April 26, 1998

Fairy Bells: Disporum hookeri var. oreganum

Cliff Larkspur: Delphinium menziesii var. pyramidale

Western Meadow Rue: Thalictrum occidentale

Western Corydalis: Corydalis scouleri

Youth-on-age: Tolmiea menziesii Many almost in bloom.

Large-leaf Avens: Geum macrophyllum

Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

Trailing Blackberry/Dewberry: Rubus ursinus

Martindale's Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei

White Shooting Star: Dodecatheon dentatum Several almost in bloom.

Pacific Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum tenuipes Several almost in bloom.

Common Monkey Flower: Mimulus guttatus

Columbia Kittentails: Synthyris stellata- This one is usually a late march bloomer, but is blooming towards the tops of the gorge cliffs.

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

False Solomon Seal: Smilacina racemosa

Miner's Lettuce:: Montia perfoliata

Wood's Strawberry: Fragaria vesca var. bracteata

Fringe Cup: Tellima grandiflora

Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

Salmonberry: Rubus spectabilis

Western Bitter Cress: Cardamine oligosperma

Common Chickweed Stellaria media

Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

Bleeding Hearts: Dicentra formosa

Candy Flower: Montia siberica

Dewberry/Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus

Robert Geranium: Geranium robertianum

Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza chilensis

Cascade Oregon Grape: Mahonia (Berberis) nervosa

Big-leaf Sandwort: Arenaria macrophylla

Field Chickweed: Cerastium arvense

Chickweed Monkey Flower: Mimulus alsinoides

Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella

Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus

Scouler's Heliotrope: Valeriana scouleri

Sitka Mist Maidens: Romanzoffia sitchensis

Little-leaf Montia: Montia parvifolia Several almost in bloom.

Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Cliff Paintbrush: Castilleja rupicola

Howell's Daisy: Erigeron howellii

Small-flowered Alumroot: Heuchera micrantha

Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabra

Merten's Saxifrage: Saxifraga mertensiana

Western Saxifrage: Saxifraga occidentalis

Smooth-leaf Douglasia: Douglasia laevigata var. laevigata A few still in bloom high on cliffs.

Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule

Trillium: Trillium ovatum

Red Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. arborescens

Fern-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum

Broad-leaf Arnica: Arnica latifolia A few almost in bloom.

1. Orange-crowned Warbler

2. Violet-green Swallow

3. Pileated Woodpecker

4. Bald Eagle being hazed by Osprey.

5. Winter Wren

6. Song Sparrow

7. Pika