2010-04-25 Hood River Area

I try to go hiking around Hood River as often as possible from now to late May because it's probably NW OR's most spectacular botanical display.

We went to about 4300'. We even found snow.

Trillium grandiflorum.


Figured this one out: Synthyris missurica ssp. stellata.


Goal #1 for the trip: Find Fritillaria pudica in bloom. Check. I think this is a brand new one for me.




Lower elevation. Goal #2, field of flowers. Check. Some sort of Ranunculus.




Some Saxifrage.


Lithophragma parviflora, Prairie Star Flower.


The Balsamroot was just starting.


Dodecatheon poeticum, Poet's Shooting Star.


Delphinium nuttallianum. The goofy little black and yellow thing underneath the flower isn't a bee or the like but a part of the flower itself. Mimicry? Dunno.


Some Lupine were starting to open.


Triteleia grandiflora howellii, I think. The backs of the petals have a very blue streak to them.


Goal #3: Find Fritillaria affinis in the Oak Forests. Check.


Not Quite open.


Double.


Green.


Tall and Green.


Lisa admiring the Frit's in a very scary looking miniature sized forest.


Goal #4: Find Lewisia rediviva in bloom near Mosier. Fail. We were tired and we'll have to try again next time.

Last, the stately Erythronium grandiflorum.