Comprehensive Catherine Creek Plant List
Weather: Hazy sun with light winds 5-10 mph. Temps in the low to mid 50s in the afternoon.
Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri
Wolf Lichen: Letharia vulpina
Glossy Red Bryum Moss: Bryum miniatum
Juniper Haircap Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum
Polytrichum Moss: Polytrichum pilferum
Elongate Racomitrium Moss: Racomitrium elongatum ?
Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei
Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrrhiza
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
Long-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macranta - Only basal leaves.
Pale-anther Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - A few basal leaves emerging from the ground.
Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis - Leaves and young floral stems emerging from the ground.
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Beginning to bloom at low elevations.
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Peak bloom above Old Highway 8 is still probably 10-14 days away.
Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata var. perfoliata
Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva - A few plants with small flower buds.
Water Chickweed: Montia fontana var. tenerrima
* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis - Beginning to bloom.
Chickweed: Stellaria media
Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - In bud.
* Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna
* Smooth Praire Star: Lithophragma glabrum
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa
* Rusty-hair Saxifrage: Micranthes rufidula
Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius x sericeus (Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius) - A few plants with leaves extending above the ground.
Cutleaf Violet: Viola sheltonii - Basal leaves numerous in sunnier places amongst leaf litter under the oaks.
Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Poison Oak: Toxicoscordion diversilobum - A few plants with signs they are about to leaf out.
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum
* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense - Beginning to bloom above Old Highway 8.
Pacific Sanicle: Sanicula crassicaulis - Basal leaves emerging from the ground.
Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens - Many plants with flower buds. Should be in bloom by the last weekend of February.
Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - Lower leaves out.
Barrett's Penstemon: Penstemon barrettiae
Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule
California Ground Squirrels
Bald Eagles
Red-tailed Hawks
Northern Flickers
Stellers Jays
Scrub Jays
Western Meadowlarks
Dark-eyed Juncos