[Columbia River Gorge Wildflower Reports: 2006]
Currently Blooming Wildflowers in the Columbia River Gorge

Columbia Hills and Stacker Butte

(includes portions of the Columbia Hills Natural Area Preserve)

June 3, 2006

Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum douglasii var. tenue

* Indicates the Plant is Currently in Bloom

1. Rush: Juncus sp. ? - In mud around a small pond just below the lowest microwave tower on Stacker Butte.

* 2. Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum -

* 3. Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum -

* 4. Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum douglasii var. tenue -

* 5. Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata - Still in bloom on north-facing slopes.

* 6. Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva -

* 7. Franklin's Sandwort: Arenaria franklinii var. franklinii -

* 8. Common Mousetail: Myosurus minimus - In mud around a small pond just below the lowest microwave tower on Stacker Butte.

* 9. White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis var. capillaceus - In mud around a small pond just below the lowest microwave tower on Stacker Butte.

* 10. Sickle-pod Rock Cress: Arabis sparsiflora var. atrorubens -

* 11. Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum (Erysimum asperum) -

* 12. Yakima Milk-vetch: Astragalus reventiformis -

* 13. Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus -

* 14. Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus -

* 15. Whitish Lupine: Lupinus bingensis (formerly Lupinus leucopsis or L. sulphureus var. subsaccatus)

* 16. Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus -

* 17. Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus -

* 18. Yellow Prairie Violet: Viola nuttallii -

* 19. Slender-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium leptocarpum -

* 20. Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - A few still in bloom.

* 21. Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum -

* 22. Columbia Frasera: Swertia albicaulis (formerly Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana) -

* 23. Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora -

* 24. Hood's Phlox: Phlox hoodii - A few still in bloom atop the ridge.

* 25. Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa -

* 26. Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa -

* 27. Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia -

* 28. Corn Gromwell: Lithospermum arvense -

* 29. Blue Scorpion-grass: Myosotis micrantha -

* 30. Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri - In mud around a small pond just below the lowest microwave tower on Stacker Butte.

* 31. Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida -

32. Gairdner's Penstemon: Penstemon gairdneri var. gairdneri -

* 33. Sticky-stem Penstemon: Penstemon glandulosus var. glandulosus -

34. Large-flowered Agoseris: Agoseris grandiflora -

* 35. Arrow-leaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata - A few still in bloom.

* 36. Bearded Hawksbeard: Crepis barbigera - tall and greenish

* 37. Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis -

* 38. Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium -

* 39. Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus - A few still in bloom.

* 40. Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinalis -

Animals Seen Along this Hike:

3 Red-tailed Hawks

Harrier

Kestrel

Lewis' Woodpecker

Gray Partridge

California Quail

Western Bluebirds

Yellow-bellied Marmot: Marmota flaviventris

Alligator Lizard

Short-horned Lizard

Western Fence Lizard

Paul Slichter