White Alder: Alnus rhombifolia
Western Hackberry: Celtis reticulata
Walnut: Juglans sp.
Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis
Coyote Willow: Salix exigua var. exigua - Colorful stems of this colonial willow along the river banks!
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
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Perhaps past peak bloom except on moister, north-facing slopes.
Snow Buckwheat: Eriogonum niveum
Prickly Russian Thistle: Salsola tragus
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Beginning to bloom.
Clasping Pepperweed: Lepidium perfoliatum
Tall Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum
Cut-leaf Thelypody: Thelypodium laciniatum
Thick-leaved Thelypodium: Thelypodium milleflorum
* Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum
* Golden Currant: Ribes aureum
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii
Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier cusickii ?
Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata
Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana
* Woolly-pod Milkvetch: Astragalus purshii var. glareosus - Beginning to bloom.
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Poison Ivy: Toxicodendron rydbergii
Poison Hemlock: Conium maculataum
* Gorman's Salt and Pepper: Lomatium gormanii
* Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium multifidum
* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum - Full bloom.
Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum (var. brevifolium ?) - Leaves arising from the ground.
* Desert Shooting Stars: Dodecatheon conjugens - Beginning to bloom.
* Longleaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia - Beginning to bloom.
Variedleaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla ssp. virgata -
Branching Phacelia: Phacelia ramosissima var. ramosissima
* Intermediate Fiddleneck: Amsinckia intermedia - Beginning to bloom.
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
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
Common Teasel: Dipsacus fullonum
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
Western Wormwood: Artemisia ludoviciana (ssp. ?)
Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - Look for this on the hillside directly west of the campground and Pinnacles Trail trailhead.
Diffuse Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa
Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii - Second year leaves.
Chicory: Cichorum intybus
Wavyleaf Thistle: Cirsium undulatum
Showy Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa (var. speciosa ?)
Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa
Threadleaf Fleabane: Erigeron filifolius
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 nice ram and several ewes or juveniles high on slopes above the Pinnacles Trail. The ewes should be lambing soon so please stay away from them to keep their lambs safe!
Mule Deer - Tracks
Red-tailed Hawks
Common Goldeneyes
Mallards
Canada Geese
Ring-necked Pheasants - 1 male along Highway 206
Killdeer
Rock Doves
American Crows
Ravens
Western Meadowlarks
Starlings
American Robins
Townsend's Solitaires
Says Phoebes - nesting near the campground and day use area
Dark-eyed Juncos
Song Sparrows
Canyon Wrens
Carnivorous Ground Beetles
Anise Swallowtail
Mourning Cloaks - several
Julia's Orangetips - numerous
Sheridan's Green Hairstreaks ? - numerous
Whites - several. Mostly white with some dark veins on the undersides of the wings.