* Grass Widow: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Fading bloom, perhaps not a good year for the bloom of this species through much of the gorge.
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Numerous bloom.
* Brittle-leaved Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa - Several in bloom.
* Gorman's Salt and Pepper: Lomatium gormanii
* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense
* Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum - A few plants in bloom with pungent leaves just peeking out of the ground.
* Salt & Pepper: Lomatium piperi - A few still in bloom.
* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens - A few beginning to bloom.
Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana x deltoidea -
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Moderate bloom on the higher slopes.
Thread-leaf Fleabane: Erigeron filifolius -
Cushion Fleabane: Erigeron poliospermus var. poliospermus ? -
Animals Seen: Ravens, Golden Eagle
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata - A few in bud higher on the canyon walls.
* Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna - numerous
* Smooth Prairie Stars: Lithophragma glabrum - Fairly numerous although small.
Northwest Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia - A few beginning to bloom in moist grasslands in shaded areas high on the canyon walls.
Sweet Almond: Prunus dulcis
Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus - Some plants about 8-10 inches high, but not sign yet of any racemes.
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium - Moderate bloom.
Fern leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum ? - Colorful leaves emerging. Sorry, I still need to look at the key to confirm which variety it is.
* Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum - Beginning bloom on rock outcrops.
Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - Numerous seedlings emerging.
* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - Going to seed below, still in bloom but fading high on the canyon walls.
Long-leaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia - Many plants seen but not in bloom yet.
Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Some with flower buds beginning to form.
Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana ? - Numerous plants, but mostly with a few leaves emerging from the ground and a few flower heads beginning to form.
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Moderate bloom on the higher slopes.
Animals Seen: Bushtits, Dark-eyed Juncos, Rock Wren, American Robins, Red-winged Blackbirds, English Starlings, Ravens, Great-blue Heron, Common Merganser