White Alder: Alnus rhombifolia
* Western Hackberry: Celtis reticulata
Walnut: Juglans sp.
Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis
Coyote Willow: Salix exigua var. exigua - Beginning to leaf out on the river banks.
Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense
* Cheat Grass: Bromus tectorum
* Ripgut Brome: Bromus diandrus
Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis
Basin Wildrye: Leymus cinereus
Reed Canarygrass: Phalaris arundinacea
* Annual Bluegrass: Poa annua
* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
* Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata
American Water Plantain: Alisma triviale
* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora - Both white and blue varieties. This seems to be the zone of transition from one coloration to the other (white -west and blue-east).
* Pale Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata ssp. californica
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. proliferum ?) or Eriogonum niveum ?
Prickly Russian Thistle: Salsola tragus
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata var. perfoliata
* Rosetted Springbeauty: Claytonia rubra ssp. depressa
* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum - Fading out of bloom.
Western Clematis: Clematis ligusticifolia
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
* Hornseed Buttercup: Ranunculus testiculatus - Fading out of bloom.
* Blue Mustard: Chorispora tenella
* Tansymustard: Descurainia sophia
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Fading out of bloom.
* Whitetop: Lepdium appellianum
* Clasping Pepperweed: Lepidium perfoliatum
* Tall Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum - Beginning to bloom.
* Cut-leaf Thelypody: Thelypodium laciniatum
* Thick-leaved Thelypodium: Thelypodium milleflorum
Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes
* Alpine Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica (var. alpina or glabella ?)
Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera - Past bloom.
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum
* Golden Currant: Ribes aureum
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii
* Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier cusickii ?
Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa - In bud.
* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata
Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana
* Glabrous Sickle Milkevetch: Astragalus curvicarpus var. subglaber
Chick Lupine: Lupinus (microcarpus ?) - Small annual.
Alfalfa: Medicago sativa
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Poison Ivy: Toxicodendron rydbergii
* Common Mallow: Malva neglecta
* Whitestem Blazingstar: Mentzelia albicaulis
Poison Hemlock: Conium maculataum
* Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum
* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi - Full bloom.
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum (var. triternatum ?)
* Needle-leaved Phlox: Phlox aculeata
Variedleaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla ssp. virgata - In bud.
* Lineleaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis
Branching Phacelia: Phacelia ramosissima (var. ramosissima ?)
* Fiddleneck: Amsinckia lycopsoides
* Weakstem Cryptanth: Cryptantha flaccida ?
Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys sp. - Species of vernal pools.
* Henbit: Lamium amplexicaule
Jimson Weed: Datura (stramonium ?)
Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata
* Monkeyflower: Erythranthe jungermannoides
* Dalmatian Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica
Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. dentatus
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata
* Cleavers: Galium aparine - Beginning to bloom amongst talus.
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera
Common Teasel: Dipsacus fullonum
* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - Beginning to bloom.
Western Wormwood: Artemisia ludoviciana (ssp. ?)
Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana
Diffuse Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa
Chicory: Cichorum intybus
Wavyleaf Thistle: Cirsium undulatum
* Goldstars: Crocidium multicaule - Fading out of bloom.
Showy Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa (var. speciosa ?)
Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa
Green Rabbitbrush: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. viscidiflorus ?
Threadleaf Fleabane: Erigeron filifolius - In bud.
* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum (var. integrifolium or lanatum ?)
Gumweed: Grindelia sp. (nana var. nana or squarrosa ?)
Matchbrush: Gutierrezia sarothrae
Hoary Goldaster: Heterotheca villosa (var. ?)
Scotch Thistle: Onopordum acanthium
Skeletonweed: Stephanomeria (tenuifolia ?)
* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale
Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
Common Cocklebur: Xanthium strumarium (var. ?)
Bighorn Sheep - One dozen ewes spotted along the ridgeline above the Pinnacles Trail.
Mule Deer - Tracks
Kestrels
Red-tailed Hawks
Turkey Vultures
Common Mergansers
Canada Geese - Along the banks of the John Day River.
Ring-necked Pheasants - 2 males and 1 female
Killdeer
Mourning Doves
Rock Doves
Ring-necked Ducks
American Crows
Black-billed Magpies
Ravens
Red-winged Blackbirds
Western Meadowlarks
Starlings
Dark-eyed Juncos
Song Sparrows
Canyon Wrens
Rock Wrens
Common Bushtits
Cliff Swallows
Northern Rough-winged Swallows
Violet-green Swallows
White-throated Swifts - Bringing food to young in cracks in rocky overhangs on high cliffs.
Ant Lions
Carnivorous Ground Beetles
Acmon Blue ?
Anise Swallowtails - numerous
Indra Swallowtails - numerous
Mourning Cloaks - numerous
Pale Ochre
Red Admirable on pale bastard toadflax
Sara's Orangetips - numerous
Skippers
Tiger Moth caterpillar
Whites - numerous