Currently Blooming Wildflowers in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington
Catherine and Major Creeks (between Bingen, WA and Lyle, WA)
March 7, 1999
The areas listed on this page appear to be one to two weeks behind last years blooming periods.
Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica
Grass Widow: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii
Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis
Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis
Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum
Brittle-leaved Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa
Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia
Rusty-hair Saxifrage: Micranthes rufidula
Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum
Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense
Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum
Salt & Pepper or Piper's Desert Parsley: Lomatium piperi
Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum - several almost ready to flower.
Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule
1. Northern Flicker- 2
2. Numerous small butterflies feeding on Lomatium piperi
3. several Steller's Jays
4. Numerous American Robins
5. about a dozen Western Meadowlarks
6. numerous Dark-eyed Juncos
7. 1 black Ground Beetle
8. 1 California Ground Squirrel
Common Chickweed: Stellaria media
Western Bitter Cress: Cardamine oligosperma