April 27, 2007
Selah Butte
1. Taper-tip Onion: Allium acuminatum - In bud.
* 2. Panicle Death-camas: Zigadenus paniculatus -
3. Thyme-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum thymoides - In bud.
4. Bitteroot: Lewisia rediviva - In bud.
* 5. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Fairly abundant.
* 6. Hornseed Buttercup: Ranunculus testiculatus - Abundant. Going to seed.
* 7. Spreadingpod Rockcress: Arabis divaricarpa -
* 8. Blue Mustard: Chorispora tenella - Abundant at lower elevations.
* 9. Pauper Milk-vetch: Astragalus misellus - Abundant at the summit.
* 10. Woolly Pod Milk-vetch: Astragalus purshii - Several plants seen in bloom.
* 11. Yakima Milk-vetch: Astragalus reventiformis -
* 12. Bingen Lupine: Lupinus subsaccatus var. bingensis - Beginning to bloom.
* 13. Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Bloomed out below, still in full bloom at higher elevations.
* 14. Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata - Only in bloom near the summit.
15. Canby's Desert Parsley: Lomatium canbyi - Going to seed.
* 16. Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi -
* 17. Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum - Abundant.
* 18. Midget Phlox: Phlox gracilis (formerly Microsteris gracilis) - A few still in bloom at the summit.
* 19. Hood's Phlox: Phlox hoodii -
* 20. Littlebells Polemonium: Polemonium micranthum -
* 21. Thompson's Paintbrush: Castilleja thompsonii -
22. Gairdner's Penstemon: Penstemon gairdneri - In bud.
23. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.
* 24. Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - In bloom at the summit.
25. Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata -
26. Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida -
* 27. Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamhoriza careyana -
* 28. Hybrid Balsamroot: Balsamhoriza careyana X hookeri -
* 29. Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamhoriza hookeri - Fairly abundant.
30. Dusty Maidens: Chaenactis douglasii - Basal leaves present.
* 31. Hawksbeard: Crepis sp. - Beginning to bloom at low to medium elevation.
* 32. Desert Yellow Daisy: Erigeron linearis - Blooming at low to medium elevations.
* 33. Cusick's Sunflower: Helianthus cusickii - Beginning to bloom at lower elevations.
* 34. Narrow-leaf Goldenweed: Stenotus stenophylla (formerly Haplopappus stenophyllus) - Fairly abundant.
* 35. False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides (formerly Microseris troximoides) - Still in bloom.
Western Meadowlark
Horned Larks - Numerous.
Harrier
Ground Squirrel with short tail.
Swallowtail
White (butterflies)