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
Red-tailed Hawk
Common Ravens
Northern Flickers
Scrub Jays
Western Bluebirds
Dark-eyed Juncos