[Wildflower Bloom Reports for Washington & Oregon] [Columbia River Gorge Wildflower Bloom Reports Prior to 2002]
Directions to the East Bank of the Deschutes River
* Indicates Plant is in bloom.
* Ripgut Brome: Bromus diandrus
Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
Basin Wildrye: Leymus cinereus
Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa - In bud.
* Leiberg's Bluegrass: Poa leibergii
Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda var. juncifolia - In bud.
Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda var. secunda - In bud.
Cereal Rye: Secale cereale
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica- Some still in bloom at higher elevations.
Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Leaves.
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum - Leaves.
Snow Buckwheat: Eriogonum niveum - Leaves.
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata
* Erubescent Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. depressa
* Chickweed: Stellaria media - A few in bloom.
* Little Western Bitter Cress: Cardamine oligosperma- Many in bloom, many going to seed.
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna- Many in bloom.
Thick-leaf Thelypody: Thelypodium laciniatum var. laciniatum - New growth in cracks on cliffs.
* Fringe Pods: Thysanocarpus curvipes - Numerous
* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera (Now included as part of Lithophragma glabrum) - Several plants seen, nearing the end of their bloom.
* Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum - Fairly common, especially on steep slopes or along the upper edges of cliffs.
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum - Numerous.
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia - Fairly common near Ferry Springs.
* Almond: Prunus dulcis
* Woolly-pod Milk-vetch: Astragalus purshii - Fairly common on undisturbed soils.
Kellogg's Spurred Lupine: Lupinus caudatus (Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus ?) - In bud. This species is similar to Lupinus laxiflorus in having a spurred calyx, but differs from the latter in not having tiny hairs on the upper tip of the wing petals and in having longer upper calyx lobes.
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium- Common.
* Fern-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum
* Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum - Numerous bloom.
* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - A few in bloom.
* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - A few still in bloom.
* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum (former ssp. platycarpum) - A few in bloom.
* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/Primula conjugens - Beginning to bloom
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis- A few in bloom.
* Long-leaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia - Beginning to bloom.
* Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia - Beginning to bloom.
Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale - Leaves arising from the ground.
* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus - A few in bloom.
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera - Numerous.
Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana- Beginning to bloom. These could also be Balsamorhiza deltoidea.
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Many in bloom.
Bushtits (Several)
Golden-crowned Sparrows (Several)
White-crowned Sparrows (Several)
American Robins (Several)
Double-crested Cormorants - 5 or 6.
Black-billed Magpie (1)
Meadowlarks (Numerous)
Ravens - A pair.
Violet-green Swallows (Several)
Dark-eyed Juncos (Numerous)
Canyon Wren (One inquisitive wren seen at close range.)
California Ground Squirrel