Wildflower bloom in the western Columbia River Gorge.
March 26, 2004* indicates the wildflower is blooming.
*1. Skunk Cabbage: Lysichiton americanum - In swampy areas.
3. Western Solomon Plume: Smilacina racemosa - Stems are elongating and bloom should be soon!
*4. Wood Lily: Trillium ovatum - Past peak bloom at lower elevations.
*5. Miner's Lettuce: Montia perfoliata - Numerous.
6. Larkspur: Delphinium species - Almost in bloom. Leaves similar to D. menziesii ?
*7. Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium - Numerous.
*8. Bleeding Heart: Dicentra formosa - Beginning bloom.
*9. Field Mustard: Brassica campestris - A few.
*10. Little Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma - Numerous.
*11. Slender Toothwort: Cardamine pulcherrima var. tenella - Numerous.
*12. Honesty / Silver Dollar Plant: Lunaria annua - A few beginning to bloom.
*13. Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabra - Common on cliffs at Oneonta Gorge.
*14. Western Saxifrage: Saxifraga occidentalis - Common on cliffs at Oneonta Gorge.
*15. Straggly Gooseberry: Ribes divaricatum - A few in bloom east of Multnomah Falls.
*16. Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum - Becoming more numerous.
*17. Indian Plum: Oemleria cerasiformis - Numerous but past peak.
*18. Sour Cherry: Prunus cerasus - A few in bloom.
*19. Salmonberry: Rubus spectabilis - A few in bloom.
*20. Martindale's Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei - Only a few in bloom on rocky, north-facing cliffs near the road.
*21. Sitka Mist Maidens: Romanzoffia sitchensis - Common on cliffs at Oneonta Gorge.
*22. Red Dead Nettle: Lamium purpureum - Numerous along the roads.
*23. Columbia Kittentails: Synthyris stellata - In nice bloom both to the west of and east of Multnomah Falls in places where snow drifts and hangs late into the spring.
*24. Red Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa - Beginning bloom.
*25. English Daisy: Bellis perenne - A few on grassy areas in the state parks.
*26. Sweet Colt's Foot: Petasites frigidus - Some in bloom.
*27. Common Groundsel: Senecio vulgaris - Unfortunately, too numerous (as is Vinca which is also in bloom.).
*28. Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum - Numerous, but beginning bloom.
*1. Manzanita: Arctostaphylos columbiana - A few in bloom above dry, open roadcuts east of Starvation Creek.
*2. Smooth-leaf Douglasia: Douglasia laevigata var. laevigata - Beginning to bloom on shaded cliffs to the west of Hood River
It has been reported that there is a nice bloom of glacier lilies (Erythronium grandiflorum) to the east of Mosier, OR.