[Wildflower Bloom Reports for Washington & Oregon] [Columbia River Gorge Wildflower Bloom Reports for 2003]
March 30, 2002
A field trip sponsored by the Native Plant Society of Oregon
*1. Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum- Many trees now in bloom.
2. Bicolored Cluster Lily: Brodiaea howellii- A number of plants within a week of bloom.
*3. Common Camas: Camassia quamash- Beginning to bloom above the Old Highway.
*4. Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum- A few in bloom.
*5. Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria lanceolata- A few in bloom.
*6. Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica- A few still in bloom, especially higher up the hillsides.
*7. Meadow Death-camas: Zigadenus venosus var. venonosus- Common.
*8. Striped Coral Root: Corallorhiza striata- Several in bloom below the oaks.
*8. Grass Widows: Sisyrinchium douglasii -A few still in bloom.
9. Common Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata var. californica- Getting close to blooming.
*10. Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia (Montia) perfoliata- Common.
11. Bitter Root: Lewisia rediviva- A few with flower buds visible.
*12. Water Chickweed: Montia fontana- Numerous
*13. Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis- Common.
*14. Chickweed: Stellaria media- Numerous
*15. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum- A few trying to bloom along the creek.
*16. Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis- Pretty numerous bloom.
*17. Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis (Mahonia) aquifolium- Fairly numerous.
*18. Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma- Fairly common.
*19. Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine pulcherrima var. pulcherrima- Beginning to bloom.
*20. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna- Numerous bloom.
*21. Rough Wallflower: Erysimum asperum- A few in bloom along the western approaches to Catherine Creek.
*22. Dutchman's Breeches: Dicentra cucullaria- Several in bloom.
*23. Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora- A few in bloom.
*24. Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia -Many still in bloom.
*25. Western Saxifrage: Saxifraga occidentalis -A few in bloom.
*26. Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia- A few in bloom.
*27. Bicolored Lupine: Lupinus bicolor- Still a week away from bloom along the Old Highway just west of Major Creek.
*28. Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus- A few in bloom at low elevation along the Old Highway at the west and east ends of the Catherine Creek plateau.
*29. Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus- Numerous.
30. Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - A few nearly in bloom.
*31. Filaree: Erodium cicutarium- A few in bloom.
*32. Cut-leaf Violet: Viola sheltonii- A few in bloom.
*33. Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum -A few plants in bloom, mostly going to seed.
*34. Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayii - Very common.
*35. Slender-fruit Desert Parsley: Lomatium leptocarpum- Fairly common. Until seeds are examined, these could be L. triternatum or perhaps both species are present .
*36. Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum (yellow flowered form)- Fairly common.
*37. Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule- Fairly common.
*38. Sierra Snake Root: Sanicula graveolens- A few close to blooming.
*39. Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens- A few in bloom
*40. Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum- Common.
*41. Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis- Common.
*42. Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii- A few in bloom.
*43. Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata- A few in bloom.
*44. Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora- A few in bloom.
*45. Silver-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata- A few coming into bloom.
*46. Great Hound's Tongue: Cynoglossum grande- Several in bloom.
*47. Rusty Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys nothofulvus- Numerous bloom above the power lines, towards the slopes above Major Creek.
*48. Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri ?- Numerous in wet areas.
*49. Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus- Numerous.
*50. Henbit: Lamium amplexicaule- A few close to bloom.
*51. Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora- Common
*52. Few-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia sparsiflora- Fairly common, including many albino plants.
*53. Chickweed Monkey Flower: Mimulus alsinoides- Numerous in seeps.
*54. Dwarf Owl-clover: Orthocarpus pusillus- Numerous.
*55. Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora var. purpurea- Very numerous.
*56. Bedstraw/ Cleavers: Galium aparine- Numerous, but only in bloom near the Old Highway.
*57. Long-spurred Plectritis: Plectritis ciliosa- A few in bloom.
*58. Rosy Plectritis: Plectritis congesta- Numerous.
*59. White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera- Numerous along the Old Highway just west of Major Creek.
*60. Bigroot/ Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus- A few in bloom.
*61. Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea- A few in bloom near the arch.
*62. Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule -Many still in bloom.
*63. False Agoseris: Microseris troximoides- A few in bloom.
64. Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus- A few nearing bloom.
*65. 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?