[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Washington: 2019]

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

May 13, 2019

Brooks Memorial State Park (US 97 near Satus Pass)

Bare-stem desert parsley (Lomatium nudicaule) blooming enmasse at Brooks Memorial State Park......May 13, 2019. - Nevius' onion (Allium nevii) blooming in vernally moist swales at Brooks Memorial State Park.....May 13, 2019.

Bare-stem desert parlsley (Lomatium nudicaule) at left and Nevius' onion (Allium nevii) at right nearing peak bloom as seen in vernally moist prairie at Brooks Memorial State Park...........May 13, 2019.

Weather: Partly cloudy becoming clear in the afternoon with a light breeze, averaging 5-10 mph. Temps in the upper 50s to low 60s.


* Indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

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Click here for a fairly comprehensive plant list for Brooks Memorial State Park

Cowpie Lichen: Diploschistes muscorum

Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri

Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Common Scouring-rush: Equisetum hyemale

Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens

Haircap Juniper Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum

Polytrichum Moss: Polytrichum pilferum

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii

One-spike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata

Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Leiberg's Bluegrass: Poa leibergii

* Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata - Beginning to bloom.

Medusa Head: Taeniatherum caput-medusae

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii

Red Alder: Alnus rubra

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

* Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana - Beginning to leaf out and bloom.

* Lilac: Syringia sp.

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum

* Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii

Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus

* Common Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash

Columbia Lily: Lilium columbianum

* Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum - Beginning to bloom.

Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina

* Panicle Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum

* Meadow Death Camas: Zigadenus venonosus ssp. venonosus - Beginning to bloom.

Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum - Past bloom.

Fairy Slipper: Calypso bulbosa

Spotted Coralroot: Coralorhiza maculata - Almost in bloom.

* Striped Coralroot: Corallorhiza striata - Beginning to bloom.

Mountain Lady Slippers: Cypripedium montanum - In bud.

Rein Orchid: Piperia sp.

Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - In bud.

* Rock Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare - Beginning to bloom.

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra

* Linearleaf Montia: Montia linearis - Fading out of bloom.

Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum - Fading out of bloom.

* Western Meadowrue: Thalictrum occidentale

* Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens - Fading out of bloom.

Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii (formerly Cardamine pulcherrima var. pulcherrima) - Past bloom.

Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum

Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods only.

Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera - Fading out of bloom.

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum - Fading out of bloom.

* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa - A few plants remain along streams.

* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia - A few plants remain along streams.

* Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. cusickii

Suksdorf's Hawthorn: Crataegus suksdorfii

* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

Ocean Spray: Holodiscus discolor

Domestic Apple: Malus domestica ?

* Bitter Cherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa

* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Western Crabapple: Pyrus fusca

Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

Annual Burnet: Poteridium occidentale ?

* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus

American Bird's-foot Clover: Acmispon americanus var. americanus

Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis

Bog Deervetch: Hosackia pinnata

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus - Beginning to bloom.

Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus

* Wyeth Lupine: Lupinus wyethii - Beginning to bloom.

* Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Fading out of bloom.

American Vetch: Vicia americana

Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata - Past bloom.

Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus

Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum var. incisum

Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana var. procera

Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium

Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea

Tall Annual Evening Primrose: Epilobium brachycarpum

Cow Parsnip: Heracleum lanatum

Gormann's Desert Parsley: Lomatium gormannii or Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - In fruit.

Gray-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum - Past bloom.

* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Nine Leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium tridentatum var. triternatum

Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

* Western Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri ssp. borealis

Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata

Pine Drops: Pterospora andromedea - Last years' stalks.

White-vein Pyrola: Pyrola picta

Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana - In bud.

Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium

Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens - Past bloom.

* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum - Fading out of bloom.

Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis var. gracilis

Prickly Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta

* Tufted Phlox: Phlox caespitosa

* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa

Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum - Fading out of bloom.

Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata

* Blue Scorpiongrass: Myosotis micrantha

* Scouler's Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys scouleri var. scouleri - Beginning to bloom.

Slender Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus - Past bloom.

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata - Beginning to bloom.

Tapertip Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus - In bloom soon.

* Cleavers: Galium aparine var. echinospermum

Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

Black Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Fading out of bloom.

* Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamhoriza careyana

* Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri - Fading out of bloom.

* Hybrid Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana x hookeri - Fading out of bloom.

* Silvercrown: Cacaliopsis nardosmia

* Baker's Hawksbeard: Crepis bakeri - Beginning to bloom.

Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Past bloom.

Bloom's Goldenweed: Ericameria bloomeri - New leaf growth.

Showy Aster: Eurybia conspicuua ?

Rough-leaved Aster: Eurybia radulina

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri var. cynoglossoides

Cut-leaf Silverpuffs: Microseris laciniata

* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - Fading out of bloom.

Columbia Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma carthamoides var. carthamoides

* Yellow Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltus - Beginning to bloom.

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

* Northern Wyethia: Wyethia amplexicaulis - Beginning to bloom.


Animals Seen in Brooks Memorial State Park:

Anise Swallowtails

California Tortoiseshell

Sarah's Orangetips

Duskywings

Silvery Blues

Ravens

Crows

Turkey

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flickers

Spotted Towhee

Black-headed Grosbeaks

Western Tanagers

Western Bluebirds

Western Wood Peewees

Chipping Sparrows

Song Sparrow

Dark-eyed Juncos

Nashville or Orange-crowned Warbler

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Black-capped Chickadees

Vaux's Swifts

Violet-green Swallows

Western Fence Lizards

California Ground Squirrels

Douglas Squirrels

Mule Deer - numerous


Wildflower Bloom at Brooks Memorial State Park, Satus Pass........May 11, 2014 - Wildflower Bloom at Brooks Memorial State Park, Satus Pass........May 11, 2014

Wildflower Bloom at Brooks Memorial State Park, Satus Pass........May 11, 2014 - Wildflower Bloom at Brooks Memorial State Park, Satus Pass........May 11, 2014 - Wildflower Bloom at Brooks Memorial State Park, Satus Pass........May 11, 2014
The photo at upper left shows a vernally moist meadow with Nevius' onion (Allium nevii) beginning to bloom. The photo at upper right shows a vernally moist meadow with meadow deathcamas (Toxicoscordion venonosum) beginning to bloom. The photo at lower left shows a bald with numerous bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata) and Carey's balsamroot (Balsamorhiza careyana) blooming beneath an Oregon white oak (Quercus garryana) which itself is beginning to leaf out and bloom. The photo at lower center shows a grassy meadow above the Environmental Learning Center at Brooks Memorial State Park. The photo at lower right shows a wetter meadow with numerous common camas blooming........May 11, 2014.

Paul Slichter