Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge: 2006

* Indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom!

Old Columbia Gorge Highway (MP 31.1)

* Columbia Kittentails, Mountain Kittentails: Synthyris missurica ssp. stellata (formerly Synthyris stellata) - A few have bloomed at this spot for the past few weeks, with the leaves now starting to appear.

Mouth of Oneonta Gorge

* 1. Common Chickweed: Stellaria media -

* 2. Western Saxifrage: Saxifraga occidentalis -

Wachlella Falls Trail

* 1. Red Alder: Alnus rubra - Catkins dangling from the ends of the branches.

2. Slender Toothwort: Cardamine pulcherrima var. tenella -

* 3. Western Saxifrage: Saxifraga occidentalis -

* 4. Osoberry: Oemlaria cerasiformis - A few beginning to bloom near the freeway.

5. English Ivy: Hedera helix - Many vines have been pulled off the trees and slopes here, but a few remained entwined around their host trees.

* 6. Columbia Kittentails, Mountain Kittentails: Synthyris missurica ssp. stellata (formerly Synthyris stellata) -

* 7. Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule -

* 8. Sweet Colt's Foot: Petasites frigidus - Beginning to bloom in moist cliffside seeps.