[Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Columbia River Gorge: 2011] - [Wildflower Destinations in the Columbia River Gorge]

Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington

Catherine Creek

March 12, 2011

Podfern: Aspidotis densa

Podfern: Aspidotis densa

* Indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Comprehensive Catherine Creek Plant List

Glossy Red Bryum Moss: Bryum miniatum

Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei

Podfern: Aspidotis densa

Goldback Fern: Pentagramma triangularis

Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrrhiza

Cliff Fern: Woodsia sp. ?

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 echinata

Medusa Head: Taeniatherum caput-medusae

Taper-tip Onion: Allium acuminatum - Basal leaves only.

Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus - Basal leaves only.

Ball-head Cluster Lily: Dichelostemma congestum - Basal leaves only.

Pale-anthered Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - A few plants in bud.

Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis - Basal leaves only.

* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica -

Meadow Death-camas: Toxicoscordion venosum var. venonosum

* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Probably peaking in the next week or two.

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

Common Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata var. californica -

Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

Scabland Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare

Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata - 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.

Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Flower buds forming.

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

Dutchman's Breeches: Dicentra cucullaria - A few leafy plants seen.

* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii

* Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna

Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum -

* Smooth Praire Star: Lithophragma glabrum - Fairly common.

* Peak Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa - A few plants beginning to bloom.

* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia - A few plants beginning to bloom.

* Rusty-hair Saxifrage: Micranthes rufidula - Blooming plants fairly numerous.

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?)

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum

Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus - Leaves still low to the ground. No flower buds forming yet.

Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius x sericeus (L. latifolius var. thompsonianus) - Leaves still very low to the ground. No flower buds yet.

Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus

Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocarpum

Spring Water-starwort: Callitriche palustris

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Dove'sfoot Geranium: Geranium molle

Deerbrush: Ceanothus integerrimus

Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum

* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - A few plants beginning to bloom.

* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense

* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Yellow-flowered form.

Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Butterfly-loving Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum

* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi

Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri

Western Snake Root: Sanicula crassicaulis

Sierra Snake Root: Sanicula graveolens

Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum - A few plants with flower buds.

Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata - Beginning to bloom beneath the powerlines on Sunflower Hill.

Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus - Only the basal leaf rosettes are visible.

Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida (var. ?)

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Beginning to bloom.

Common Monkey Flower: Erythranthe guttata

Barrett's Penstemon: Penstemon barrettiae

Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa - Fuzzy basal leaves only.

Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana X deltoidea - A few with basal leaves emerging from the ground.

* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule

Hairy False Goldenaster: Heterotheca villosa

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

False Agoseris, Prairie Dandylion: Nothocalais troximoides


Animals Seen at Catherine Creek:

Red-tailed Hawk

Common Ravens

Western Meadowlarks

Northern Flickers

Scrub Jays

Western Bluebirds

Dark-eyed Juncos


Slichter