Cowpie Lichen: Diploschistes (muscorum ?)
Lacelip Fern: Cheilanthes gracillima
Fragile Fern Cystopteris fragilis ? - No dried stems from previous year at base.
Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis
* Cheat Grass: Bromus tectorum
Reed Canarygrass: Phalaris arundinacea - Along the river.
Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
* Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia - Beginning to bloom.
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata
Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Numerous, but fading out of bloom on the higher, north-facing slopes which are grassier.
* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora - The white variety. A few plants beginning to bloom. Many in bud. This seems to be the zone of transition from one coloration to the other (white -west and blue-east).
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum
Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva - Leaves only.
* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum
* Hornseed Buttercup: Ranunculus testiculatus - Beginning to bloom.
* Blue Mustard: Chorispora tenella
* Mountain Tansymustard: Descurainia incisa ssp. incisa
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Numerous bloom.
Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods forming.
Tall Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum - Last year's stems.
Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes - Pods developing.
* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera - Past peak bloom.
* Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum
Glabrous Sickle Milkevetch: Astragalus curvicarpus var. subglaber - Well developed plants, but no sign of flowers yet.
* Woolly-pod Milkvetch: Astragalus purshii (var. glareosus ?) - Pods visible from last year. Short and relatively straight.
Lupine: Lupinus sp. (Not L. leucophyllus.)
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
* Canby's Desert Parsley: Lomatium canbyi - Past peak bloom on upper balds.
* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium gormanii - Fading out of bloom.
* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi - Full bloom.
* Henderson's Desert Parsley: Lomatium hendersonii
* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Cream-flowered form. A few plants in bloom.
* Broadfruit Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum ssp. platycarpum
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Fading out of bloom.
* Needle-leaved Phlox: Phlox aculeata - Beginning to bloom.
* Hood's Phlox: Phlox hoodii - Beginning to bloom.
* Small-flowered Polemonium: Polemonium micranthum
Changeable Scorpionweed: Phacelia mutabilis - Leaves in low mound about 2' in diameter. Numerous stems about 1' tall and equal in size. Leaves all lobed at base of terminal, larger blade.
* Rancher's Fireweed: Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia
* Slender Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus
* Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora (var. occidentalis ?)
* Cleavers: Galium aparine - Beginning to bloom amongst talus.
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - Leaves only.
* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Beginning to bloom.
Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida
Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - Still early in the bloom period.
Slender Hawksbeard: Crepis atribarba
Showy Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa
Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa
Threadleaf Fleabane: Erigeron filifolius
Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis
Cushion Fleabane: Erigeron poliospermus var. poliospermus
Matchbrush: Gutierrezia sarothrae
Hoary Goldaster: Heterotheca villosa (var. ?)
False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - In bud.
Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
Bighorn Sheep - About 20 ewes spotted along the ridgeline above the Pinnacles Trail.
Mule Deer - Tracks
Kestrel
Canada Geese - Along the banks of the John Day River.
Mallards
Ring-necked Pheasants - A cock calling near the campground.
Killdeer
Ravens
Western Meadowlarks
American Robins
Townsend's Solitaire
Rock Wrens
Violet-green Swallows