[Columbia River Gorge Wildflower Reports]

Currently Blooming Wildflowers in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington

General Eastern Columbia River Gorge Report

March 2, 1997

Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum

Grass widows (Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii) at right.

Governor Tom McCall Nature Preserve & Rowena Overlook:

Grass Widow: Olsynium douglasii var. douglassii

Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera

Salt & Pepper or Piper's Desert Parsley: Lomatium piperi / Lomatium gormanii ?

Animals Seen:

1. 5 Mule Deer

2. Common Crows (about 1 dozen)

3. American Robin (numerous)

4. Red-winged Blackbird (about 1 dozen)

5. Male and female Bufflehead Ducks

The Dalles, OR (basalt cliffs to the west of The Dalles on old gorge highway & near the new gorge interpretive center)

Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

Common Mouse-ear Chickweed: Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare

Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum

Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum

Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum ?

Salt & Pepper or Piper's Desert Parsley: Lomatium gormanii / piperi ?

The Dallesport, WA and The Dalles Mt Road to the Dalles Mt. Ranch

Beware of the backroads in this area, which have very squishy, muddy shoulders at this time! Park with caution on the road shoulders!

Grass Widow: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii

Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule

Animals Seen:

1. Two Common Ravens

2. American Robins (numerous)

3. Western Bluebirds (six)

4. Red-tailed Hawk and rodent prey

5. Black-billed magpie (one)

Catherine and Major Creeks (between Bingen, WA and Lyle, WA)

Grass Widow: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii

Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis

Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum

Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia

Rusty-hair Saxifrage: Micranthes rufidula

Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum

Salt & Pepper or Piper's Desert Parsley: Lomatium piperi

Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule

Animals Seen on the Major Creek Plateau:

1. California Ground Squirrel

2. Common Merganser

3. Mallard Ducks (about 1 dozen)

4. Canada Geese (about 2 dozen)

5. American Robin (numerous)

6. Western Bluebird (about 1 dozen)

7. Starlings (several dozen)

8. Scrub Jay (several)

9. unidentified swallows (six)

Paul Slichter