March 7, 2012

Today the weather was sunny with temperatures in the mid to upper 40s in Gorge. Winds were generally light, although there were several stronger gusts.

Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - Leaves only.

* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii - Blooming all the way up to the level of the Natural Area Preserve parking lot.

Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum douglasii var. tenue

Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata

Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

* Obscure Buttercup, The Dalles Mt. Buttercup: Ranunculus trisectus (formerly Ranunculus reconditus).

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna var. boerhaavii

Smooth Prairie Stars: Lithophragma glabrum - Some plants with flower buds.

Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus - Leaves emerging from the ground.

Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus latifolius X sericeus (Synonym: Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus) - Leaves emerging from the ground.

Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi - Beginning to bloom.

Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - Numerous.

Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum

Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine var. echinospermum

Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa

Northwestern Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea - Some leaves emerging. Blooming further west near Doug's Beach State Park.

* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fairly numerous.

False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - In bud.