[2005 Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Columbia River Gorge]

Columbia River Gorge
April 24, 2005

Pale Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata var. pallida as photographed at the BLM parcel along OR Highway 206 about 1 mile east of Celilo, OR.....................April 24, 2005.
* indicates the wildflower is blooming.

BLM Parcel along OR Highway 206 M.P. 1.1

1. Willow: Salix sp.

*2. Bicolored Cluster Lily: Brodiaea howellii -

*3. Pale Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata var. pallida -

*4. Veiny Dock: Rumex venosus - Now beginning to bloom.

*5. Jim Hill Mustard: Sisymbrium altissimum - Beginning to bloom.

6. Leiberg's Stonecrop: Sedum leibergii - Moderate amounts of leafy rosettes on the rock outcrops.

7. Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - In bud.

*8. Antelope Bitter Brush: Purshia tridentata - In full bloom.

9. Rose: Rosa species (R. nutkana?) - In bud, 1 flower bud per inflorescence?

10. Lupine: Lupinus bicolor or L. micranthus - Small annual, not in bloom yet.

11. Lance-leaf Scurf-pea: Psoralea lanceolata - Not in bloom yet.

*12. Filaree: Erodium cicutarium - Moderate bloom.

13. Poison Oak: Rhus radicans - In bud.

*14. Chervil: Anthriscus scandicina - Numerous, small plants.

*15. Smooth Desert Parsley: Lomatium laevigatum - A few plants still in bloom.

*16. Long-leaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia - A few plants in bloom.

*17. Silver-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. compacta -

*18. Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia lycopsoides -

*19. Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine - Beginning to bloom.

*20. Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha -

*21. Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana var. intermedia -

*22. Tumble Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa -

*23. Thread-leaf Fleabane: Erigeron filifolius -

24. Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum - In bud.

25. Mistletoe: ? Found on the Salix above.

A close-up of the inflorescence of Veiny Dock: Rumex venosus as seen at the BLM Parcel..................April 24, 2005.

Paul Slichter