[Wildflower Bloom Reports for Washington & Oregon] [Columbia River Gorge Wildflower Bloom Reports Prior to 2002]
Directions to the East Bank of the Deschutes River
* Indicates Plant is in bloom.
Common Camas: Camassia quamash - A few with flower buds showing.
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica- Some still in full bloom at higher elevations.
Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum- Not in bloom yet.
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum- Not in bloom.
Snow Buckwheat: Eriogonum niveum - Not in bloom.
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata- Many in bloom.
* Chickweed: Stellaria media- A few in bloom.
* Little Western Bitter Cress: Cardamine oligosperma- Many in bloom, many going to seed.
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna- Many in bloom.
Thick-leaf Thelypody: Thelypodium laciniatum var. laciniatum- Several plants not quite in bloom.
* Fringe Pods: Thysanocarpus curvipes- Numerous
* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera (Now included as part of Lithophragma glabrum.) - Several plants seen.
* Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum -Fairly common, especially on steep slopes or along the upper edges of cliffs.
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum - Numerous.
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia- Fairly common at the east end of the trail.
* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum - One plant in bloom.
* Almond: Prunus dulcis
Howell's Milk-vetch: Astragalus howellii - Several seen, not in bloom.
* Woolly-pod Milk-vetch: Astragalus purshii var. glareosus - Fairly common on undisturbed soils.
Kellogg's Spurred Lupine: Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus ?- This species is similar to Lupinus arbustus in having a spurred calyx, but differs from the latter in not having tiny hairs on the upper tip of the wing petals and in having longer upper calyx lobes.
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium- Common.
* Fern-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum
* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule- A few in bloom.
* Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum - Numerous bloom.
* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi- Several going to seed.
* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum - A few in bloom.
* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/Primula conjugens- A few in bloom
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/Primula poeticum- A few in bloom along the creek near the east trailhead and sporadically along the trail.
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis- A few in bloom.
* Long-leaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia- Numerous
* Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia lycopsoides- Numerous
Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale- One almost in bloom.
* Weak-stem Cryptantha: Cryptantha flaccida ? - Numerous
* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus- A few in bloom.
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera- Numerous.
* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla- Fairly numerous
* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha- A few seen.
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana- Plants are small but in fairly numerous bloom.
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule -Many in bloom.
* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides- Only one seen.
Bushtits (Several)
Golden-crowned Sparrows (Several)
White-crowned Sparrows (Several)
American Robins (Several)
Double-crested Cormorants - 5 or 6.
Black-billed Magpie (1)
Meadowlarks (Numerous)
Ravens - A pair.
Violet-green Swallows (Several)
Dark-eyed Juncos (Numerous)
Canyon Wren (One inquisitive wren seen at close range.)
California Ground Squirrel