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