seen Along this Hike:

Pileated Woodpecker - Calling.

Black-headed Grosbeaks

Western Tanagers

Western Wood Peewees

Cassin's Vireo

Chipping Sparrows

Dark-eyed Juncos

Vaux's Swifts

Red-breasted Nuthatches

White-breasted Nuthatches

Chorus Frogs (Tree Frogs) - Several small ones spotted.

Ant-lions

Anise Swallowtails

Propertius Duskywings

Blue Butterflies


Paul Slichter