[Columbia River Gorge Wildflower Bloom Reports for 2004] - [Wildflower Destinations in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington

Catherine Creek

March 27, 2004

Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis

Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis

* Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum- Many trees now in bloom.

* Common Camas: Camassia quamash - Beginning to bloom above the Old Highway.

* Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis - A few in bloom.

* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - A fair amount still in bloom, especially higher up the hillsides.

* Meadow Death-camas: Zigadenus venenosum var. venenosum- Common.

* Grass Widows: Sisyrinchium douglasii -A few still in bloom.

Common Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata var. californica- Getting close to blooming.

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata - Common.

* Water Chickweed: Montia fontana - Numerous

* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis - Common.

* Chickweed: Stellaria media - Numerous

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - A few trying to bloom along the creek.

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis - Pretty numerous bloom.

* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium- Fairly numerous.

* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma- Fairly common.

* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii - Beginning to bloom.

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna- Numerous bloom.

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum - A few in bloom.

* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia - Many still in bloom.

*Rusty-hair Saxifrage: Micranthes rufidula - A few in bloom.

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia - A few in bloom.

* Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius - A few in bloom at low elevation along the Old Highway at the west and east ends of the Catherine Creek plateau.

Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - A few nearly in bloom.

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium - A few in bloom.

Cut-leaf Violet: Viola sheltonii - Lots of leaves.

* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - A few plants in bloom, mostly going to seed.

* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense - Very common.

* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum - Fairly common. Until seeds are examined, these could be L. triternatum or perhaps both species are present .

* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Fairly common.

* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - Fairly common.

* Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum

* Sierra Snake Root: Sanicula graveolens - A few close to blooming.

* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens - A few in bloom

* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum - Common.

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Common.

* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii- A few in bloom.

* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata - A few in bloom.

* Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora - A few in bloom.

* Silver-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata - A few coming into bloom.

* Great Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grandis - Several in bloom.

* Rusty Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys nothofulvus - Numerous bloom above the power lines, towards the slopes above Major Creek.

* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus - Numerous.

* Henbit: Lamium amplexicaule - A few in bloom.

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Common

* Few-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia sparsiflora var. bruceae - Fairly common, including many albino plants.

* Common Monkey Flower: Erythranthe guttata - A few in bloom near the old highway.

* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella - A few in bloom.

* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum - Very numerous.

* Cleavers: Galium aparine - Numerous, but only in bloom near the Old Highway.

* Long-spurred Plectritis: Plectritis ciliosa - A few in bloom.

* Rosy Plectritis: Plectritis congesta - Numerous.

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera - Numerous along the Old Highway just west of Major Creek.

* Bigroot: Marah oreganus- A few in bloom.

* Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana x deltoidea - A few in bloom near the arch.

* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule -Many still in bloom, several with blooms roughly the diameter of a half dollar coin.

* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - Numerous.

Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus - A few nearing bloom.

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale - Fairly common in disturbed areas.


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