[Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington: 2025]

Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington

Catherine Creek (Loop East of Catherine Creek)

February 28, 2025

Catherine Creek......February 28, 2025.

Catherine Creek.....February 28, 2025.

* Indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Comprehensive Catherine Creek Plant List

Weather: Sunny with light winds to 5 mph. Temps upper 40s in the morning rising 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

Podfern: Aspidotis densa

Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrrhiza

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana

Arroyo Willow: Salix lasiolepis - Pussy willows haven't opened yet.

Long-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macranta - Leaves emerging from the ground.

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - Basal leaves abundant on rock outcrops with shallow soils.

Ball-head Cluster Lily: Dichelostemma congestum - Basal leaves only.

Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis - One plant observed with a flower bud.

* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Moderate bloom. Peaking within a week?

Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata - In bud.

Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva - A few plants with small flower buds.

Water Chickweed: Montia fontana var. tenerrima

* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis - Beginning to bloom.

Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Leaves appearing.

* Western buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis - Beginning to bloom.

Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii - Leaves.

* Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna

* Smooth Praire Star: Lithophragma glabrum

Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa - Leaves.

* Rusty-hair Saxifrage: Micranthes rufidula

Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Poison Oak: Toxicoscordion diversilobum

* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Beginning to bloom.

* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense - Beginning to bloom.

* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum (yellow-flowered form)

Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens - Leaves with a few flower buds.

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Beginning to bloom.

Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - Leaves.

* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata - Beginning to bloom along the paved trail.

Barrett's Penstemon: Penstemon barrettiae

* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule


Paul Slichter