April 5, 2008
Fort Simcoe State Park
A Washington Native Plant Society Fieldtrip
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.
* Indicates the plant is currently in bloom.
* 1. Willow: Salix sp. - Stems yellow, blooming along creek.
2. Black Cottonwood: Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa (Populus trichocarpa) -
3. Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana -
4. Common Cat-tail: Typha latifolia -
5. Crested Wheatgrass: Agropyron cristatum -
6. Brome: Bromus sp. -
7. Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides (Sitanion hystrix) -
8. Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis -
9. Basin Wild Rye: Leymus cinereus -
10. Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa -
* 11. Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa sandbergii -
* 12. Scilla-like Onion: Allium scilloides - Fading out of bloom.
* 13. Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Most plants of this species are beginning to fade out of bloom.
14. Solomon Plume, Solomon's Seal: Maianthemum sp. (formerly Smilacina sp.) -
15. Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora (ssp. grandiflora or ssp. howellii ?) - In bud.
16. Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina ? -
17. Panicled Deatch Camas ?: Zigadenus paniculatus ? -
18. Meadow Death Camas: Zigadenus venonosus -
19. Iris or Rush: Iris pseudacoris or Juncus ensifolius - Dagger-like basal leaves only visible at this time.
* 20. Grass Widow: Olsynium inflatum (formerly Sisyrinchium douglasii var. inflatum) - Few remain in bloom.
21. Heart-leaf Buckwheat, Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum -
22. Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum douglasii -
23. Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum - Basal leaves only plus last years dried stems.
24. Wyeth Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracloides -
25. Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum ( var. ?) - Basal leaves.
26. Thyme Buckwheat: Eriogonum thymoides - Flower buds forming.
27. Curly Dock: Rumex crispus -
28. Russian Thistle, Tumbleweed: Salsola kali -
* 29. Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata -
30. Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra - Basal leaves, some plants nearly ready to bloom.
31. Bitter Root: Lewisia rediviva -
32. Water Chickweed: Montia fontana - In bud.
* 33. Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis -
34. Spinescent Fameflower: Talinum spinescens -
* 35. Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum -
36. Virgin's Bower: Clematis ligusticifolia -
37. Meadow Larkspur ?: Delphinium burkei (or D. multiplex?) -
38. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Beginning to bloom.
* 39. Sagebrush Buttercup: Ranunculus glaberrimus -
40. Creeping Buttercup: Ranunculus repens -
* 41. Hornseed Buttercup: Ranunculus testiculatus - Very numerous, just beginning to bloom.
42. Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens - Nearly in bloom.
* 43. Oaks Toothwort, Nuttall's Bittercress: Cardamine nuttallii var. nuttallii (Cardamine pulcherrima var. pulcherrima) -
44. Western Tanseymustard: Descurainia pinnata -
* 45. Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna -
46. Wallflower ?: Erysimum sp. ? -
* 47. Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera -
48. Field Pepperweed: Lepidium campestre -
49. Pepperwort, Broadleaved Pepperweed: Lepidium latifolium -
* 50. Fringe Pod: Thysanocarpus curvipes -
* 51. Bulblet Prairie-star: Lithophragma glabrum (formerly Lithophragma bulbifera) - A few beginning to bloom.
* 52. Small-flowered Prairie-star: Lithophragma parviflora - Beginning to bloom.
53. Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia (var. claytoniaefolia ?)- In bud.
* 54. Golden Currant: Ribes aureum -
55. Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii -
56. Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia -
57. Hawthorn: Crataegus sp. (douglasii or suksdorfii) - Leaves and inflorescence forming.
* 58. Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - In plant in flower.
59. Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor -
60. Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa (var. ?) - Basal leaves only.
61. Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis (or Potentilla recta ?) - ?
62. Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii ? - Beginning to form leaves. Some with multiple fruits remaining per inflorescence from last year.
63. Blackcap: Rubus leucodermis -
* 64. Yakima Milkvetch: Astragalus reventiformis - Beginning to bloom.
65. Peavine, Sweet-pea: Lathyrus sp. -
66. Lupine: Lupinus sp. ? - (Lupinus bingensis ?) In bud.
67. Sweet-clover: Melilotus sp. -
* 68. Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum -
69. White Clover: Trifolium repens -
* 70. Filaree: Erodium cicutarium -
71. Western Sumac: Rhus glabra -
* 72. Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata - Fading out of bloom.
73. Common Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea -
74. Chervil: Anthriscus scandicina -
* 75. Canby's Desert Parsley: Lomatium canbyi - Numerous, but most are now out of bloom.
* 76. Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum -
* 77. Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayii - Fairly numerous.
* 78. Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule -
79. Salt-and-pepper: Lomatium piperi -
* 80. Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum - Beginning to bloom.
81. Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri -
82. Hoover's Tauschia: Tauschia hooveri -
83. Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea (Cornus stolonifera) -
84. Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis -
85. Navarretia, Pincushion Plant: Navaretia sp. -
* 86. Midget Phlox: Phlox gracilis (formerly Microsteris gracilis) - Beginning to bloom.
* 87. Hood's Phlox: Phlox hoodii - Beginning to bloom along the road at the park entrance.
88. Long-leaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia - In bud.
* 89. Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa -
* 90. Littlebells Polemonium: Polemonium micranthum - Beginning to bloom.
* 91. Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum - Beginning to bloom.
* 92. Great Basin Nemophila: Nemophila breviflora -
93. Phacelia: Phacelia hastata ? - Basal leaves only, non-lobed.
* 94. Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa -
95. Hound's Tongue: Cynoglossum officinale -
* 96. Gromwell: Lithospermum arvense -
* 97. Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus ?- Beginning to bloom.
98. Lemon Balm: Melissa officinalis - ??
99. Catnip: Nepeta cataria -
* 100. Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora -
101. Common Monkey Flower: Mimulus guttatus -
102. Cut-leaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii - Toothed leaves. In creek bed.
103. Moth Mullein: Verbascum blattaria -
104. Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus -
105. American Speedwell: Veronica americana ? -
106. English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata -
107. Common Plantain: Plantago major -
108. Annual Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine -
109. Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea -
110. Snowberry: Symphoricarpos sp. (albus or oreophilus?) -
* 111. White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera -
112. Wild Cucumber, Big Root: Marah oreganus - In bud.
113. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium -
114. Annual Bursage, Bur Ragweed: Ambrosia acanthicarpa -
* 115. Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Beginning to bloom.
116. Wormwood: Artemisia sp - Herbaceous variety in creek bed.
117. Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata var. tridentata -
118. Threetip Sagebrush, Cut-leaf Sagebrush: Artemisia tripartita -
* 119. Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana -
* 120. Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamhoriza hookeri - A few are in bloom.
121. Knapweed: Centaurea sp. -
122. Yellow Star Thistle: Centaurea solstitialis -
123. Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii -
124. Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense -
125. Hawksbeard: Crepis sp. -
* 126. Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fading out of bloom
127. Hoary Aster: Dieteria canescens var. incana -
128. Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa (Chrysothamnus nauseosus)
129. Green Rabbit Brush: Ericameria viscidiflora (Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus)
130. Thread-leaf Fleabane: Erigeron filifolius -
131. Hairyseed Daisy, Cushion Fleabane: Erigeron poliospermus - Flower buds forming.
132. Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola -
133. False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides (formerly Microseris troximoides) - Basal leaves seen, some with flower buds.
* 134. Narrowleaf Goldenweed: Stenotus stenophyllus (Haplopappus stenopyllus) - Beginning to bloom.
* 135. Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale -
136. Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius -
California Quail
Killdeer - Doing broken wing display when the field trip neared their nests.
Lewis' Woodpeckers - Numerous and noisy!
Northern Flickers
American Robins
Red-wing Blackbirds
Starlings
White-breasted Nuthatch
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Violet-green Swallows
Common Crows
Ravens
California Ground Squirrels
Western Fence Lizards