Study Weekend: A Washington Native Plant Society Hike

June 14, 2011

Douglas Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii - Winged fruits forming.

* Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

Oregon Boxwood: Paxistima myrsinites

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana ?

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

* Sedge: Carex sp. - Ovales

* Toad Rush: Juncus bufonius

* Needlegrass: Achnatherum sp.

* Meadow Brome: Bromus commutatus ?

* California Brome: Bromus carinatus ? - Panicled inflorescence, native?

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicatum

* Pale Bastard Toadflax: Comandra umbellata var. pallida

American Waterplantain: Alisma trivialis ? - In bud.

* Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum

* Lyall's Mariposa Lily: Calochortus lyallii

Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods forming.

* Meadow Deathcamas: Zigadenus venenosus

* Mountain Lady's Slipper: Cypripedium montanum

Rein Orchid: Piperia sp.

* Wyeth Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides (var. heracleoides ?)

Snow Buckwheat: Eriogonum niveum - In bud.

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum

* Sulfur Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum (var. subalpinum ?)

Prostrate Knotweed: Polygonum aviculare

Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

* Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

Lamb's Quarters: Chenopodium album

* Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva

Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

Western White Clematis: Clematis ligusticifolia

Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum - In bud.

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

Lanceleaf Stonecrop: Sedum lanceolatum

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

* Sicklepod Rockcress: Arabis sparsiflora (var. ?)

* Whited's Fissurewort: Halimolobos whitedii ?

* Whitetop: Cardaria draba

Bulblet Prairie Stars: Lithophragma bulbifera - Past bloom.

* Small-flowered Prairie Stars: Lithophragma parviflorum

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ) - Hairy ovary, petals 10-14 mm long.000000000

* Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii var. douglasii

* Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla arguta var. convallaria

Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata ?

Sulfurflower Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta ?

Bitter Cherry: Prunus emarginata var. emargintata - Past bloom.

* Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa

* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana

Canadian Milkvetch: Astragalus (canadensis ?)

* Weedy Milkvetch: Astragalus miser var. serotinus

* Small-flowered Deervetch: Lotus micranthus

Silky Lupine: Lupinus sericeus ? - Note: The lupines here were just starting to bloom and we were having difficulty getting them to key out to anything we could recognize.

Whitish Lupine: Lupinus sulphureus var. subsaccatus ?

* Least Hop Clover: Trifolium dubium

* Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum

Dwarf Mallow: Malva neglecta

* False-mermaid: Floerkea proserpinacoides

Snow Brush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus

Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

* Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum (var. dissectum ?)

Geyer's Desert Parsley: Lomatium geyeri

Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum

Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Western Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri - In bud. (Narrow leaves.............)

Desert Shooting Stars: Dodecatheon conjugens

Hybrid Dogbane: Apocynum xfloribundum ? - erect stems

* Narrowleaved Collomia: Collomia linearis

* Yellow-staining Collomia: Collomia tinctoria

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Fading out of bloom.

Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum

Great Basin Nemophila: Nemophila breviflora

* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata

Threadleaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis

* Cryptanth: Cryptantha sp. - Small white flowers.

Long-flowered Bluebells: Mertensia longiflora

Scouler's Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys scouleri or P. hispidulus

* Thompson's Paintbrush: Castilleja thompsonii

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Hedgehyssop: Gratiola sp.

* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus

* Chelan Penstemon: Penstemon pruinosus

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

* Bilobed Speedwell: Veronica biloba

* Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora

* English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale

* Shrubby Bedstraw: Galium multiflorum

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea

Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Tall Pussytoes: Antennaria anaphaloides

* Flagellate Pussytoes: Antennaria flagellaris

* Alpine Pussytoes: Antennaria media

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

* Arnica: Arnica fulgens or Arnica sororia ?

Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata

* Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata - Fading out of bloom.

Diffuse Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa

Dustymaidens: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii

Green Rabbitbrush: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Hawksbeard: Crepis sp. - In bud.

Foothill Daisy: Erigeron corymbosus

* Threadleaf Fleabane: Erigeron filifolius

* Desert Yellow Daisy: Erigeron linearis

Showy Aster: Eurybia conspicuua

Rocky Mountain Sunflower: Helianthella uniflora var. douglasii

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

* Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata ?

* Slender Tarweed: Madia gracilis

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

Columbia Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma carthamoides var. carthamoides

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

Stiff-branched Wirelettuce: Stephanomeria paniculata

* Rock Dandelion: Taraxacum laevigatum

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

* Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius

Pair of Golden Eagles

Osprey

Red-tailed Hawk carrying a 3 foot long Bull Snake

Prairie Falcon

Northern Flicker

Clark's Nutcracker

Stellers Jays

Black-headed Grosbeaks

Robins

Cedar Waxwings

Eastern Kingbirds

Western Wood Peewees

White-crowned Sparrow (or Golden-crowned Sparrow) - Immature

Vesper Sparrows

Pine Siskins

Western Goldfinches

Violet-green Swallows

Hummingbird

Large Bombus (1")

Pale Swallowtail

Mourning Cloak

Marbled White

Acomon Blues