[2004 Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Columbia River Gorge]

Columbia River Gorge

Wildflower bloom in the western Columbia River Gorge.

March 26, 2004

Romanzoffia sitchensis

Wildflower bloom near along the Old Gorge Highway Between Bridal Veil and Ainsworth

* 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.


Additional Species Blooming Along Interstate 84 Between Cascade Locks & Hood River

*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.
Paul Slichter