This hike was part of the Western Study Weekend for the North American Rock Garden Society.
Today the weather was in the upper 30s to mid 40s in Gorge. There were intermittent sprinkles interspersed with sunshine. The wind was fairly gusty at this location during the late afternoon.
* indicates the plant is currently blooming.
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Not yet at its peak.
Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Scabland Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare
Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva
* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Very numerous.
* Scalepod: Idahoa scapigera - Beginning to bloom with a few plants showing maturing fruits.
* Bulblet Prairie Stars: Lithophragma glabrum (Synonym: Lithophragma bulbifera) - Beginning to bloom.
* Brittle-leaved Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa
Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa
Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum
* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense
* Smooth Desert Parsley: Lomatium laevigatum
* Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum
* Gorman's Salt and Pepper: Lomatium gormanii
* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - Numerous.
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
Common Monkey Flower: Erythranthe guttata
Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fairly numerous.
Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa