[Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington: 2024]

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

Washington Native Plant Society Hike for Botany Washington

April 28, 2024

View southeast along the Weldon Wagon Trail across the open slopes of the White Salmon Oaks Natural Resource Conservation Area........April 23, 2024.

View southeast along the Weldon Wagon Trail across the open slopes of the White Salmon Oaks Natural Resource Conservation Area........April 23, 2024.

* Indicates the wildflower is blooming.

Comprehensive Plant List for the Weldon Wagon Road

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Imbricate Sword Fern: Polystichum imbricans ssp. 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 and beginning to bloom.

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 - Dense patches along the trail!

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

Pacific Woodrush: Luzula comosa var. laxa

* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii var. lemmonii - Beginning to bloom.

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

Bristly Dogtail: Cynosurus echinatus - Last year's stems.

Blue Wildrye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus - Last year's stems.

* 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.

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

Pale-anthered Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - Past bloom.

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

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

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

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

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

* Western Wakerobin: Trillium ovatum - Fading out of bloom atop the ridge.

Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii

Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina

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

* Fairy Slipper Orchid: Calypso bulbosa

* Striped Coral Root Orchid: Corallorhiza striata

* Clustered Lady Slipper: Cypripedium fasiculatum

Common Bastard Toad-flax: Commandra umbellata var. californica - In bud.

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 - A few still in bloom

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

* Fringepod: Thysanocarpus curvipes - Distinctive fruits are maturing.

* 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

* Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. californica

* Blueleaf Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. glauca

Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

* Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata - Fading out of bloom.

Baldhip Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii

Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus armeniacus - Around trailhead.

Blackcap: Rubus leucodermis - Around trailhead.

Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus - Around traihead.

Shinyleaf Spiraea: Spiraea lucida - Around trailhead.

Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis

Small-flowered Bird's-foot Trefoil: Acmispon parviflorus

* 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

* Slender Vetch: Vicia tetrasperma

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Shining Geranium: Geranium lucidum - Along logging road just uphill from beginning of Weldon Wagon Road trail.

* Dove's-foot Geranium: Geranium molle

Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum

* Long-spurred Violet: Viola adunca

* Howell's Violet: Viola howellii

* Yellow Prairie Violet: Viola nuttallii var. praemorsa

* Cut-leaf Violet: Viola sheltonii

Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea - Leaves.

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

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

Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Past bloom.

* 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 var. 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 - In bud.

Broad-leaved Starflower: Lysimachia latifolia - In bud.

Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium

Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

Varied-leaf Collomia: Collomia heterophylla

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa

* Annual Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium micranthum

* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

* Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. austiniae

* Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa

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

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

* Henderson's Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia var. hendersonii

Little Gruvelia: Gruvelia pusilla - Nutlets visible.

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

* Blue Scorpiongrass: Myosotis stricta

* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus

Yerba Buena: Clinopodium douglasii - At trailhead.

* 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

* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata - Beginning to bloom.

* 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.

Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

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

* Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana x deltoidea

Silvercrown Luina: Cacaliopsis nardosmia (former var. glabrata) - A few plants with flower buds.

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 - Beginning to bloom.

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

Wall-lettuce: Mycelis muralis

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

* Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale


Paul Slichter