[Columbia River Gorge Wildflower Bloom Reports Prior to 2002] - [Wildflower Destinations in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington

Summit of the Dalles Mt. Road (in the vicinity of the Microwave Station)

March 22, 2002

Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum

Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum

* Indicates Plant is in bloom.

* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica- Beginning to bloom out.

* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum - Beginning to bloom out.

* Dalles Mt. Buttercup: Ranunculus triternatus - Numerous

* Chickweed: Stellaria media- A few in bloom.

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Many in bloom.

* Canby's Desert Parsley: Lomatium canbyi - A few in bloom.

* Biscuit Root: Lomatium macrocarpum (white-flowered form) -

* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - A few in bloom.Numerous.

* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium gormanii/ piperi- Numerous.

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis- Numerous.

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Numerous.

* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Many in bloom at the west end.


Wildflowers seen along the Dalles Mountain Road from Washington Highway 14 to the Dalles Mountain Summit:

* Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum -Fairly common, especially on steep slopes or along the upper edges of cliffs.

Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius (formerly var. thompsonii) - Flower buds on racemes becoming visible.

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium- A few in bloom.

* Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsely: Lomatium papilioniferum - Numerous bloom.

* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule- A few in bloom.

* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - A few in bloom.

* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum - A few in bloom.

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis- Numerous.

* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa- A few in bloom along the road.

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Numerous.

* Carey's (hybrid ?) Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana x deltoidea - Beginning to bloom to the east of the state park.

* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule -Many in bloom at the west end.

* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - A few in bloom


Animals Seen along the Dalles Mt. Road:

1. Horned Lark- Many


Paul Slichter