Natural History Wanderings

Oregon Wildflowers has a new report for John B. Yeon Park in the Columbia River Gorge

The following are blooming on the Elowah Falls and Upper McCord Creek trails: Western Trillium (Trillium ovatum), Fairybells (Disporum hookeri), Merten`s Saxifrage (Saxifraga mertensiana), Candyflower (Claytonia sibirica), Pacific Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa), Coltsfoot (Petasites frigidus), Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis), Red-Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum), and Columbia Kittentails (Synthyris missurica ssp. stellata), which are endemic to the Columbia Gorge. (Those can be seen on the rock wall next to the Upper McCord Creek trail.)