The
photo at right shows a close-up of the interesting flower of dutchman's breeches
(Dicentra cucullaria) as seen at Catherine Creek on April 9, 2005.
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
Oregon Ash: Fraxinus latifolia
Long-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macrantha
Bristly Dog's-tail Grass: Cynosurus echinatus
Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa
Medusa Head: Taeniatherum caput-medusae
Taper-tip Onion: Allium acuminatum - Some plants seen in bud.
Ball-head Cluster Lily: Dichelostemma congestum - Basal leaves only.
* Common Camas: Camassia quamash - Beginning to bloom.
* Pale-anthered Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - Still in bloom.
* Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis - Beginning to bloom.
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - A surprising number of plants still in bloom.
* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. howellii - A few beginning to bloom.
* Meadow Death-camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum var. venenosum - Common.
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - A few still in bloom.
Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp. - Basal leaves only.
Common Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata var. californica - A few with flower buds visible.
Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Basal leaves only seen.
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum -
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum - Basal leaves only seen.
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata - Common bloom.
Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva - Some plants with flower buds.
Water Chickweed: Montia fontana var. tenerrima -
* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis- A few in bloom.
* Chickweed: Stellaria media - Numerous.
Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum - Basal leaves only seen.
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Numerous.
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis- Numerous.
* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium- Fairly numerous.
California Poppy: Eschscholzia californica
* Dutchman's Breeches: Dicentra cucullaria
* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii
* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma
* Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna - Still numerous in places.
* Fringe Pod: Thysanocarpus curvipes- Common, but going to seed.
* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (Synonym: Lithophragma bulbifera) - A few plants still in bloom.
* Smooth Praire Star: Lithophragma glabrum - Fairly common.
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum- Fairly common.
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa - A few plants still in bloom.
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia - A few plants still in bloom.
* Rusty-hair Saxifrage: Micranthes rufidula - A few still in bloom.
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii
Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia- Beginning to leaf out.
Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor
Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Beginning to leaf out.
Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum
Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus - ? No flowers yet for positive ID.
Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus - No flower buds forming yet.
* Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius - A few in bloom at low elevation along the Old Highway at the west and east ends of the Catherine Creek plateau and a few with racemes forming.
* Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus- Numerous.
Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocarpum- Flower buds forming.
Sand Clover: Trifolium wildenovii - Leaves seen.
Common Vetch: Vicia sativa -
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium- Numerous.
Deerbrush: Ceanothus integerrimus -
Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum - A few plants leafing out.
* Cut-leaf Violet: Viola sheltonii- Good bloom.
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Most are finishing their bloom period. One or two plants still in bloom.
* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense - Very common.
Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum -
* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule- A few plants beginning to bloom.
* Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum
* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum - A few plants beginning to bloom.
Western Snake Root: Sanicula crassicaulis
* Sierra Snake Root: Sanicula graveolens - A few in bloom.
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum- Numerous.
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Fairly numerous
* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - A few beginning to bloom.
* Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora
* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata
Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla
* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa - Numerous small plants in bloom.
* Great Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grandis- Fairly common in open woods near the creek.
Common Hound's Tongue: Cynoglossum officinale - ?
* Rusty Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys nothofulvus - Fairly common on slopes to the east of Catherine Creek.
* Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri
* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus- Numerous.
* Henbit: Lamium amplexicaule- A few in bloom.
* Red-dead Nettle: Lamium purpureum - A few in bloom.
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora- Common
* Few-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia sparsiflora - Common.
* Chickweed Monkey Flower: Erythranthe alsinoides - Common.
* Common Monkey Flower: Erythranthe guttata - A few plants beginning to bloom in rocky roadcuts along the old highway to the east of Catherine Creek.
* Dwarf Owl-clover: Triphysaria pusilla- Immature plants seen.
Barrett's Penstemon: Penstemon barrettiae- This attractive plant often begins to bloom here (on cliffs above the old highway just west of the Catherine Creek parking area) by the second weekend in April, but they are at least 2 weeks behind this year.
* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella- Fairly common under the oaks.
* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum- Numerous.
* Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine- A few in bloom.
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus - Plants beginning to leaf out.
* Rosy Plectritis: Plectritis congesta- Just beginning to bloom.
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera- A few in bloom.
* Bigroot, Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus- A few in bloom.
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla- Fairly numerous.
Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa - Fuzzy basal leafs only.
* Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana X deltoidea- A few in bloom at lower elevations.
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Numerous.
Woolly Sunflower, Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum (var. lanatum ?) -
Hairy False Goldenaster: Heterotheca villosa - ?
* False Agoseris, Prairie Dandylion: Nothocalais troximoides - Numerous.
Western Grounsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus - A few plants in bud.
* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale- Fairly common in disturbed areas.
2. Northern Flickers
3. Steller Jays
4. Scrub Jays
5. Starlings
6. Killdeer
7. Western Wood Peewees
9. Western Bluebirds
10. Violet-green Swallows
11. Black-capped Chickadees
12. Propertius Duskywings: Erynnis propertius