[Wildflower Destinations in the Columbia River Gorge]

Crawford Oaks and Eightmile Creek drainage

Columbia Hills State Park

from State Highway 14 uphill to the Dalles Mt. Ranch

February 23, 2010

A view at right of the waterfalls on Eightmile Creek in the Columbia Hills State Park................February 23, 2010.

* indicates a wildflower currently in bloom.

Complete Plant List for the Crawford Oaks/Eightmile Creek portion of the Columbia Hills State Park.

Gold-back Fern: Pentagramma triangularis

Oregon Cliff Fern: Woodsia oregana ssp. oregana ?

Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Common Rush: Juncus effusus ?

Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

Basin Wildrye: Leymus cinereus

Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicatum

Medusahead: Taeniatherum caput-medusae

Bigleaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum

Tree-of-Heaven: Ailanthus altissima

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana

* Willow: Salix sp.

Onion: Allium sp. ?

* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica

Panicle Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum

Cluster Lily: Triteleia sp. ?

* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii v. douglasii

Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum v. compositum

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. proliferum?)

Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

Streambank Springbeauty: Claytonia parviflora

Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata

Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum

Bouncing Bet: Saponaria officinalis

Chickweed: Stellaria sp.

Upland Larkspur: Delphimium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum - Some plants in bud.

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum

Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

Peak Saxifrage: Saxifraga nidifica ssp. claytoniifolia

Shrubby Bitter Cherry: Prunus emarginata v. emarginata

Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii v. ultramontana

Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus armeniacus

Deervetch: Lotus sp.

Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Turkey Mullein: Eremocarpus setigera

Common St. John's Wort: Hypericum perforatum

Blazing Star: Mentzelia laevicaulis

Poison Oak: Toxicodendron sp.

Chervil: Anthriscus scandicina

* Gorman's Salt and Pepper: Lomatium gormanii

* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi

Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum

Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum v. thompsonii

Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata v. hastata

Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys sp.

Henbit: Lamium amplexicaule

Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus

Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii v. richardsonii

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine v. echinospermum

Bigroot, Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sp.

Knapweed: Centaurea sp.

Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii v. douglasii

Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa (v. speciosa?)

Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa

Cushion Fleabane: Erigeron poliospermis

Gumweed: Grindelia sp.

Hairy False Goldenaster: Heterotheca villosa (v. ?)

Slender Cudweed: Pseudognaphalium canescens

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius

Black-capped Chickadees

Dark-eyed Juncos

Yellow-rumped Warblers - First wave of this migratory bird to be seen in the Gorge this year.

Lewis' Woodpeckers

Northern Flickers

Scrub Jays

American Robins