* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.
* Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum- Many trees now in bloom.
Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii - A number of plants within a week of bloom.
* Common Camas: Camassia quamash- Beginning to bloom above the Old Highway.
* Pale-anthered Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - A few in bloom.
* Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis - A few in bloom.
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica- A few still in bloom, especially higher up the hillsides.
* Meadow Death-camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum var. venonosum- Common.
* Striped Coral Root: Corallorhiza striata- Several in bloom below the oaks.
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii -A few still in bloom.
Common Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata var. californica- Getting close to blooming.
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata- Common.
Bitter Root: Lewisia rediviva- A few with flower buds visible.
* Water Chickweed: Montia fontana- Numerous
* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis- Common.
* Chickweed: Stellaria media- Numerous
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - A few trying to bloom along the creek.
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis - Pretty numerous bloom.
* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium- Fairly numerous.
* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma - Fairly common.
* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii - Beginning to bloom.
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna- Numerous bloom.
* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum - A few in bloom along the western approaches to Catherine Creek.
* Dutchman's Breeches: Dicentra cucullaria- Several in bloom.
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum - A few in bloom.
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia -Many still in bloom.
* Rusty-hair Saxifrage: Micranthes rufidula -A few in bloom.
* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia- A few in bloom.
* Bicolored Lupine: Lupinus bicolor- Still a week away from bloom along the Old Highway just west of Major Creek.
* Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius - A few in bloom at low elevation along the Old Highway at the west and east ends of the Catherine Creek plateau.
* Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus- Numerous.
Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - A few nearly in bloom.
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium- A few in bloom.
* Cut-leaf Violet: Viola sheltonii- A few in bloom.
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum -A few plants in bloom, mostly going to seed.
* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense
* Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum - Very common.
* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum - Fairly common. Until seeds are examined, these could be L. triternatum or perhaps both species are present .
* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum (yellow flowered form) - Fairly common.
* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule- Fairly common.
* Sierra Snake Root: Sanicula graveolens- A few close to blooming.
* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens- A few in bloom
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum- Common.
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis- Common.
* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii- A few in bloom.
* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata- A few in bloom.
* Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora- A few in bloom.
* Silver-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata - A few coming into bloom.
* Great Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grandis - Several in bloom.
* Rusty Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys nothofulvus- Numerous bloom above the power lines, towards the slopes above Major Creek.
* Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri ?- Numerous in wet areas.
* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus- Numerous.
* Henbit: Lamium amplexicaule- A few close to bloom.
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora- Common
* Few-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia sparsiflora var. bruceae - Fairly common, including many albino plants.
* Chickweed Monkey Flower: Erythranthe alsinoides- Numerous in seeps.
* Dwarf Owl-clover: Triphysaria pusilla - Numerous.
* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum - Very numerous.
* Bedstraw/ Cleavers: Galium aparine- Numerous, but only in bloom near the Old Highway.
* Long-spurred Plectritis: Plectritis ciliosa- A few in bloom.
* Rosy Plectritis: Plectritis congesta- Numerous.
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera- Numerous along the Old Highway just west of Major Creek.
* Bigroot/ Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus- A few in bloom.
* Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana x deltoidea- A few in bloom near the arch.
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule -Many still in bloom.
* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides- A few in bloom.
Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus- A few nearing bloom.
* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale- Fairly common in disturbed areas.
2. Stellers Jay
4. Dark-eyed Junco-
6. Starlings (Numerous)
8. Western Fence Lizard (Several)
9. Gopher Snake
10. Bumble Bees
11. Hoover Flies (pollinating Midget Phlox)
12. White butterfly with orange wing-tips.- Sarah's Orange-tip?
13. Many Satyr Anglewings?