[2005 Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Columbia River Gorge]

Columbia River Gorge

 

April 24, 2005

Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus as photographed at the base of cliffs about one mile west of Celilo, OR.....................April 24, 2005.
* indicates the wildflower is blooming.

The photo at right shows a close-up of the flower of Ribes niveum, photographed at the base of cliffs about one mile west of Celilo, OR.................April 24, 2005. Note the pubescent filaments.

Cliffs along Interstate 84 just west of Celilo, OR

approximately MP 95.0-95.6 on the south side of Interstate 84

 

*1. Bicolored Cluster Lily: Brodiaea howellii - A few in bloom.

*2. Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella -

*3. Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata -

*4. Creeping Oregon Grape: Mahonia (Berberis) repens -

*5. Thick-leaf Thelypody: Thelypodium laciniatum var. laciniatum - White-flowered form.

*6. Roundleaf Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica -

*7. Snow Gooseberry: Ribes niveum - Going out of bloom.

8. Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - In bud.

9. Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora -

*10. Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia -

*11. Filaree: Erodium cicutarium - Moderate bloom.

12. Poison Oak: Rhus radicans - In bud.

*13. Chervil: Anthriscus scandacina - numerous small plants.

*14. Smooth Desert Parsley: Lomatium laevigatum -

*15. Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - Numerous plants.

16. Creek Dogwood: Cornus stolonifera var. occidentalis - In bud.

*17. Long-leaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia -

*18. Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia lycopsoides -

*19. Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus -

*20. Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora var. purpurea - A few in bloom.

*21. Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine -

*22. White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera -

23. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

*24. Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Some still in bloom.

*25. Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza (careyana?)- On cliffs above, not viewed directly.

*26. Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum

*27. Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale


Paul Slichter