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

The areas listed on this page appear to be one to two weeks behind last years blooming periods.

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

Spreading Nemophila, Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata

Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule

1. Northern Flicker- 2

2. Numerous small butterflies feeding on Lomatium piperi

3. a swarm of nagging Steller's Jays

4. Numerous American Robins

5. Western Meadowlarks

6. numerous Dark-eyed Juncos

7. several Red-breasted Nuthatches

8. several Golden-crowned Kinglets

9. several herds of Mule Deer

10. Hairy Woodpecker-2

11. Lewis' Woodpecker-2

Common Chickweed: Stellaria media

Western Bitter Cress: Cardamine oligosperma