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Cowpie Lichen: Diploschistes muscorum
Tube Lichen: Hypogymnia sp.
Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen: Letharia columbiana
Ragged Lichen: Platismatia glauca
Juniper Haircap Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum
Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
Northern Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens
Pacific Silver Fir: Abies amabilis
Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Douglas Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii
* Pacific Dogwood: Cornus nuttallii
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana
* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri
* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii ssp. lemmonii
* Soft Brome: Bromus hordeaceus
* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
Squirrel-tail Grass: Elymus elymoides (ssp. ?)
Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis ?
* Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha - Beginning to bloom.
* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata - Beginning to bloom.
* Barren Fescue: Vulpia bromoides
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.
Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus
Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. grandiflorum - Past bloom.
Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods developing.
* Panicled Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum - Blooming on east side of Ball Point, past bloom elsewhere.
* Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum
White-flowered Rein Orchid: Piperia candida ?
* Common Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata var. californica - Beginning to bloom.
* Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Cream-flowered form. Beginning to bloom.
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. proliferum ?)
Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii
Western Spring Beauty: Claytonia lanceolata var. lanceolata
* Red-Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra
* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis - Fading out of bloom.
Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum - Past bloom.
Largeleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla - Still blooming on Ball Point.
Douglas' Campion: Silene douglasii var. douglasii
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium
* Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa - Blooming on Ball Point.
Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna
Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods going to seed.
Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum - In bud.
Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum
* Thick-leaved Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa - Still in bloom on Ball Point.
* Pacific Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. alnifolia ?)
* Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata
* Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum - Beginning to bloom.
Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor var. discolor
* Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa ? - Leafy bracteate inflorescence, petals rounded, cream-colored and shorter than the sepals. There is a possibility these could be var. wrangelliana.
Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata
* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Still in bloom higher on Ball Point.
Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa - In bud.
* Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus
Birch-leaf Spiraea: Spiraea betulifolia var. lucida
* Desert Pea: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. aridus
* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus
Thickleaf Deervetch: Lotus crassifolius var. crassifolius
Nevada Deervetch: Lotus nevadensis var. douglasii
* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus
Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus - Leaves only, but this is the pink-flowered form.
Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Past bloom.
* American Vetch: Vicia americana
Oregon Boxwood: Pachistima myrsinites
Deer Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus - In bud.
Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus
* Buckbrush: Ceanothus sanguineus
Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus
Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium
* Slender Godetia: Clarkia gracilis - Beginning to bloom.
Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea - In bud.
Salt and Pepper: Lomatium gormanii or L. piperi
Large-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum - Fruits maturing.
* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum
* Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi
White-vein Shinleaf: Pyrola picta
Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana
Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium (var. pumilum ?)
Desert Shooting Stars: Dodecatheon conjugens ? - Past bloom.
Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora - In bud.
* Bolander's Babystars: Leptosiphon bolanderi
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Still only blooming on Ball Point.
* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum - Still in bloom on Ball Point.
Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata -? In bud.
* Threadleaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis
* Cryptanth: Cryptantha sp. - Small flowers.
* Blue Scorpion Grass: Myosotis micrantha
* Little Combseed: Pectocarya pusilla
* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. acuta
* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata var. miniata
* Hairy Owl-clover: Castilleja tenuis
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Fading out of bloom.
* Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora
* Cleavers: Galium aparine
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigata
Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera - Fading out of bloom.
Scouler's Harebell: Campanula scouleri
* Common Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor
Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla - Past bloom.
* Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa
Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Going to seed.
* Racemose Pussytoes: Antennaria racemosa
* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea - Beginning to bloom.
* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Beginning to bloom.
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana
* Blepharipappus: Blepharipappus scaber
* Tall Silvercrown: Cacaliopsis nardosmia ssp. glabrata
Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare
Hall's Goldenweed: Columbiadoria hallii
Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia
* Low Hawksbeard: Crepis modocensis ?
Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis
Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Past bloom.
Rayless Fleabane: Erigeron inornatus var. inornatus
* Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis - Beginning to bloom.
* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum (var. integrifolium ?)
White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum - In bud.
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri
* Lemon-scented Tarweed: Madia citriodora - Beginning to bloom.
* Threadstem Tarweed: Madia exigua - Beginning to bloom.
* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans
False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - Seed heads well developed.
* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus
Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
California Ground Squirrels
Red-tailed Hawk
Turkey Vultures
Kestrels
Hairy Woodpecker
Lewis' Woodpeckers
Northern Flickers
Common Ravens
Stellers Jays
Townsend's Solitaires
Western Bluebirds
Chipping Sparrows
Western Wood Peewees
Lazuli Buntings
Red-breasted Nuthatches
House Wrens
Vaux's Swifts
Rufous Hummingbird
Anise Swallowtail
Duskywings
Large Fritillary
Acmon Blues ?
Boisduval Blues
Spring Azures
Square-spotted Blue
Bramble Green Hairstreaks
Sheridan's Green Hairstreaks
Brown Elfins
Ochre Ringlets
5 Spot Lady Bug
Very Large Bumble Bees