Ash Creek Images
Photographs of the West by Doug Gorsline
Columbia Gorge Wildflowers from the Catherine Creek, Washington, Area.
All materials on this site are copyright 1992-2007 by Doug Gorsline / ashcreekimages.com.
Cluster Lilies in the oak woodland beside Catherine Creek in Klickitat County.
Lupine in the woodland above the old barn beside Catherine Creek.
Columbia Desert Parsley coming into bloom beside Old Highway 8.
Late evening sun lights a patch of Barrett's Penstemon on a cliff top.
Columbia Desert Parsley in full bloom in the rocks along Old Highway 8.
Columbia Desert Parsley begins to go to seed near Catherine Creek.
A thick stand of Rigid Fiddleneck in a roadside ditch east of Bingen, WA.
Camas surrounds a fallen Garry Oak limb above Catherine Creek.
Sand Clover grows thick on an open slope just east of the parking lot.
The earliest spectacular bloom is provided by Grass Widows.
Bitterroot is common in the rocky outcrops
Yellow Bells is a delicate-looking fritillaria that blooms early in the season
Shooting stars may be the most vividly colored wildflower at this site.
Grass Widows are
a small iris that begins to bloom as early as January.
Rosy Plectritis fills a grassy meadow, accompanied by Camas and Brodeia
Pretty but deadly Death Camas blooms among Rosy Plectritis.
Bitterroot blossoms possess a subtle beauty accentuated by their lack of foliage.
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