February 15, 1998
1. Grass Widow: Sisyrinchium douglasii var. douglassii
2. Mouse-eared Chickweed: Cerastium vulgatum
3. Salt & Pepper or Piper's Desert Parsley: Lomatium piperi
4. Common Butterweed: Senecio vulgaris
1. Grass Widow: Sisyrinchium douglasii var. douglassii
2. Mouse-eared Chickweed: Cerastium vulgatum
3. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna var. boerhaavii
4. Rabbit's Foot Clover Trifolium arvense
5. Filaree Erodium cicutarium
6. Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum
7. Biscuit Root Lomatium macrocarpum
8. Salt & Pepper or Piper's Desert Parsley: Lomatium piperi
9. Oregon Sunshine Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium
(basalt cliffs to the west of The Dalles on old gorge highway & about 1/2 mile south of the new gorge interpretive center)
1. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna var. boerhaavii
2. Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabra
3. Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum
4. Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi
Beware of the backroads in this area, which have very squishy, muddy shoulders at this time! Park with caution on the road shoulders!
1. Grass Widow: Sisyrinchium douglasii var. douglasii
2. Obscure Buttercup: Ranunculus reconditus A multitude of bloom from several hundred plants!
3. Biscuit Root Lomatium macrocarpum
4. Salt & Pepper or Piper's Desert Parsley: Lomatium piperi
5. Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule
1. Grass Widow: Sisyrinchium douglasii var. douglasii
2. Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis
3. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna var. boerhaavii
4. Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabra
5. Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. integrifolia
6. Western Saxifrage: Saxifraga occidentalis
7. Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum
8. Salt & Pepper, Piper's Desert Parsley: Lomatium piperi
9. Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule