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

Wildflower bloom this year is probably 2 to 3 weeks later than last year, at least at the lower elevations. Snow has descended to about 2000 feet several times in the past several weeks, and so bloom at higher elevations may even be later. Some wildflowers are blooming on time, such as the Bitterroot at Catherine Creek.

Use the previous years' wildflower bloom lists, and add several weeks onto the dates to determine the best times to visit this year. I will attempt to make several updates this week, but updates for the next month or so will be slow in coming due to the heavy work schedule I have, correcting student research projects due the next couple of weeks!

Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii

Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

Scabland Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare

Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

Dagger Pod: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides

Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera (Now included as part of Lithophragma glabrum)

Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

Choke Cherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa

Hood River Milk-vetch: Astragalus hoodianus

Woolly-pod Milk-vetch: Astragalus purshii

Columbia Gorge Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus

Whitish Lupine: Lupinus sulphureus var. bingenensis

Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum

Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum

Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum

Hood's Phlox: Phlox hoodii

Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa

Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Manroot: Marah oreganus

Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

Heart-leaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

Carey's (hybrid?) Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana x deltoidea

Yellow Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

1. Raven

2. Prairie Falcon

3. Pair of Kestrels

4. Trio of Harriers

5. Common Flicker

6. Numerous Lewis Woodpeckers

7. Horned Larks

8. Meadowlarks

9. Pair of Golden Eagles? (seen from a distance)

10. California Ground Squirrel

11. Coyote scat