[Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington: 2014]

Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington

Catherine Creek

May 2, 2014

Wildflower Bloom at Catherine Creek: May 2, 2014

Masses of sand clover (Trifolium willdenovii) with a few bicolored cluster lilies (Tritelia grandiflora var. howellii) in bloom at Catherine Creek.........May 2, 2014.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Complete Catherine Creek Plant List.

Podfern: Aspidotis densa

Lacefern: Myriopteris gracillima

Brittle Bladderfern: Cystopteris fragilis

Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrrhiza

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

* Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana

* Oregon Ash: Fraxinus latifolia

* Toad Rush: Juncus bufonius

* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii var. lemmonii

* Ripgut Brome: Bromus diandrus

* Soft Brome: Bromus hordeaceus

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

Bristly Dog's-tail Grass: Cynosurus echinata

* Annual Blue Grass: Poa annua

* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa

* Leiberg's Blue Grass: Poa leibergii

* Nevada Blue Grass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia

* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

* Scribner's Grass: Scribneria bolanderi

Medusa Head: Taeniatherum caput-medusae

Taper-tip Onion: Allium acuminatum - In bud.

* Common Camas: Camassia quamash (var. breviflora ?) - Fading out of bloom.

Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods well-formed.

* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. howellii

Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina

* Meadow Death-camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum var. venenosum - Only blooming at higher elevations.

* Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Cream-flowered form.

* Scabland Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare- Beginning to bloom.

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata var. perfoliata

* Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva - Full bloom.

Water Chickweed: Montia fontana var. tenerrima

* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis - Fading out of bloom.

* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum

* Annual Knawel: Scleranthus annuus

* Red Sandspurry: Spergularia rubra

Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum

* Least Mouse Tail: Myosurus minimus

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

* California Poppy: Eschscholzia californica

* Mouse-ear Cress: Arabidopsis thaliana

* Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna

* Smooth Marsh Yellowcress: Rorippa palustris - Beginning to bloom.

* Shepherd's Cress: Teesdalia nudicaulis

* Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes - Only blooming at higher elevations

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum - Fading out of bloom.

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

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier cusickii - Fruits forming.

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

* Bitter Cherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum - In bud.

* Small-flowered Deer-vetch: Acmispon parviflorus

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus - Beginning to bloom.

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

* Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus

* Least Hop Clover: Trifolium dubium

* Small-head Clover: Trifolium microcephalum

* Few-flower Clover: Trifolium oliganthum

* Sand Clover: Trifolium wildenovii

* Hairy Vetch: Vicia hirsuta

* Common Vetch: Vicia sativa

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

* Dove'sfoot Geranium: Geranium molle

Spring Water-starwort: Callitriche verna

Deerbrush: Ceanothus integerrimus

Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum

* Small-flowered Willow Herb: Epilobium minutum

* Chervil: Anthriscus caucalis

Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Fruits well-formed.

* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense - Fruits forming.

* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Butterfly-loving Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum - Fruits forming.

* Broadnineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. anomalum

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum - Fading out of bloom.

Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. nitida

* Babystars: Leptosiphon bicolor

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Fading out of bloom.

* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata

* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa

* Yellow and Blue Scorpion Flower: Myosotis discolor

Little Combseed: Pectocarya pusilla

* Alkali Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys leptocladus

* Rusty Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys nothofulvus

* Matted Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri var. penicillatus

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

* Henbit: Lamium amplexicaule

* Narrow-leaf Owl-clover: Castilleja attenuata

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Only blooming where moist or at higher elevations.

* Few-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia sparsiflora - Fading out of bloom.

* Bractless Hedge-hyssop: Gratiola ebracteata

* Chickweed Monkeyflower: Erythranthe alsinoides - Mostly past bloom.

* Common Monkey Flower: Erythranthe guttata

* Barrett's Penstemon: Penstemon barrettiae

* Dwarf Owl-clover: Triphysaria pusilla

* Corn Speedwell: Veronica arvensis

* Purslane Speedwell: Veronica peregrina var. xalapensis

Slender Plantain: Plantago elongata - Past bloom.

* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum - Mostly out of bloom.

* Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine

* Big Root: Marah oreganus

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

* Rosy Plectritis: Plectritis congesta

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa - Fuzzy basal leaves only.

Common Burdock: Arctium minus

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana (Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius) - A few in bloom at lower elevations.

* Bachelor's Button: Centaurea cyanus

Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis

* Opposite-leaved Tarweed: Hemizonella minima

Hairy False Goldenaster: Heterotheca villosa

* Smooth Cat's-ear: Hypochaeris glabra - Small weed that is sweeping across all of Catherine Creek.

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - A few plants in bud.

* Little Tarweed: Madia exigua

* Pineapple Weed: Matricaria discoidea

False Agoseris, Prairie Dandylion: Nothocalais troximoides - Going to seed.

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Animals Seen at Catherine Creek:

California Ground Squirrels

Douglas' Squirrel ?

Osprey

Red-tailed Hawks

Peregrine Falcon

Kestrel

Turkey Vultures

Common Ravens

Starling

Western Meadowlark

Northern Flickers

Mourning Dove

Scrub Jays

Stellers Jays

Spotted Towhees

Evening Grosbeaks

American Robins

Western Bluebirds

Dark-eyed Juncos

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Vaux's Swifts

Violet-green Swallows

Tadpoles

Sooty Duskywings

Ochre Ringlets


Wildflower Bloom at Catherine Creek: May 2, 2014

Masses of sand clover (Trifolium willdenovii) with a few bicolored cluster lilies (Tritelia grandiflora var. howellii) in bloom at Catherine Creek.........May 2, 2014.

Paul Slichter