At the top of the hill, a few columbines have been popping out.
They are found in the grassy areas that surround the deeper forests. They  bring bright color to the deep greens of Oregon Grape and the lighter greens of bracken ferns.
According to the USDA, the Columbine is not actually a native to Oregon, they originated in Asia.

Aquilegia Express: The Columbine Flower

Arrival of the genus Aquilegia into North America is a recent event occurring 10,000 to 40,000 years ago during the Pleistocene. Columbines crossed into North America from Asia over the Bering land bridge that connected the two continents during that period. A progenitor columbine began to radiate rapidly out of Alaska and throughout the North American continent. As the columbines were moving through out the continent, new species developed.
As with Darwin’s finches, columbines developed similar but differently shaped and colored flowers in response to newly encountered habitats and pollinators. They developed different positions for presenting their flowers, sepals, and spurs, and different spur shapes in response to their primary pollinator.