Davis Canyon Natural Area Preserve

Washington Department of Natural Resources

June 11, 2011

Study Weekend: A Washington Native Plant Society Field Trip

Please call the Washington Department of Natural Resources office in Ellensburg before visiting this preserve.

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella (wallacei ?)

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

* Thread-leaved Sedge: Carex filifolia

* Hairy Brome: Bromus commutatus

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

* Slender Fescue: Festuca octoflora ?

* Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda

* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

* Needle-and-thread Grass: Stipa comata

* Lyall's Mariposa: Calochortus lyallii

Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus

Meadow Deathcamas: Zigadenus venenosus - Past bloom.

* Pale Bastard toadflax: Commandra umbellata var. pallida

* Wyeth Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides

Snow Buckwheat: Eriogonum niveum - In bud.

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

Ballhead Sandwort: Eremogone congesta (var. cephaloidea ?) - In bud.

* Douglas' Campion: Silene douglasii

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

* Holboell's Rockcress: Arabis holboellii (var. ?)

* Western Tansymustard: Descurainia pinnata

* Whited's Fissurewort: Halimolobos whitedii

* Tumble Mustard: Sisymbrium altissimum

Roundleaf Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica - Past bloom.

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

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

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum - Past bloom.

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?) - Past bloom.

* Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum - Fading out of bloom.

* Tall Cinquefoil: Potentilla arguta var. convallaria

Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis - In bud.

* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Fading out of bloom.

Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana

* Weedy Milkvetch: Astragalus miser var. serotinus

Woollypod Milkvetch: Astragalus purshii (var. ?) - Pods well formed.

* Silky Lupine: Lupinus sericeus - Note: The lupines here weren't keying easily, and may reflect some hybridization.

* Hybrid Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus x sericeus ? - Along road.

* Bingen Lupine: Lupinus sulphureus var. subsaccatus ?

* Swale Desert Parsley: Lomatium ambiguum

Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum (var. multifidum ?) - Past bloom.

Large-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum - Past bloom.

Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsimaefolium (var. ?)

* Shining Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. ?

Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens - Past bloom.

* Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

* Narrow-leaved Collomia: Collomia linearis

* Prickly Phlox: Linanthus pungens

* Longleaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia

* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata

* Threadleaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis

* Sagebrush Stickseed: Hackelia diffusa var. arida

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

Bracted Verbena: Verbena bracteata - In bud.

* Thompson's Paintbrush: Castilleja thompsonii

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Yellow Penstemon: Penstemon confertus - Beginning to bloom.

Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus

* Chelan Penstemon: Penstemon pruinosus

* Indian-wheat: Plantago patagonica

* Cleavers: Galium aparine

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Fading out of bloom.

Tarragon: Artemisia dracunculus

Western Mugwort: Artemisia ludoviciana (var. ?)

Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata (var. tridentata ?)

Three-tip Sagebrush: Artemisia tripartita

Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata - Past bloom.

* Hoary Chaenactis: Chaenactis douglasii - Beginning to bloom.

Slender Hawkweed: Crepis atrabarba ? - In bud.

Longleaf Fleabane: Erigeron corymbosus

* Threadleaf Fleabane: Erigeron filifolius

* Desert Yellow Daisy: Erigeron linearis

* Shaggy Fleabane: Erigeron pumilus - Beginning to bloom.

Filago: Filago arvensis

* Blanketflower: Gaillardia aristata - Beginning to bloom.

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola

* Little Tarweed: Madia exigua

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - Fading out of bloom.

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

Stiff-branched Wire Lettuce: Stephanomeria paniculata

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

* Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius

Black Bear, or could it have been a Grizzly (wishful thinking) ?

Golden Eagle

Merlin

Lewis' Woodpeckers

Magpies

Eastern Kingbirds

Western Kingbirds

Western Meadowlarks

Acmon Blues

Arrowhead Blue

Ochre Ringlet