Relatively complete wildflower list for the Klickitat Wildlife Area.
Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri
Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen: Letharia columbiana
Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis
Polytrichum Moss: Polytrichum pilferum
Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
Imbricate Sword Fern: Polystichum imbricans
Bigleaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum
California Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta ssp. californica
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - In bud.
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana
Broad-leaf Cat-tail: Typha latifolia
* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri
Inflated Sedge: Carex utriculata/ Carex vesicaria
* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii var. lemmonii
* Pacific Meadow-foxtail: Alopecurus saccatus
* Brome: Bromus sp. - Weedy annuals.
* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
* One-spike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata
Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides - Beginning to bloom.
* Blue Wild-rye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus
* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis ?
* Western Fescue: Festuca occidentalis
* Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha - Beginning to bloom.
* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa
Leiberg's Blue Grass: Poa leibergii - Past bloom.
Sandberg's Blue Grass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda - Past bloom.
* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata
* North African Grass: Ventenata dubia
Common Cattail: Typha latifolia
* Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - Beginning to bloom.
* Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii - Fading out of bloom.
Long-bearded Mariposa Lily: Calochortus longebarbatus var. longebarbatus - In bud.
Green-banded Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus - In bud.
Common Camas: Camassia quamash (var. ?)
Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum ssp. pallidum - Long past bloom.
False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule - Long past bloom.
* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. howellii
* Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina - Beginning to bloom.
Panicled Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum - Past bloom.
* Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum
Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp. - In bud.
Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Long past bloom.
Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum - In bud.
* Scabland Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare
* Kellogg's Knotweed: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. kelloggii
* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra
Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis
Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum ssp. umbellatum
* Large-leaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla
* Douglas' Catchfly: Silene douglasii var. douglasii
* Crimson Columbine: Aquilegia formosa
* Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum - Beginning to bloom.
Tiny Mousetail: Myosurus minimus - Past bloom.
* Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius
Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens
Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii - Fruits forming.
Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna - Long past bloom.
* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum
* Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum
Western Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. alnifolia ?) - Mostly past bloom.
Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii
* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. glauca
* Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa
Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor - In bud.
Sulphur Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta ? - In bud.
Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum
Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Past bloom.
* Baldhip Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa
* Bristly Nootka Rose: Rosa nutkana ssp. macdougallii
Hardhack: Spiraea douglasii (var. douglasii ?)
Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis
* Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius - Fading out of bloom.
Rabbit's Foot Clover: Trifolium arvense - In bud.
Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Past bloom.
* American Vetch: Vicia americana var. americana
* Common Vetch: Vicia sativa
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum
* Deer Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus
Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus - Past bloom.
Redstem Ceanothus: Ceanothus sanguineus - Past bloom.
* Slender Clarkia: Clarkia gracilis
* Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea
Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Fruits well-formed.
Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum - Fruits well-formed.
Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatensis - Fruits well-formed.
Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Past bloom.
* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum
Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi
Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana (Perideridia gairdneri)
Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis
Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea
Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium
Showy Milkweed: Asclepias speciosa
* Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana - Beginning to bloom.
Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens / Primula conjugens - Past bloom.
* Starflower: Lysimachia latifolia
Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora
* Bluefield Gilia: Gilia capitata ssp. capitata
* Bolander's Babystars: Leptosiphon bolanderi - Fading out of bloom.
* Prickly Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta ssp. propinqua
Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa - Past bloom.
Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus - Long past bloom.
Ballheaded Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - Past bloom.
Varied-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla - Past bloom.
* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia var. hendersonii
Cryptanth: Cryptantha sp. - Small flowers.
* Cotton's Stickseed: Hackelia diffusa (var. cottonii ?)
Puccon: Lithospermum ruderale - Past bloom.
* Yellow and Blue Scorpion Grass: Myosotis discolor
* Blue Scorpion Grass: Myosotis micrantha
* Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri
* Hairy Indian Paintbrush: Castilleja tenuis
* Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii
* Bractless Hedge-hyssop: Gratiola ebracteata - Beginning to bloom.
* Marsh Speedwell: Veronica scutellata
* Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine
Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea
* Cascade Downingia: Downingia yina / pulcherrima
* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla
Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa
Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Long past bloom.
* Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides
* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Fading out of bloom.
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - Fading out of bloom.
* Tall Silvercrown: Cacaliopsis nardosmia - Beginning to bloom.
* Dusty Maidens: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii
* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var.
Western Marsh Cudweed: Gnaphalium palustre
White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum - In bud.
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - In bud.
Hareleaf: Lagophylla ramosissima
Cutleaf Silverpuffs: Microseris laciniata
* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans
Columbia Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma carthamoides var. carthamoides - In bud.
Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus - Past bloom.
Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale
Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
Animals Seen During This Hike:
California ground squirrels
Red-tailed hawk
Pileated woodpecker
Northern flicker
Common nighthawks
Common crows
Ravens
Black-headed grosbeaks
American robins
Spotted towhees
Western tanagers
Cassin's vireos
Dark-eyed juncos
Lazuli buntings
Pine siskins
House wrens
Red-breasted nuthatches
White-breasted nuthatches
Western fence lizard
Ochre ringlet
Pale swallowtail
Propertius duskywing
Honey bees