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Additional Information for those planning to hike Cottonwood Canyon State Park:
Cottonwood Canyon Info: includes map showing BLM vs. Oregon State Park land. Even better maps are available from the BLM. http://oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=main.loadFile&load=_siteFiles/publications/Cottonwood101301.pdf
Cottonwood Planned Trail Development: (scroll down for planned trails) http://www.oregon.gov/oprd/PLANS/docs/masterplans/cottonwood/cottonwood-plan-maps-ch10.pdf
Hackberry: Celtis reticulata
Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea - On steep drainages below springs on the canyon walls.
Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii
Poison Ivy: Toxicodendron rydbergii
Indian Ricegrass: Achnatherum hymenoides
Cheat Grass: Bromus tectorum
Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides
Basin Wildrye: Leymus cinereus
Reed Canarygrass: Phalaris arundinacea - Along the river.
Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata
Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus - This year's leaves.
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Possibly beginning to fade out of bloom.
Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora - Leaves.
Snow Buckwheat: Eriogonum niveum
Curly Dock: Rumex crispus
Veiny Dock: Rumex venosus
* Erubescent Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. depressa - Numerous. Beginning to bloom.
* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum
Western Clematis: Clematis ligusticifolia
Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - In bud.
* Hornseed Buttercup: Ranunculus testiculatus - Beginning to bloom.
* Blue Mustard: Chorispora tenella - Beginning to bloom.
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Numerous bloom.
Tall Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum - Last year's stems.
Thick-leaved Thelypodium: Thelypodium milleflorum - Last year's stems.
* Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes - Beginning to bloom.
Lava Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica var. alpina
* Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum - A few plants beginning to bloom.
Golden Currant: Ribes aureum - Beginning to leaf out.
Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Beginning to leaf out.
* Woolly-pod Milkvetch: Astragalus purshii (var. glareosus ?) - A few plants begining to bloom.
Spured Lupine: Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus ? - Basal leaves emerging.
Chick Lupine: Lupinus microcarpus - Seedlings with perfoliate cotyledon leaves on the trail.
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium - Beginning to bloom.
Poison Hemlock: Conium maculatum - Leaves in moist, waste places.
* Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum - Beginning to bloom.
* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium gormanii
* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum
* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Cream-flowered form. A few plants in bloom.
Broadfruit Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum ssp. platycarpum - Several plants in bud.
* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens - Beginning to bloom. Fairly numerous on moist grassland slopes.
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Beginning to bloom.
Needle-leaved Phlox: Phlox aculeata - Foliage.
Long-leaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia - Foliage.
Henbit: Lamium amplexicaule - In bud.
Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata
Liverwort Monkeyflower: Erythranthe jungermannioides
Dalmatium Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica - New growth.
Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. dentatus
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
* Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora var. occidentalis - Beginning to bloom in seeps amongst peak saxifrage (Micranthes nidifica)
Cleavers: Galium aparine
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera - Beginning to bloom.
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - Leaves only.
Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha
Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida
Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata
Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - Numerous plants 6-12" high, no blooms yet.
Showy Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa
Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa
Threadleaf Fleabane: Erigeron filifolius
Cushion Fleabane: Erigeron poliospermus var. poliospermus
Gumweed: Grindelia nana var. nana
Matchbrush: Gutierrezia sarothrae
Hoary Goldaster: Heterotheca villosa var. minor
Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
Mule Deer - 12
Bighorn Sheep tracks
Harrier
Chukar
Canada Geese - Along the banks of the John Day River.
Goldeneye - Female on river.
Mallards
Common Crows
Ravens
Magpie
Red-winged Blackbirds
American Robins
Townsend's Solitaire
Says Phoebes
Dark-eyed Juncos
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Black-capped Chickadee
Canyon Wrens
Violet-green Swallow
Bushtits
Western Fence Lizards (or Sagebrush Lizard) - Dead
Mourning Cloaks - Numerous
Julia's Orangetips - Numerous