Ash Creek Images
Photographs of the West by Doug Gorsline
Columbia Gorge Native Wildflowers from Dalles Mountain Road, Washington.
All materials on this site are copyright 1992-2007 by Doug Gorsline / ashcreekimages.com.
Balsamroot and Lupine bloom at the same time in the Columbia Hills.
It's called Big Head Clover because the flowers are the size of golf balls.
A thick stand of Lupine is surrounded by Bare Stem Desert Parsley.
An old fence frames Mt. Hood Balsamroot carpets the hills.
Sunflower-like Balsamroot flowers above Dalles Mountain Road.
Balsamroot covers the Columbia Hills in mid-April under a spring sky.
A mesa-like basalt outcrop with Balsamroot on the slopes below.
At the peak of bloom, Balsamroot covers much of the Columbia Hills.
This Bare Stem Desert Parsley thumb doesn't do the full size photo justice.
A collapsing anvil cloud towers over a hillside of Columbia Hills Balsamroot.
Showy Phlox is common on the ridge at the top of Dalles Mountain Road.
The buds of Big Head Clover are as pretty as the flower itself.
Patches of Hoods Phlox are common on the Columbia Hills ridge.
Part of the charm of Woolly Pod Milk Vetch is the densely clustered blossoms.
Where Balsamroot blooms you'll also find Lupine on Dalles Mountain Road.
The flowers of the Big Head Clover are delicately colored.
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