[2001 Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Columbia River Gorge]

Wildflowers in Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge

The 3 Bench Loop

Reached via Doug's Beach

March 25, 2001

Native Plant Society of Oregon field trip to the 3 Bench Loop east of Lyle, WA...........March 25, 2001.

* Indicates the wildflower is blooming.

*1. Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum

*2. Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica- sparse.

*3. Meadow Death Camas: Zigadenus venonosus var. venonosus

*4. Grass Widows: Sisyrinchium douglasii- A few in bloom.

*5. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna var. boerhaavii

*6. Fringe Pod: Thysanocarpus curvipes

*7. Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera

*8. Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabra

*9. Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora

*10. Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia

*11. Woolly-pod Milk-vetch: Astragalus purshii

*12. Bicolored Lupine: Lupinus bicolor

*13. Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

14. Fern-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum

*15. Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi

*16. Slender-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium leptocarpum

*17. Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum- Few.

*18. Salt & Pepper: Lomatium piperi- Few.

19. Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

*20. Sticky Shooting Star: Dodecatheon cusickii ? A few intermixed with the following species.

*21. Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum

*22. Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

*23. Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

*24. Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata

*25. Fiddleneck: Amsinckia species

*26. Rusty Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys nothofulvus

*27. Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus

*28. Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

*29. Chickweed Monkey Flower: Mimulus alsinoides

*30. Common Monkey Flower: Mimulus guttatus

*31. Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora var. purpurea

*32. Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine var. echinospermum

*33. Long-spurred Plectritis: Plectritis ciliosa

*34. White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

*35. Big Root: Marah oreganus

36. Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea

*36. Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule

*37. Common Butterweed: Senecio vulgaris


Paul Slichter