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Wildflower Report for Catherine Creek

Location	Catherine Creek
Date	03/27/2023
Reporter	Greg Lief
E-mail	oregonwildflowers@gmail.com
Website/Photos	http://LiefPhotos.com
Comments	Tracy Hill / Catherine Creek traverse: The main varieties blooming at Catherine Creek and Tracy Hill are: grass widows (Olsynium douglasii), smooth prairie star (Lithophragma glabrum), salt and pepper (Lomatium piperi), and Northwestern Saxifrage (Saxifraga integrifolia var. integrifolia). There are many nice patches of gold stars (Crocidium multicaule), which indicates that things are behind schedule (because they are usually finished by this time). There are also many yellow bells (Fritillaria pudica) in bloom. There are patches of Poet`s Shooting Star (Dodecatheon poeticum) getting ready to open next to the gravel road as it approaches the powerlines. One patch of Spinster`s Blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia sparsiflora var. bruceae) was blooming in the gravel road not far from the Tracy Hill gate. Many Bitterroot (Lewisia redidiva) rosettes were visible on rocky areas. The endemic Columbia desert parsley (Lomatium columbianum) can be best seen blooming on the rock outcrops north of the power lines. Blooming just downhill from those outcrops are small-flowered blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia parviflora) and Midget Phlox (Phlox gracilis). Western Buttercup (Ranunculus occidentalis) and Oaks Toothwort (Cardamine nuttallii var. nuttallii) are blooming nicely under the oaks above the powerlines and just west of the rock outcrops. Profuse Desert Parsley (Lomatium papilioniferum) is starting to bloom on the hillsides west of the rock outcrops and above the creek.
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Catherine Creek

03/27/2023

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Tracy Hill / Catherine Creek traverse: The main varieties blooming at Catherine Creek and Tracy Hill are: grass widows (Olsynium douglasii), smooth prairie star (Lithophragma glabrum), salt and pepper (Lomatium piperi), and Northwestern Saxifrage (Saxifraga integrifolia var. integrifolia). There are many nice patches of gold stars (Crocidium multicaule), which indicates that things are behind schedule (because they are usually finished by this time). There are also many yellow bells (Fritillaria pudica) in bloom.

There are patches of Poet`s Shooting Star (Dodecatheon poeticum) getting ready to open next to the gravel road as it approaches the powerlines. One patch of Spinster`s Blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia sparsiflora var. bruceae) was blooming in the gravel road not far from the Tracy Hill gate. Many Bitterroot (Lewisia redidiva) rosettes were visible on rocky areas.

The endemic Columbia desert parsley (Lomatium columbianum) can be best seen blooming on the rock outcrops north of the power lines. Blooming just downhill from those outcrops are small-flowered blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia parviflora) and Midget Phlox (Phlox gracilis). Western Buttercup (Ranunculus occidentalis) and Oaks Toothwort (Cardamine nuttallii var. nuttallii) are blooming nicely under the oaks above the powerlines and just west of the rock outcrops. Profuse Desert Parsley (Lomatium papilioniferum) is starting to bloom on the hillsides west of the rock outcrops and above the creek.

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