Additional Information for those planning to hike the Crooked River National Grasslands:
Crooked River National Grasslands - Info about hiking trails, camping, access, etc.
Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis
Broadleaf Cattail: Typha latifolia - In the wetlands.
* Cheat Grass: Bromus tectorum
Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis
* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
* Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata
* Desert Fescue: Vulpia microstachys ?
Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus - Leaves only.
Goose Lake Wild Buchwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. anserinum - Yellow flower buds.
* Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva
Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum - Past bloom.
Catchfly: Silene sp. - Very sticky. In bud.
Hornseed Buttercup: Ceratocephala testiculata - Past bloom.
Boechera - Pendant pods.
Boechera - spreading pods.
* Thread-stalk Cutleaf Tansymustard: Descurainia longipedicellata
Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Pods.
Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Mature fruits.
Tall Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum
* Golden Currant: Ribes aureum - Blooming around the edges of the small lake.
Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum
* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata
Pearhip Rose: Rosa (woodsii var. ultramontana ?)
* Stiff Milkvetch: Astragalus conjunctus var. conjunctus
Threadstalk Milkvetch: Astragalus filipes - Only leaves.
* Pauper Milkvetch: Astragalus misellus var. misellus
* Woollypod Milkvetch: Astragalus purshii var. lagopinus
* Silvery Lupine: Lupinus argenteus var. argenteus - Beginning to bloom.
* Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. sellulus
Alfalfa: Medicago sativa
* Western Blue Flax: Linum lewisii var. lewisii
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Annual Evening Primrose: Epilobium brachycarpum
Canby's Desert Parsley: Lomatium canbyi - Only fruits.
* Large-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum - Fading out of bloom.
* Broad-fruit Lomatium: Lomatium triternatum ssp. platycarpum
Prickly Phlox: Linantuhs pungens
* Douglas' Phlox: Phlox cespitosa
* Common Fiddleneck: Amsinckia menziesii var. menziesii
* Cryptanth: Cryptantha sp. - Fading out of bloom.
* Blue Scorpon Grass: Myosotis micrantha
White Horehound: Marrubium vulgare - Between the parking and picnic areas.
Lowly Penstemon: Penstemon humilis - In bud.
Showy Penstemon: Penstemon speciosus
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
Cleavers: Galium aparine
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.
* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha -Fading out of bloom.
Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata
Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii var. - In bud.
Sticky-flowered Rabbitbrush: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (ssp. viscidiflorus ?)
Hawksbeard: Crepis sp.
Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia - In bud.
Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis
Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fading out of bloom.
Showy Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa (var. speciosa ?)
* Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis - Beginning to bloom.
* Cushion Fleabane: Erigeron poliospermus
* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium
Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola
* Woolly Groundsel: Packera cana - Beginning to bloom.
* Showy Townsendia: Townsendia florifer
Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
Cinnamon Teal
Mallards
Northern Flickers
Brewer's Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbirds
Raven
Western Bluebirds
Chipping Sparrows
American Goldfinches
Cliff Swallows
Violet-green Swallows
Western Fence Lizards
Anise Swallowtails
Cedar Hairstreak
Ochre Ringlets
Sulphurs
Rancher's Moth larva on silver lupine