Comprehensive Plant List for Logan Valley
Liverwort:
Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. latifolia
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Mountain Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia
Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides
Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana ?
Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense
* Dagger-leaved Rush: Juncus ensifolius
* Lakeshore Sedge: Carex lenticularis var. lipocarpa ? - Blooming along Big Creek.
Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri
* Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis
* Short-bead Sedge: Carex simulata
* Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus (pratensis ?)
* Pinegrass: Calamagrostis rubescens
* Tufted Hairgrass: Deschampsia cespitosa ?
* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides
* Bigpod Mariposa: Calochortus eurycarpus - Most plants are out of bloom and beginning to set seed.
* Long-spurred Bog Orchid: Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys
* Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis
* Parsnipflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides - Fading out of bloom.
* Sulfur Flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. dicrocephalum - Cream-flowered forms. Fading out of bloom.
* Prostrate Knotweed: Polygonum aviculare
Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii - Past bloom.
Curly Dock: Rumex crispus - Fruits maturing.
Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii
Oregon Saxifrage: Saxifraga oregana - Past bloom.
Elmer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri - Past bloom.
Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata - Past bloom.
Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata
* Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba occidentalis
* Birdsfoot Trefoil: Lotus corniculatus
* Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. aridus - Fading out of bloom.
* Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus - Fading out of bloom.
* Alfalfa: Medicago sativa - Blooming along FS Rd 16.
* Golden Clover: Trifolium aureum - Still in bloom along streams at the wildlife viewing area.
* Leat Hop Clover: Trifolium dubium
* Hansen's Clover: Trifolium longipes var. hansenii - Fading out of bloom.
* Red Clover: Trifolium pratense
* White Clover: Trifolium repens - Fading out of bloom.
Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum (var. ?) - Past bloom.
* Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana - Fading out of bloom.
Tinker's Penny: Hypericum anagalloides - Past bloom.
* Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium
* Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum
* Purple-leaved Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum
* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum (ssp. parviflorum ?)
Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi - Past bloom.
Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi - Past bloom.
* Bolander's Yampah: Perideridia bolanderi ssp. bolanderi
* Rangers Buttons: Sphenoscadium capitellatum
* Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea
Alpine Pyrola: Pyrola asarifolia ssp. asarifolia - Past bloom under the alders along Big Creek.
Grouseberry: Vaccinium scoparium
Pleated Gentian: Gentiana affinis - In bud.
* Prairie Skyrocket: Ipomopsis aggregata - Fading out of bloom.
* Prickly Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta var. propinqua - Fading out of bloom.
* Western Polemonium: Polemonium occidentale - Blooming along Big Creek.
Purple Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. alpinum - Past bloom.
* Slender Indian Paintbrush: Castilleja gracillima - Fading out of bloom in western Logan Valley.
* Dalmatian Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica - Fading out of bloom.
* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus - Past bloom except where moist.
* Yellow Owlclover: Orthocarpus luteus - Only blooming in wet meadows.
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus - Fading out of bloom.
* Thymeleaf Speedwell: Veronica serpyllifolia var. humifusa
* Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale
* Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum - Still blooming under the willows along Big Creek.
Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata - Black fruits well-formed.
* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - Fading out of bloom.
* Pale Agoseris: Agoseris glauca var. glauca
* Leafy Arnica: Arnica chamissonis ssp. foliosa - Still blooming in wetlands along Big Creek.
* Little Sagebrush: Artemisia arbuscula (ssp. arbuscula ?)
* Douglas' Wormwood: Artemisia douglasiana
Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana - Inflorescences forming.
* Great Northern Aster: Canadanthus modestus
* Spotted Knapweed: Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos
* Green Rabbitbrush: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (ssp. ?)
* Chicory: Cichorum intybus
* Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense
Elk Thistle: Cirsium scariosum - Past bloom.
* Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare
* Hoary Aster: Dieteria canescens var. canescens
* Showy Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa (var. speciosa ?) - Covered with butterflies.
* Showy Fleabane: Erigeron speciosus
* Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum (var. integrifolium ?)
* Blanketflower: Gaillardia aristata - Fading out of bloom.
* Marsh Cudweed: Gnaphalium palustre - Blooming where still wet.
* Idaho Gumweed: Grindelia nana var. nana
* Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola - Blooming along FS Rd 16.
* Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata - Fading out of bloom.
* Pineapple Weed: Matricaria disoidea
* Streambank Groundsel: Packera pseudaurea var. pseudaurea - A few plants still blooming along Big Creek.
Narrowhead Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma carthamoides var. cusickii - Past bloom.
Tacky Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma hirta var. hirta - Past bloom.
Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus - Going to seed.
* Tall Butterweed: Senecio serra - Fading out of bloom.
* Rocky Mountain Goldenrod: Solidago lepida var. salebrosa
* Eaton's Aster: Symphyotrichum eatonii
* Leafy Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi
* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale
Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius - Past bloom.
Coyotes - Howling at various places around the valley.
Red Squirrels
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk - Hazed by a family of kestrels when it ventured too close to their nest.
Harrier
Kestrels - At least 3 pairs in the valley, with a pair nesting in a snag next to Big Creek Campground.
Sandhill Cranes - 2 pair plus a single bird observed together next to FS Rd 16, many others heard throughout the valley.
Long-billed Curlews - Heard at various locations across the valley.
Northern Flickers
Hairy Woodpecker
Belted Kingfisher - Heard along Big Creek.
Ravens
Nighthawks - 5 birds flying amongst the trees of Big Creek Campground at evening twilight.
Brewer's Blackbirds
Evening Grosbeaks
Robins - Numerous
Mountain Bluebirds
Western Meadowlarks
Western Wood Peewees - Calling in trees near Big Creek.
Song Sparrows
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Yellow Warblers
Townsend's Warblers
MacGillivray's Warblers
Warbling Vireos
Mountain Chickadees
Red-breasted Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatches
Garter Snake
Wood Nymphs - Numerous on the shrubby asteraceae.
Pine Whites - Swarms flying amongst the conifers and nectaring off almost everything still in bloom.
Milbert's Tortoiseshells
Mourning Cloaks
Fritillarys - At least 2 species, one smaller than the other.
Copper (Purplish ?)
Mosquitos - Bothersome at times.