March 21, 2008

Fort Simcoe State Park

Fort Simcoe State Park is located several miles southwest of White Swan, WA. Between the end of October and March 31 it is only open during holidays or on weekends.

* 1. Willow: Salix sp. - Stems yellow, blooming along creek.

2. Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana -

3. Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides (Sitanion hystrix) -

* 4. Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Big, beautiful plants found under the oak trees here.

* 5. Grass Widow: Olsynium inflatum (formerly Sisyrinchium douglasii var. inflatum) -

6. Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum - Basal leaves only plus last years dried stems.

7. Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum ( var. ?) - Basal leaves.

8. Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra - ? Basal leaves, some plants nearly ready to bloom.

9. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum -

* 10. Sagebrush Buttercup: Ranunculus glaberrimus -

* 11. Hornseed Buttercup: Ranunculus testiculatus - Very numerous, just beginning to bloom.

12. Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens - Nearly in bloom.

* 13. Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna -

* 14. Bulblet Prairie-star: Lithophragma glabrum (formerly Lithophragma bulbifera) - A few beginning to bloom.

15. Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii -

16. Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Forming leaves.

17. Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor -

18. Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa (var. ?) - Basal leaves only.

19. Rose: Rosa sp. - Beginning to form leaves.

20. Yakima Milkvetch: Astragalus reventiformis ? - Almost in bloom.

21. Lupine: Lupinus sp. ? - (Lupinus bingensis ?)

* 22. Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata - Fairly numerous, but not yet at peak bloom.

23. Filaree: Erodium cicutarium -

24. Clarkia: Clarkia sp. -

* 25. Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayii - Fairly numerous.

* 26. Canby's Desert Parsley: Lomatium canbyi - Numerous.

* 27. Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum - Beginning to bloom.

* 28. Midget Phlox: Phlox gracilis (formerly Microsteris gracilis) - Beginning to bloom.

29. Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum - Flower buds forming.

* 30. Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus ?- Beginning to bloom.

31. Phacelia: Phacelia hastata ? - Basal leaves only, non-lobed.

* 32. Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora -

33. Cut-leaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii ? - Toothed leaves.

34. Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus -

35. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium -

* 36. Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Beginning to bloom.

37. Wormwood: Artemisia sp - Herbaceous variety in creek bed.

38. Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata var. tridentata -

* 39. Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - Very young plants, beginning to bloom.

* 40. Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamhoriza hookeri - A few plants beginning to bloom.

41. Knapweed: Centaurea sp. -

42. Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii -

* 43. Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Very numerous.

44. False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides (formerly Microseris troximoides) - Basal leaves seen.

Western Meadowlark

Magpie

American Robins