[2001 Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Columbia River Gorge]

Wildflowers in Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge

Tom McCall Nature Preserve

Nature Conservancy of Oregon

August 26, 2001


* Indicates the wildflower is blooming.

*1. Common Cat-tail: Typha latifolia

*2. Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

*3. Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum

*4. Wiry Knotweed: Polygonum majus

*5. Alfalfa: Medicago sativa

*6. Rabbit-foot Clover: Trifolium arvense

*7. Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

*8. Dovefoot Geranium: Geranium molle

*9. Turkey Mullein: Eremocarpus setigerus

*10. Common St. John's Wort: Hypericum perforatum

*11. Large-flowered Annual Willow Herb: Epilobium paniculatum var. jucundum

*12. Narrow-leaf Milkweed: Asclepias fasicularis

*13. Field Mint: Mentha arvensis

*14. Cut-leaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii

*15. English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

*16. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

*17. Bachelor's Button: Centaurea cyanus

*18. Diffuse Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa

*19. Rush Skeletonweed: Chondrilla juncea

*20. Horseweed: Conzya canadensis

*21. Hall's Goldenweed: Happlopappus hallii

*22. Columbia Goldenweed: Happlopappus resinosus


Animals Seen at this Site:

4 Turkey Vultures

3 Vaux's Swifts

1 Steller's Jay

1 Scrub Jay

1 Spotted Towhee

2 Raven

6 House Finch

1 California Ground Squirrel


Paul Slichter