Weather: Mostly cloudy, mostly calm with winds increasing to 5-10 mph by mid-afternoon. Temps in low to mid 50s. Much nicer than forecast!
Route: Trail up past arch, trail up east the side of Catherine Creek to above the Arch and east to Minor Creek....... about 3 miles.
* Indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.
Glossy Red Bryum Moss: Bryum miniatum - On rocks in the creeks or at seeps.
Juniper Haircap Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum
Polytrichum Moss: Polytrichum pilferum
Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei
Podfern: Aspidotis densa - New foliage emerging.
Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrrhiza
* Bigleaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana - Some trees beginning to leaf out.
* Long-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macrantha
* Annual Bluegrass: Poa annua
* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
* Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - Basal leaves abundant on rock outcrops with shallow soils.
Ball-head Cluster Lily: Dichelostemma congestum - Basal leaves only.
* Common Camas: Camassia quamash (var. breviflora ?)- Beginning to bloom. Still 7-10 days from peak bloom..
* Pale-anther Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - Fading out of bloom under the oaks along Catherine Creek.
* Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Only a fewplants seen in flower.
* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii - Several plants in bud.
* Meadow Death-camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum var. venenosum - About 7 days from full bloom.
Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Past bloom.
Common Bastard Toad Flax: Comandra umbellata var. californica - In bud under the oaks beneath the arch.
Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Only leaves.
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata var. perfoliata - Beginning to bloom.
Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva - Many plants with flower buds.
* Water Chickweed: Montia fontana var. tenerrima
* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis
* Chickweed: Stellaria media
Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum - Numerous clusters of basal leaves in wet drainages.
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis
* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium
* Dutchman Breeches: Dicentra cucullaria - A few plants seen stil in bloom under the oaks. Past their peak
* Mouse-ear Cress: Arabidopsis thaliana
* Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna - Fading out of bloom.
Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Numerous pods in moist places.
* Shepherd's Cress: Teesdalia nudicaulis
Fringe Pods: Thysanocarpus curvipes
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum - Past their peak.
* Brittle-leaved Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia
* Rusty-hair Saxifrage: Micranthes rufidula - Fading out of bloom.
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - Beginning to leaf out.
* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?) - Beginning to bloom.
Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor - Leafing out.
Blackcap: Rubus leucodermis - Ditch at west side of parking area.
Annual Burnet: Poteridium occidentale
* Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus - Beginning to bloom.
Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius x sericeus (Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius) - Some plants with budding racemes visible near Catherine Creek. Blooming along the old highway adjacent to Rowland Lake.
* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Beginning to bloom along the road below the crossing of Catherine Creek.
* Sand Clover: Trifolium oliganthum (formerly Trifolium variegatum) - A few plants beginning to bloom in the area burned several summers ago.
* Cutleaf Violet: Viola sheltonii - Beginning to bloom. under the oaks along the east side of Catherine Creek.
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Poison Oak: Toxicoscordion diversilobum - A few plants beginning to leaf out.
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Mostly past bloom.
* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense - Peak bloom.
* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum (yellow-flowered form) - Just past peak bloom.
* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Butterfly-loving Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum - Beginning to bloom.
* Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum - Still a week from peak bloom.
* Baby Stars: Leptosiphon bicolor - Beginning to bloom.
Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii
Silver-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata - In bud.
* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia menziesii var. menziesii
* Weak-stem Cryptantha: Cryptantha flaccida
* Great Houndstongue: Adelinia grandis
* Rusty Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys nothofulvus
* Matted Popcorn flower: Plagiobothry scouleri var. penicillatus
* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus
* Henbit: Lamium amplexicaule
* Red Dead Nettle: Lamium purpureum
Attenuate Paintbrush: Castilleja attenuata - Only foliage.
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
* Few-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia sparsiflora - Excellent bloom especially in the area of last year's fire.
* Chickweed Monkey Flower: Erythranthe alsinoides
* Common Monkey Flower: Erythranthe guttata
Barrett's Penstemon: Penstemon barrettiae - Plants beginning to form stems with flower buds.
Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii - Only leaves.
* Slender Plantain: Plantago elongata
* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum - Peak bloom.
* Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine
* Big Root: Marah oreganus - Beginning to bloom.
* Long-spurred Plectritis: Plectritis ciliosa
* Rosy Plectritis: Plectritis congesta - About 7-10 days from peak bloom.
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera - Still in bloom along Old Highway at crest of hill west of parking area.
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.
* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla
Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana (or Balsamorhiza careyana x deltoidea) - In bloom where there's deeper soil.
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri
* False Agoseris, Prairie Dandylion: Nothocalais troximoides
* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale
Immature Bald Eagle
Ospreys
Turkey Vultures
Northern Flickers - Heard
Downy Woodpecker
Stellers Jays
Spotted Towhees
American Robins
Western Bluebirds
Violet-green Swallows
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Alligator Lizard
Bumble Bees
Anise Swallowtail
Sara's Orangetips