[2001 Wildflower Bloom Reports for the Columbia River Gorge]
Wildflowers in Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge

WA State Highway #14

East of US Highway #97

March 28, 2001

 

* Indicates the wildflower is blooming.

 

Sandy area below power lines on south side of highway at milepost 111.6.

Elevation: 488 ft.

N 45*44.643', W 120* 33.074' +/- 22 ft.

 

*1. Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia (Montia) perfoliata

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

*3. Pale Wallflower: Erysimum occidentale

*4. The Dalles Milk-vetch: Astragalus sclerocarpus

*5. Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

*6. Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi

*7. Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

*8. Fiddleneck: Amsinckia species

*9. Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sp. (careyana or sagittata) Still too early in bloom to identify correctly.

Road cut at about milepost 119.3.

Elevation: 388 ft.

N 45* 42.412', W 120* 29.523', +/- 22 ft.

 

*1. Tansy Mustard: Descurainia richardsonii var. sonnei

*2. Pale Wallflower: Erysimum occidentale

*3.Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

*4. Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

*5. Indian-parsnip: Cymopteris terebinthinus

*6. Fiddleneck: Amsinckia species

Disturbed, gravelly area along north side of highway at about milepost 142.7.

Elevation: 283 ft.

N45* 48.174', W 120* 02.944', +/- 19 ft.

 

*1. Hairy Milk-vetch: Astragalus inflexus A few plants are beginning to bloom.

*2. Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

*3. Fiddleneck: Amsinckia species

Paul Slichter