[Columbia River Gorge Wildflower Reports]

Currently Blooming Wildflowers in the Columbia River Gorge

August 29, 2004

Oregon Highway 206 1 mile East of Celilo, OR

Hairy Goldaster

N 45 38.952' ----- W 121 56.281' ---- Elevation: 177' ----- +/- 23'

* Indicates a wildflower currently in bloom.

* 1. Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum

* 2. Wiry Knotweed: Polygonum majus

* 3. Tumbleweed: Salsola kali

* 4. Spanish-clover: Lotus purshiana

* 5. Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum (E. paniculatum)

* 6. Narrow-leaf Milkweed: Asclepias fasciculata

7. Hemp Dogbane: Apocynum cannabinum - Past bloom.

* 8. Varied-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla

9. Dragon Wormwood: Artemisia dracunculus - In bud.

* 10. Western Wormwood: Artemisia ludoviciana

* 11. Horseweed: Conyza canadensis

* 12. Hairy Goldaster: Chrysopsis villosa

* 13. Gray Rabbit Brush: Ericameria nauseosa var. albicaulis

* 14. Green Rabbit Brush: Ericameria viscidiflora var. lanceolatus

* 15. Common Sunflower: Helianthus annuus

* 16. Hoary Aster: Machaeranthera canescens

* 17. Western Goldenrod: Solidago canadensis


Paul Slichter