Escure Ranch: Rock Creek

Bureau of Land Management

May 13, 2011

Botany Washington: A Washington Native Plant Society Field Trip

Box Elder: Acer negundo - Winged fruits forming.

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Narrow-leaf Willow: Salix exigua ?

* Ferriss' Scouring Rush: Equisetum xferrissii (E. hyemale x laevigatum)

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis ?

* Clustered Field Sedge: Carex praegracilis

Spike-rush: Eleocharis sp.

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* Fescue: Festuca (dura, rubra, etc?)

* Charming Barley: Hordeum murinum ssp. leporinum

Basin Wild Rye: Leymus cinereus

* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa

* Sandberg's Blue Grass: Poa secunda

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

* Common Hardgrass: Sclerochloa dura

Medusa-head: Taeniatherum caput-medusae

Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.

Onion: Allium sp. - In bud.

Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus

Common Camas: Camassia quamash

* Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

* Douglas' Brodiaea: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. grandiflora

* Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis

Parsnip-flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides - In bud.

Snow Buckwheat: Eriogonum niveum

* Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

Forage Kochia: Bassia prostrata (Kochia prostrata)

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata

* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp.depressa

* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis

Sticky Chickweed: Cerastium glomeratum - In bud.

* Jagged Chickeweed: Holosteum umbellatum

Western White Clematis: Clematis ligusticifolia

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

* Common Fumitory: Fumaria officinalis - Found along the road to the Escure Ranch

Tower Mustard: Arabis glabra

* Whitetop: Cardaria draba

* Blue Mustard: Chorispora tenella

Flixweed: Descurainia sophia - In bud.

* Spring Whitlowgrass: Draba verna

Scalepod: Idahoa scapigera

* Clasping Pepperweed: Lepidium perfoliatum

Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum

Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera

* Small-flowered Priaire Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

Northwest Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia (var. ?) - Just past bloom.

* Golden Currant: Ribes aureum

* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

Sticky Currant: Ribes viscosissimum ?

* Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. cusickii ?)

* Douglas; Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii

Silverweed: Potentilla anserina ssp. anserina - Not observed but reported in alkaline soils near the creek from this location.

Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis ?

Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata

Sulfur Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa - In bud.

Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontanus

Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba annua

Lupine: Lupinus sp.

Alfalfa: Medicago sativa

Vetch: Vicia sp.

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum

Klamath Weed: Hypericum perforatum

Western Poison-ivy: Toxicodendron rydbergii (Rhus radicans)

* Hooked-spur Violet: Viola adunca

* Valley Sagebrush Violet: Viola vallicola (Viola nuttallii var. vallicola)

* Burr Chervil: Anthriscus caucalis

Poison Hemlock: Conium maculatum

Cow Parsnip: Heracleum lanatum

* Swale Desert Parsley: Lomatium ambiguum

* Fern-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum

* Northern Biscuitroot: Lomatium farinosum var. farinosum - Fading out of bloom.

* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi

* Biscuit Root: Lomatium macrocarpum

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum (var. triternatum ?)

Field Bindweed: Convolvulus arvensis

* Dark-throated Shooting Star: Dodecatheon pulchellum var. pulchellum - Most plants past bloom.

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Longleaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia

* Annual Polemonium: Polemonium micranthum

* Bugloss Fiddleneck: Amsinckia lycopsoides

* Catchweed: Asperugo procumbens

* Gromwell: Lithospermum arvense

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

* Small-flowered Scorpiongrass: Myosotis micrantha

Nettleleaf Horsemint: Agastache urticifolia

* Henbit: Lamium amplexicaule

Red Dead-nettle: Lamium purpureum

Narrowleaf Skullcap: Scutellaria angustifolia ssp. angustifolia

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Dalmation Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica

Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii

Moth Mullein: Verbascum blatteria

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

* Corn Speedwell: Veronica arvensis

Woolly Plantain: Plantago patagonica

* Annual Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine var. echinospermum

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

Fuller's Teasel: Dipsacus fullonum (Dipsacus sylvestris)

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Common Burdock: Arctium minus

Russian Tarragon: Artemisia dracunculus

Western Wormwood: Artemisia ludoviciana (ssp. ludoviciana ?)

Scabland Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida

* Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagitatta

Rush Skeletonweed: Chondrilla juncea

Chicory: Cichorum intybus

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericamaeria nauseosa (var. speciosa ?)

Fleabane: Erigeron sp. (E. pumilus ?)

Blanket Flower: Gaillardia aristata

Resinweed: Grindelia squarrosa

Albert's Hawkweed: Hieracium albertinum (H. scouleri)

Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola

Scotch Cottonthistle: Onopordum acanthium

Butterweed Broundsel: Senecio serra

Canada Goldenrod: Solidago canadensis

Common Tansy: Tanacetum vulgare

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius

Vole

Red-tailed Hawk

Ravens

Pheasants

Western Meadowlarks

Brewer's Blackbirds

Red-winged Blackbirds

White-throated Swifts

Violet-green Swallows

Rough-winged Swallows

Bank Swallows

Barn Swallows

3 Rattlesnakes (2 were exceptionally aggressive!)

Carnivorous Ground Beetles