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Coral Fungi:
Horse Hair Lichen: Bryoria sp.
Tube Lichen: Hypogymnia sp.
Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen: Letharia columbiana
Ragged Lichen: Platismatia glauca
Old Man's Beard: Usnea sp.
Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis
Juniper Haircap Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum
Haircap Moss: Polytrichum pilferum
Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
Western Sword Fern: Polystichum munitum
Northern Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens
Pacific Silver Fir: Abies amabilis
Noble Fir: Abies procera
Alaska Yellow Cedar: Callitropsis nootkatensis
Western Larch: Larix occidentalis
Engelmann's Spruce: Picea engelmannii
Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. latifolia
Western White Pine: Pinus monticola
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Western Red Cedar: Thuja plicata
Western Hemlock: Tsuga heterophylla
Douglas Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii
Golden Chinquapin: Chrysolepis chrysophylla var. chrysophylla - Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
California Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta var. californica
Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa
* Small-wing Sedge: Carex microptera ? - Beginning to bloom. Bottle Prairie.
* Ross' Sedge: Carex rossii ?
* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii ssp. lemmonii - Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
Onespike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata - Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis ? - Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
* Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha - Beginning to bloom. Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
* Annual Bluegrass: Poa annua
* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus
Queen's Cup: Clintonia uniflora
Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods developing.
* False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule
* Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum - Beginning to bloom.
* Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum - Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
* Western Wake-robin: Trillium ovatum - Fading out of bloom.
False Hellebore: Veratrum sp. - Bottle Prairie
* Fairy Slipper Orchid: Calypso bulbosa
Rattlesnake Plantain Orchid: Goodyera oblongifolia
Rein Orchid: Piperia sp.
American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides - Bottle Prairie
* Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Cream-flowered form. Beginning to bloom. Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
* Sandberg's Sulfur Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. sandbergii - Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella
Heartleaf Spring Beauty: Claytonia cordifolia - Bottle Prairie.
* Western Spring Beauty: Claytonia lanceolata var. lanceolata - Bottle Prairie.
* Cuban Spinach: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana
* Red-Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra
Threeleaf Lewisia: Lewisia triphylla - In bud.
* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis - Fading out of bloom.
* Largeleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla
Shining Starwort: Stellaria nitens
* Oregon Anemone: Anemone oregana
* Marshmarigold: Caltha leptosepala - Fading out of bloom. Bottle Prairie
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus - Bottle Prairie
* Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla - Beginning to bloom.
Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa
* Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens
* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii var. nuttallii - Fading out of bloom.
* Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna - Fading out of bloom along the highest parts of the trail at the northwest corner of the loop.
Creamy Stonecrop: Sedum oregonense - In bud. Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum - In bud. Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera - Fading out of bloom.
* Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum - Fading out of bloom.
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum
* Thick-leaved Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa - Fading out of bloom.
Oregon Saxifrage: Micranthes oregana - Bottle Prairie
* Three-tooth Mitrewort: Mitella trifida
Prickly Currant: Ribes lacustre
* Sticky Currant: Ribes viscosissimum - Fading out of bloom.
* Spiny Gooseberry: Ribes watsonianum
* Pacific Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. alnifolia ?)
* Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glabrata (Potentilla glandulosa var. intermedia) ?
* Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata
* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala
Largeleaf Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. macrophyllum - Bottle Prairie
Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor var. discolor
* Big-headed Horkelia: Horkelia fusca ssp. capitata - Beginning to bloom in drier parts of Bottle Prairie
* Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata - Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa - In bud.
Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus
Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus var. parviflorus
Birch-leaf Spiraea: Spiraea betulifolia var. lucida
* Desert Pea: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. aridus - Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus - Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
Broad-leaved Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius - Beginning to bloom.
Bigleaf Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus (var. ?) - Bottle Prairie
* American Vetch: Vicia americana
* Hookedspur Violet: Viola adunca - Bottle Prairie
* Stream Violet: Viola glabella
* Round-leaved Violet: Viola orbiculata - Bottle Prairie
* Marsh Violet: Viola palustris - Bottle Prairie
* False Mermaid: Floerkea proserpinacoides - Bottle Prairie
Oregon Boxwood: Paxistima myrsinites
Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus - In bud. Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium
Dwarf Groundsmoke: Gayophytum humile - Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
Salt and Pepper: Lomatium gormanii or L. piperi
* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum - Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
* Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi
Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana - Bottle Prairie
* Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens -Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
Bunchberry: Cornus unalaschkensis
* Greenleaf Manzanita: Arctostaphylos patula ? - Fading out of bloom. Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis - Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
Little Prince's Pine: Chimaphila menziesii - In bud.
Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata
One-sided Wintergreen: Orthillia secunda
Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea
White-vein Shinleaf: Pyrola picta
Thinleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum
Grouseberry: Vaccinium scoparium
* Slender Rock Jasmine: Androsace filiformis - Beginning to bloom. Bottle Prairie
* Tall Mountain Shooting Star: Dodecatheon jeffreyi - Bottle Prairie
Starflower: Trientalis latifolia - In bud.
Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora
* Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata -Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
Mountain Navarretia: Navarretia divaricata ? -Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
* California Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium californicum
Western Polemonium: Polemonium occidentale - Bottle Prairie.
* Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumillus
* Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. parviflora
Variedleaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla (var. ?)- In bud. - Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
Blue Stickseed: Hackelia (micrantha ?) - Only the basal leaves.
* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. acuta - Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
* Brewer's Monkeyflower: Erythranthe breweri - Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata
Elephantheads: Pedicularis groenlandica - Basal leaves. Bottle Prairie
Lowly Penstemon: Penstemon humilis var. humilis ? - Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
Glaucous Penstemon: Penstemon euglaucus - In bud. - Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
Broadleaf Plantain: Plantago major
Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum
Twinflower: Linnaea borealis
Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa
Blue Elderberry: Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea - In bud.
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis
Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus var. utahensis - Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
Mountain Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis - In bud. Bottle Prairie
Scouler's Harebell: Campanula scouleri
* Common Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor
* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla
Large-flower Agoseris: Agoseris grandiflora - In bud. - Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea
Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides - In bud.
* Racemose Pussytoes: Antennaria racemosa - Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea - Beginning to bloom. -Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Beginning to bloom.
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
* Tall Silvercrown: Cacaliopsis nardosmia ssp. glabrata - Beginning to bloom.
Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare
Hall's Goldenweed: Columbiadoria hallii
Peregrine Fleabane: Erigeron glacialis var. glacialis - Bottle Prairie
Cascade Aster: Eucephalus ledophyllus
* Least Tarweed: Hemizonella minima
White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri
* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans
Wall Lettuce: Mycelis muralis
Tongue-leaved Luina: Rainiera stricta
* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus - Trail 459 near Fivemile Butte Lookout.
Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis var. triangularis - Bottle Prairie
* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale
Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
Chipmunks
Douglas' Squirrel
Red-tailed Hawk
Turkey Vultures
Ruffed Grouse - booming
Northern Flickers
Common Ravens
Stellers Jays
Evening Grosbeak - Flying overhead
Townsend's Solitaires
Western Tanagers
Chipping Sparrows
Dark-eyed Juncos
White-crowned Sparrows
Olive-sided Flycatchers
Western Wood Peewees
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Chestnut-backed Chickadees
House Finches
Pine Siskins
Red-breasted Nuthatches
House Wrens
Winter Wrens
Hummingbird
Large Fritillary
Sara's Orange-tips