[Columbia River Gorge Wildflower Bloom Reports for 2007] - [Wildflower Destinations in the Columbia River Gorge]

Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington

Wildflowers seen along the Dalles Mt. Road

March 17, 2007

Western Gopher Snake: Pituophis catenifer

Gopher Snake: Pituophis catenifer

Directions to the Dalles Mt. Road

*Indicates Plant is currently in bloom.

* Willow: Salix sp.

* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica: Fading below, in good bloom above.

* Douglas' Grass Widow: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii

* Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna - Commonat all elevations elevations.

* Fringe Pod: Thysanocarpus curvipes - Plants are very small, but beginning to bloom at moderate elevations.

* Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum - Fairly common.

* Brittle-leaved Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa - Fairly numerous in moist soils along the lower section of the road.

* Woolly-pod Milk-vetch: Astragalus purshii - A few plants in full bloom at mid to upper elevations along the road.

* Columbia Gorge Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius (formerly var. thompsonianus) - Flower buds on racemes becoming visible on south exposures at medium elevation.

* Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - A few plants beginning to bloom at mid elevations.

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium- A few in bloom at lower elevations.

* Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsely: Lomatium papilioniferum - Beginning to bloom.

* Biscuit Root: Lomatium macrocarpum - White flowered versions beginning to bloom, not common.

* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - A few in bloom.

* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - Abundant.

* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum - Several plants seen in bloom at lower elevations along the road.

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis- Small plants, beginning to bloom.

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Small plants, beginning to bloom at all elevations.

* Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana x deltoidea - A few plants beginning to bloom.

* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Many in bloom at all elevations.


Animals Seen along the Dalles Mt. Road:

1. Horned Larks- Many

2. Western Bluebirds- 2

3. Junco - 1

4. Starlings - Numerous

5. Western Meadowlarks - Numerous

6. American Robins - Numerous

7. Northern Flickers - 2

8. Red-tailed Hawks

9. Harriers - 5 (2 pairs and 1 individual)

10. Prairie Falcon

11. Ravens- several pairs

12. California Ground Squirrels - Numerous

13. Western Gopher Snake


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