[Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Columbia River Gorge: 2010]

March 13, 2010

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.

* Indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Complete Catherine Creek Plant List.

Glossy Red Bryum Moss: Bryum miniatum

Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei

Podfern: Aspidotis densa

Lacefern: Cheilanthes gracillima

Goldback Fern: Pentagramma triangularis

Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrrhiza

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa

Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana

Oregon Ash: Fraxinus latifolia

Common Woodrush: Luzula multiflora (L. campestris v. congesta)

Bristly Dog's-tail Grass: Cynosurus echinata

Medusa Head: Taeniatherum caput-medusae

Taper-tip Onion: Allium acuminatum

Ball-head Cluster Lily: Dichelostemma congestum (formerly Brodiaea congesta) - Basal leaves only.

Common Camas: Camassia quamash - Flower buds forming.

* Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum - Beginning to bloom.

Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis (Synonym: Fritillaria lanceolata) - Flower buds well-formed.

* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Numerous east of Catherine Creek.

* Meadow Death-camas: Zigadenus venosus var. venonosus - Beginning to bloom.

* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii (Synonym: Sisyrinchium douglasii var. douglasii) - Still fairly numerous.

Long-spurred Rein Orchid: Piperia elegans - Basal leaves only.

Common Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata var. californica - Flower buds visible.

Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum douglasii

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum

Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata (var. intermontana ?) - Beginning to bloom.

Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva

Water Chickweed: Montia fontana var. tenerrima

* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis

* Chickweed: Stellaria media

Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum - Basal leaves only seen.

Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Flower buds well-formed.

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

California Poppy: Eschscholzia californica

* Dutchman's Breeches: Dicentra cucullaria - Beginning to bloom.

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

* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma

* Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna

Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum - Flowers in bud.

* Smooth Praire Star: Lithophragma glabrum (Synonym: Lithophragma glabra) - Fairly common.

* Peak Saxifrage: Saxifraga nidifica var. claytoniifolia - A few plants still in bloom.

* Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. integrifolia - A few plants still in bloom.

* Western Saxifrage: Saxifraga occidentalis - A few still in bloom.

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba occidentalis (Synonym: Sanguisorba annua)

Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus (Synonym: Lupinus laxiflorus) - No flower buds forming yet.

Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius x sericeus (L. latifolius var. thompsonianus)

Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus

Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocarpum

Common Vetch: Vicia sativa ?

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Dove'sfoot Geranium: Geranium molle ?

Deerbrush: Ceanothus integerrimus

Poison Oak: Rhus diversiloba

Queen Anne's Lace: Daucus carota

* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum

* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayii

* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Yellow-flowered form.

Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi

* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum - A few plants beginning to bloom.

Western Snake Root: Sanicula crassicaulis

Sierra Snake Root: Sanicula graveolens

* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum - Beginning to bloom, especially east of Catherine Creek.

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis (Synonym: Phlox gracilis)

* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - A few beginning to bloom.

Great Hound's Tongue: Cynoglossum grande- Fairly common in open woods near the creek.

Common Hound's Tongue: Cynoglossum officinale ?

* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus - A few plants beginning to bloom.

Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida (var. ?)

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Common Monkey Flower: Mimulus guttatus

Barrett's Penstemon: Penstemon barrettiae

* Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora var. purpurea - A single plant seen in bloom.

Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa - Fuzzy basal leaves only.

* Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea/ sagittata - A few in bloom at lower elevations.

* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule

Hairy False Goldenaster: Heterotheca villosa (Synonym: Chrysopsis villosa)

* False Agoseris, Prairie Dandylion: Nothocalais troximoides (formerly Microseris troximoides)

Red-tailed Hawk

Common Ravens

Western Meadowlark

Northern Flickers

Scrub Jays

Spotted Towhees

Western Bluebirds

Dark-eyed Juncos

Hummingbird (Anna's?)