[Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington: 2025]

Wildflowers Currently in Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington

Unnamed Creek Entering South Dead Canyon from the South, Upper Klickitat River Drainage

Klickitat Oaks Phase 3, Columbia Land Trust

May 9, 2025

 

Vernally moist prairie east of Canyon Creek, Klickitat Wildlife Area.........May 22, 2015. The white flowers are hyacinth cluster lily (Triteleia hyacinthina).

* Indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Liverwort:

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Nuttall's Quillwort: Isoetes nuttalllii

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

California Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta ssp. californica

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

* Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis - Beginning to bloom.

* Needle Spikerush: Eleocharis acicularis

Pacific Rush: Juncus effusus (ssp. ?) - Streams. Native or introduced?

Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius ?

Long-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macrantha ? or Pacific Woodrush: Luzula comosa var. laxa ? - Past flowering. Lighter-colored bracts?

* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii var. lemmonii

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* Slender Hairgrass: Deschampsia elongata ?

Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudorogneria spicata

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum

Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus

* Common Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash - Beginning to bloom. ????????

Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum (var. pallidum ?) - Past bloom.

Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods ready to dehiss.

Columbia Tiger Lily: Lilium columbianum

* Panicled Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum

* Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum

Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis ?

Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp. - In bud.

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

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

*Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

Willow Dock: Rumex salicifolius (var. ?) - Native. In streams.

Western Springbeauty: Claytonia lanceolata - Past bloom.

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata

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

* Chamisso's Water Montia: Montia chamissoi

* Water Chickweed: Montia fontana - Numerous in stream. Opposite leaves.

* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis

Largeleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

* Tiny Mousetail: Myosurus minimus

* White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis var. diffusus

Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus

Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens

Oak Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii - Past bloom.

* Pennsylvania Bittercress: Cardamine pensylvanica - Streams

* Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna

Scalepod: Idahoa scapigera - Fruits well-developed

* Pepperweed: Lepidium heterophyllum ?

* Bog Yellow Cress: Rorippa palustris

Thin-leaf Goosberry-leaved Alumroot: Heuchera grossulariifolia var. tenuifolia - In bud.

Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (formerly L. bulbifera) - Senescing.

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Columbian Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia

* Swamp Saxifrage: Micranthes nidifica ?

* Merten's Saxifrage: Saxifraga mertensiana

* Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum var. sanguineum

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. alnifolia

* Woodland Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. californica

* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. glauca

* Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum

Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor var. discolor

Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa (former var. glandulosa ?) - In bud.

Sulfurflower: Potentilla recta

Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum

* Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa - Fading out of bloom.

* Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Beginning to bloom.

Baldhip Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

Rose: Rosa sp.

Shiny-leaf Spiraea: Spiraea lucida - In bud.

* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus

Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon decumbens var. decumbens (formerly Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis)

* Bog Deervetch: Hosackia pinnata - Beginning to bloom.

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus - Beginning to bloom.

* Common Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius - Beginning to bloom.

* American Vetch: Vicia americana

Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana

Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea

Deerbrush: Ceanothus integerrimus

* Redstem Ceanothus: Ceanothus sanguineus

Klamath Weed: Hypericum perforatum

Scouler's St. John's Wort: Hypericum scouleri

* Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus

Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea - Colorful leaves.

Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

Ciliate Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum

Angelica: Angelica sp.

Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum

* Fern-leaved Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum ?

* Klickitat (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense

* Large-fruit Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Yellow flowers.

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

Piper's Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - Fruits maturing.

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Mountain Yampah: Perideridia montana

* Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens - Beginning to bloom.

* Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

Night-blooming Morning Glory: Calystegia atriplicifolia ssp. atriplicifolia

Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium

Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana

Western Starflower: Lysimachia latifolia

* Poet's Shooting Star: Primula poetica

Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

Navarretia: Navarretia sp.

* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa - Peak bloom.

* Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus

Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

* Great Basin Nemophila: Nemophila brevifora

* Wood Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var.

* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata

Narrow-sepal Scorpion-weed: Phacelia hastata (var. leptosepala ?) - Many lobed leaves, many stems of equal size.

* Weakstem Cryptanth: Cryptantha flaccida - Fading out of bloom.

* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia var. hendersonii

Common Hound's Tongue: Cynoglossum officinale

* Blue Scorpionweed: Myosotis stricta

* Matted Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys scouleri or Harsh Popcorn-flower: Plagiobothrys hispidulus or Alkali Pocorn-flower: Plagiobothrys leptocladus ? - Wet swales.

* Slender Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus

Mint: Mentha sp. - Growing in creek.

Skullcap: Scutellaria sp.

* 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

* American Brooklime: Veronica americana

* Thyme-leaved Speedwell: Veronica serpyllifolia var. serpyllifolia

* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum (former var. occidentalis)

* Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

Bluebell Bellflower: Campanula rotundifolia

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera - Fading out of bloom.

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa

* Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana x deltoidea ?

Tall Silvercrown: Cacaliopsis nardosmia

Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare

Hall's Goldenweed: Columbiadoria hallii

Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia - In bud.

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

Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum (var. lanatum?)

Rough-leaved Aster: Eurybia radulina

* Smallhead Tarweed: Hemizonella minima - Beginning to bloom. Leaves all opposite.

White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

Meadow Hawkweed: Hieracium cespitosum - In bud.

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

Sweet Marsh Butterweed: Senecio hydrophiloides

* White Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus

Western Mountain Aster: Symphyotrichum spathulatum

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Animals Seen Along this Hike:

Black Bear Tracks

Cougar Tracks

Western Fence Lizards

Anise Swallowtails

Pale Swallowtails

Julia's Orangetips

Propertius Duskywings

Silvery Blues ?


Paul Slichter