[Columbia River Gorge Wildflower Bloom Reports for 2008]

A Native Plant Society of Oregon Trip

*Indicates Plant is in bloom.

(CC = Catherine Creek) (MC = Major Creek) (3BL = 3 Bench Loop/ Doug's Beach) (TDMR = The Dalles Mt. Road) (EWH = East of Wishram Heights) (HB = Horsethief Butte) (E97 = East of US Highway 97)

1. Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum - (CC*), (3BL*), (TDMR*), (HB*)

2. Great Camas: Camassia leichtinii (CC- In bud.)

3. Common Camas: Camassia quamash (CC - In bud.)

4. Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis (F. lanceolata) (CC*)

5. Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - (CC* but fading), (TDMR*)

6. Panicled Death Camas: Zigadenus paniculatus - (3BL*)

7. Meadow Death-camas: Zigadenus venonosus var. venonosus - (3BL*),

8. Douglas' Grass Widow: Olsynium douglasii (formerly Sisyrinchium douglasii) - (CC*),

9. Grass Widow: Olsynium inflatum (formerly Sisyrinchium douglasii var. inflatum) - (TDMR*)

10. Water Chickweed: Montia fontana - (CC*)

11. Miner's-lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata - (E97*)

12. Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva - (CC - In bud.)

13. Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis - (CC*),

14. Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum - (E97 - In bud.)

15. Chickweed: Stellaria media- (3BL*),

16. Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis - (CC*)

17. The Dalles Mt. Buttercup: Ranunculus trisectus (old Ranunculus reconditus) - (TDMR*)

18. Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium - (TDMR*), (HB*)

19. Dutchman's Breeches: Dicentra cucullaria - (MC*)

20. Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii (formerly Cardamine pulcherrima var. pulcherrima) - (MC*)

21. Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna - (CC*), (3BL*), (TDMR*), (HB*), (E97*)

22. Pale Wallflower: Erysimum occidentale - (E97*)

23. Dagger Pod: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides - (TDMR*)

24. Fringe Pod: Thysanocarpus curvipes - (E97*) (3BL*), (TDMR*)

25. Bulblet prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (old Lithophragma bulbifera) - (TDMR*), (HB*), (E97*)

26. Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (old Lithophragma glabra) - (CC*), (3BL*), (E97*)

27. Small-flowerd Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora - (CC*),

28. Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. claytoniifolia - (CC*), (3BL*), (TDMR*), (HB*)

29. Western Saxifrage: Saxifraga occidentalis - (CC*),

*30. Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum - Cliffs west of Courtney Rd (to the east of Bingen, WA)

31. Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia - (CC - In bud.)

32. Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - (E97 - In bud.)

33. Woolly-pod Milk-vetch: Astragalus purshii - (TDMR*)

34. The Dalles Milk-vetch: Astragalus sclerocarpus - (E97 - In bud.)

35. Bicolored Lupine: Lupinus bicolor - (3BL*)

36. Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus - (CC*), (TDMR - In bud.), (E97 - In bud.)

37. Whitish Lupine: Lupinus leucopsis var. mollis - (EWH*)

38. Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus - (CC*),

39. Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - (TDMR*)

40. Filaree: Erodium cicutarium - (CC*), (3BL*), (TDMR*), (HB*), (E97*)

41. Canby's Desert Parsley: Lomatium canbyi - (TDMR*)

42. Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - (CC*), (MC)

43. Fern-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum - Brown-flowered forms (CC - In bud.), Yellow-flowered forms (EWH*)

44. Pungent Desert Parsely: Lomatium grayi - (CC*), (3BL*), (TDMR*) (HB*)

45. Smooth Desert Parsley: Lomatium laevigatum (HB*)

46. Slender-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium leptocarpum - (3BL), (TDMR)

47. Biscuit Root: Lomatium macrocarpum - Yellow-flowered forms (CC*), White-flowered forms (TDMR*)

48. Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - (TDMR*)

49. Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - (TDMR*)

50. Nine Leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium tridentatum var. triternatum - (CC*), (3BL*), (TDMR*)

51. Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum - (3BL*), (TDMR*), (HB*)

52. Midget Phlox: Phlox (Microsteris) gracilis - (3BL*), (TDMR*), (E97*)

53. Hood's Phlox: Phlox hoodii - (TDMR*)

54. Long-leaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia - (E97*)

55. Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa- (TDMR*)

56. Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - (3BL*),

57. Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia lycopsoides - (E97*)

58. Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa - (3BL*),

59. Rusty Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys nothofulvus - (3BL*)

60. Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus - (CC*), (3BL*), (HB*), (E97*)

61. Narrow-leaf Skullcap: Scutellaria angustifolia - (3BL - In bud.)

62. Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - (3BL*), (E97*)

63. Few-flowerd Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia sparsiflora - (CC*)

64. Chickweed Monkey Flower: Mimulus alsinoides - (CC*),

65. Common Monkey Flower: Mimulus guttatus - (SR- 14 west of CC), (3BL)

66. Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora var. purpurea - (3BL*),

67. Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine var. echinospermum - (3BL*)

68. Rosy Plectritis: Plectritis congesta - (CC- In bud.)

69. White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera - (HB*), (E97*)

70. Big Root, Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus - (3BL*), (HB*), (TDMR)

71. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - (E97 - In bud.)

72. Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - (HB*), (E97*)

73. Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea - (CC*), (3BL*), (TDMR*), (HB*), (E97*)

74. Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - (CC*), (TDMR*), (HB*)

75. Thread-leaf Fleabane: Erigeron filifolius - (E97 - In bud.)

76. Cushion Fleabane: Erigeron poliospermus var. poliospermus - (E97 - In bud.)

77. Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium - (EWH - In bud.)

78. Hoary Aster: Machaeranthera canescens - (E97*)

79. False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides (formerly Microseris troximoides) - (CC*), (TDMR*)

California Tortoiseshells - Many locations east of the Klickitat River. A fair number of them seen when sunny out.

Anise Swallowtail - (3BL)

Propertius Duskywing - (3BL)

Mule Deer

California Ground Squirrels

Common Mergansers

Ring-billed Ducks

American Wigeons

Flickers

Spotted Towhees

Scrub Jays

Steller's Jays

Magpies

American Robins - Numerous, a major push of migrating birds.

Western Bluebirds - Numerous, a major push of migrating birds.

Horned Larks -

Weastern Meadowlarks -

Starlings

Says Phoebes

Turkey Vultures - Fairly numerous.

Bald Eagle

Osprey

Red-tailed Hawks

Harriers

Kestrels