[Eastern Columbia River Gorge Wildflower Reports]

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

Catherine Creek

April 16, 2000

Linear-leaf Montia: Montia linearis

Linear-leaf Montia: Montia linearis

Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum

Oregon Ash: Fraxinus latifolia

Bicolored Harvest Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii

Common Camas: Camassia quamash

Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis

Panicled Death-camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum

Meadow Death-camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum var. venenosum

Bitter Root: Lewisia rediviva

Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis

Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata

Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

American Winter Cress: Barbarea orthoceras

Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii

Western Bittercress: Cardamine occidentalis

Fringe Pod: Thysanocarpus curvipes

Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

Brittle-leaved Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa - Fading out of bloom.

Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia - Fading out of bloom.

Rusty-hair Saxifrage: Micranthes rufidula - Fading out of bloom.

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia

Pea: Lathyrus species

Bicolored Lupine: Lupinus bicolor

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

Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum

Few-flower Clover: Trifolium oliganthum ?

Sand Clover: Trifolium wildenovii

Common Vetch: Vicia sativa

Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Cut-leaf Violet: Viola sheltonii

Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense

Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum (yellow flowered form)

Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum

Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

Sierra Snake Root: Sanicula graveolens

Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum

Baby Stars: Linanthus bicolor

Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

Wood's Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora

Great Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grandis

Fiddleneck: Amsinckia species

Fragrant Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys figuratus

Common Dead Nettle: Lamium amplexicaule

Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Few-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia sparsiflora var. bruceae

Chickweed Monkey Flower: Erythranthe alsinoides

Common Monkey Flower: Erythranthe guttata

Narrow-leaf Owl-clover: Castilleja attenuata

Dwarf Owl-clover: Triphysaria pusilla

Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella

Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum

Big Root/Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus

Rosy Plectritis: Plectritis congesta

White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

Bedstraw Galium aparine

Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamhoriza careyana x deltoidea

Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule

False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides

White Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus

Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale


Animals Seen:

1. 2 Killdeer

2. Swallowtail Butterflies

3. Swallows

4. Yellow-rumped Warblers

5. Lewis' Woodpeckers

6. Turkey Vultures

7. Western Meadowlark

8. 2 Cassins Finch

9. Dark-eyed Juncos

10. Alligator Lizard

11. American Robin


Paul Slichter