Catherine and Major Creeks (between Bingen, WA and Lyle, WA)
March 7, 1999
1. Yellow Bells Fritillaria pudica
2. Grass Widow: Sisyrinchium douglasii var. douglasii
3. Line-leaf Montia Montia linearis
4. Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis
5. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna var. boerhaavii
6. Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabra
7. Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. integrifolia
8. Western Saxifrage: Saxifraga occidentalis
9. Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum
10. Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi
11. Salt & Pepper or Piper's Desert Parsley: Lomatium piperi
12. Poet's Shooting Star Dodecatheon poeticum several almost ready to flower.
13. 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
1. Common Chickweed: Stellaria media
2. Western Bitter Cress Cardamine oligosperma