Comprehensive Catherine Creek Plant List
Weather: Mostly cloudy with a thin layer letting the sun through in the morning and thickening and lowering by early afternoon. Winds mostly calm with winds with occasional gusts to mph by mid-afternoon. Temps in low to mid 50s.
Route: I parked on Old Highway 8 on the east side of Major Creek at a pullout at a point where the road crests the east bank of Major Creek. I then explored the slopes to about a third of a mile east (to where a small creek empties into the west side of a small lake paralleling the north side of Washington Highway 14.
Cowpie Lichen: Diploschistes muscorum ?
Glossy Red Bryum Moss: Bryum miniatum ? - On rocks in the creeks or at seeps.
Juniper Haircap Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum
Bristly Haircap Moss: Polytrichum piliferum
Elongate Racomitrium Moss: Racomitrium elongatum
Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei
Podfern: Aspidotis densa - New foliage emerging.
Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
Imbricate Sword Fern: Polystichum imbricans - West-facing clifftops above Major Creek.
* Bigleaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum
White Alder: Alnus rhombifolia ? - Past bloom. They haven't leafed ou tyet for a positive ID.
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana - Some trees beginning to leaf out.
* Common Woodrush: Luzula multiflora ?
Silver Hair-grass: Aira caryophyllea
* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis
Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha
* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
* Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata
Medusa-head: Taenitherum caput-medusae
* Rat-tail Fescue: Vulpia myuros
Ball-head Cluster Lily: Dichelostemma congestum - Basal leaves only.
Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus ssp. macrocarpus
* Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. quamash - Beginning to bloom. Still 2 weeks from peak bloom.
* Chocolate Lily: Fritillara affinis
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Only a few plants seen remaining in flower.
* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii - Several plants in bud.
Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina
* Panicle Death-camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum
* Meadow Death-camas: Toxicodendron venenosum var. venenosum
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Fading out of bloom.
Common Bastard Toad's Flax: Comandra umbellata var. californica
Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Only leaves.
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
Snow Buckwheat: Eriogonum niveum
Scabland Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare
Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella
Curly Dock: Rumex crispus
Willow Dock: Rumex triangulivalvis
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata
* Erubescent Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. depressa
Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva - Plants with flower buds.
* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis
* Sticky Chickweed: Cerastium glomeratum
* Common Chickweed: Stellaria media
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis
* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium
* Dutchman's Breeches: Dicentra cucullaria
California Poppy: Eschscholzia californica - Leaves so far.
* Mouse-ear Cress: Arabidopsis thaliana
* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma
* Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna - Fading out of bloom.
* Shepherd's Cress: Teesdalia nudicaulis
* Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes
Broad-leaf Stonecrop: Sedum spathulifolium
* Smooth Prairie Stars: Lithophragma glabrum
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum - Past their peak.
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia
* Peak Saxifrage: Micranthes nidifica
* Rustyhair Saxifrage: Micranthes rufidula - Fading out of bloom.
* Golden Currant: Ribes aureum var. aureum
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - Beginning to leaf out.
* Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. cusickii - Beginning to bloom.
Hawthorn: Crataegus sp. - Leafing out.
Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor - Leafing out.
Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Leafing out.
Domestic Rose: Rosa sp.
Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus armeniacus
* Bicolor Lupine: Lupinus bicolor
* Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus - Beginning to bloom.
Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius x latifolius - In bud.
Alfalfa: Medicago sativa
* Sand Clover: Trifolium oliganthum
Hairy Vetch: Vicia villosa - In bud. Too common weed on this site!
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Dove'sfoot Geranium: Geranium molle
Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum - A few plants beginning to leaf out.
Slender Clarkia: Clarkia gracilis - Last year's stems.
Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum - Last year's stems.
Queen Anne's Lace: Daucus carota
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Mostly past bloom.
* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense (Synonym: Lomatium grayii) - Peak bloom.
* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum (yellow-flowered form) - Past their peak bloom.
* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum
Pacific Sanicle: Sanicula crassicaulis
Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens
Narrow-leaf Milkweed: Asclepias fascicularis - Last year's pods.
Whitestem Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/Primula poeticum
* 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. intermedia
* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia
Little Combseed: Gruvelia pusilla
* Rusty Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys nothofulvus
* Matted Popcorn flower: Plagiobothrys (scouleri var. penicillatus ?)
* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus
* Red Dead Nettle: Lamium purpureum
* Attenuate Paintbrush: Castilleja attenuata - Beginning to bloom.
* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. acuta
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
* Few-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia sparsiflora var. bruceae
* Chickweed Monkeyflower: Erythranthe alsinoides
* Common Monkey Flower: Erythranthe guttata
Dalmatian Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica
* Slender Tonella: Tonella tenella
English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata
* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum (former var. purpurea)
* Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
* Big Root: Marah oreganus
* Rosy Plectritis: Plectritis congesta - Beginning to bloom.
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - In bloom where there's deeper soil.
Bachelor's Buttons: Centaurea cyanus
Rush Skeletonweed: Chondrilla juncea
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fading out of bloom.
Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa
Hairy Goldaster: Heterotheca villosa (var. ?)
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri
* False Agoseris, Prairie Dandylion: Nothocalais troximoides
* Old-man-in-the-Spring: Senecio vulgaris
* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale
Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
Bald Eagles
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawks
Turkey Vultures
American Dipper - 200' upstream from Highway 14 in Major Creek.
American Wigeons
Common Mergansers - On Columbia River.
Canada Geese - Heard on the Columbia River.
Gadwall ?
Pied-billed Grebe - In Hewett Lake.
Western Grebes - Heard on the Columbia River.
Northern Flickers - Heard
Common Ravens
Scrub Jays
Stellers Jays
Brewer's Blackbirds
European Starlings
Western Meadowlarks
Spotted Towhees
American Robins
Townsend's Solitaire
Western Bluebirds
White-crowned Sparrows
Mountain Chickadee
Dark-eyed Juncos
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Red-breasted Nuthatches - Heard.
Violet-green Swallows
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Tree Frog
Bull Frogs
Julia's Orange Tips
Bumble Bees
Domestic Honey Bees