Today the weather was in the mid to high 60s with clear, sunny skies and a slight breeze from the west but gustier in exposed locations!
Relatively complete wildflower list for the Klickitat Wildlife Area.
* indicates the plant is currenlty in bloom.
Brittle Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
Nuttall's Quillwort: Isoetes nuttallii
Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum ssp. pubescens
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Bigleaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum
California Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta var. californica
* Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri
* Long-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macrantha
* Soft Brome: Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus
* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides
Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis
* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa
Bluebunch Bluegrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.
Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii ? - In bud.
Green-banded Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus
Pale-anthered Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - Past bloom.
* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. howellii
* Panicled Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum - Beginning to bloom.
* Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum - Beginning to bloom.
Mountain Lady Slippers: Cypripedium montanum - In bud.
Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana
* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra
* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis
* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis
* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium
* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum - Beginning to bloom.
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii
* Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata
Chokecherry: Prunus virginianus var. melanocarpa
Litle Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa
Douglas' Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii (var. ?)
* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus
* Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius - Begining to bloom.
* Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus
* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Deer Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus
Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea
Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Past bloom.
* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense
* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Suksdorf's Desert Parsley: Lomatium suksdorfii
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum
Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea
Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum/Primula poetica
* Baker's Linanthus: Leptosiphon bolanderi
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa
* Ballhead Desert Parsley: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii
* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale
* Yellow and Blue Forget-me-not: Myosotis discolor
* Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri ?
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa
Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha
* Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides
* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia
* NW Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea ?
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fading out of bloom.
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri (former var. cynoglossoides)
* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides
* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus