Trails to petrified logs several miles west of Vantage, WA
April 19, 2002
* Indicates that the plant is currently in bloom.
*Panicled Death-camas: Zigadenus paniculatus
*Douglas' Buckwheat/Thyme-leaved Buckwheat: Eriogonum douglasii var. douglasii / E. thymoides ?
*Spiny Hopsage: Atriplex spinosa
*Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
*Western Tansymustard: Descurainia pinnata
Shining Oregon Grape: Mahonia (Berberis) aquifolium
*Woollypod Milk-vetch: Astragalus purshii
*Medick Milk-vetch: Astragalus speirocarpus
*Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
*Hood's Phlox: Phlox hoodii
*Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa
*Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia lycopsoides
*Long-spurred Plectritis: Plectritis ciliosa
*Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha
Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida- Not in bloom.
*Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana
*Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri
*Low Hawkweed: Crepis modocensis ssp. rostrata ?
*Piper's or Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron piperiana or E. linearis ?
*Cushion Fleabane: Erigeron poliospermus
*Narrow-leaf Goldenweed: Stenotus stenophyllus
*False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides
Animals Seen:
5 Sage Sparrows
2 Huns
House Finches
several Meadowlarks