[Columbia River Gorge Wildflower Reports]

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

Catherine Creek

May 9, 2004

Ookow: Dichelostemma congesta

* Indicates a wildflower currently in bloom.

* Taper-tipped Onion: Allium accuminatum- A few in bloom at lower elevations, many with well-formed buds.

* Ball-head Cluster Lily: Dichelostemma congesta

* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii - In bloom, but going out of bloom at lower elevations.

* Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum var. venenosum - Only in bloom at higher elevations.

* Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum -

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

* Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata

* Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis - Mostly out of bloom.

* California Poppy: Eschscholzia californica

* Nootka Rose: Rosa nutkana (var. ?)

* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus

* Spanish-clover: Acmispon americanus var. americanus

* Columbia Gorge Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius - Beginning bloom.

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus

* Alfalfa: Medicago sativa

* Cup Clover: Trifolium cyathiferum

* Sand Clover: Trifolium wildenovii

* Tufted Vetch:Vicia cracca ?

* Tiny Vetch: Vicia hirsuta ?

* Common Vetch: Vicia sativa

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

* Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum

* Deer Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus

* Chervil: Anthriscus scandina

* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

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

* Pacific Sanicle: Sanicula crassicaulis

* Baby Stars: Linanthus bicolor

* Dalmatian Toad-flax: Linaria dalmatica

* Narrow-leaf Owl-clover: Castileja attenuata

* Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

* Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea

* Rosy Plectritis: Plectritis congesta - Only in bloom at upper elevations.

* Wild Cucumber : Marah oreganus

* Spear-leaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

* Bachelor's Button: Centaurea cyanus

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - A few are in bud.

* False Dandelion: Hypochaeris radicata

* Tarweed: Madia sp. (gracilis or sativa ?)

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale


Animals Seen at Catherine Creek:

1. Turkey Vulture

2. Mourning Doves

3. Crows

4. Flycatcher

5. Red-breasted Nuthatches

6. Chipping Sparrow

7. Western Bluebirds

8. Meadow Lark

9. American Robin

10. Violet-green Swallows

11. Western Fence Lizard


Paul Slichter