Painted Rocks Trail: Little Spokane River Natural Area

Washington State Parks

July 3, 2011

Birch: Betula sp. - Native tree.

Black Cottonwood: Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa (Populus trichocarpa)

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

* Threadleaf Sedge: Carex filifolia

Clustered Field Sedge: Carex praegracilis ? - Past bloom.

* Columbia Needlegrass: Achnatherum nelsonii ssp. nelsonii

* Japanese Brome: Bromus japonicus

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* Orchard Grass: Dactylis glomerata

* One-spike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata

* Slender Hairgrass: Deschampsia elongata ?

* Needle and Thread: Heterostipa comata

* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa

* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

* Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis

* Yellow Iris: Iris pseudacoris

Snow Buckwheat: Eriogonum niveum - In bud.

* Menzie's Catchfly: Silene menziesii

Western Clematis: Clematis ligusticifolia

* Creeping Buttercup: Ranunculus repens

* Geyer's Twinpod: Physaria geyeri

* Tumble Mustard: Sisymbrium altissimum

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis (var. pulcherrima ?) - In bud.

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa

* Birchleaf Spiraea: Spiraea betulifolia

Hardhack: Spiraea douglasii (var. menziesii)

* Silky Lupine: Lupinus sericeus

* Least Hopclover: Trifolium dubium

* American Vetch: Vicia americana

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

* Sticky Purple Geranium: Geranium viscossissimum

Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Kinnickinnick: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsmaefolium (var. ?) - In bud.

* Hybrid Dogbane: Apocynum xfloribundum

* Showy Milkweed: Asclepias speciosa

* Narrowleaf Collomia: Collomia linearis

* Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata

* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata

* Viper's Bugloss: Echium vulgare

Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

* Narrow-leaf Skullcap: Scutellaria angustifolia

Dalmation Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica - In bud.

Common Plantain: Plantago major

* Indian Plantain: Plantago patagonica

Annual Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine var. echinospermum

Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa

Teasel: Dipsacus sylvestris

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Howell's Pussytoes: Antennaria howellii var. howellii

Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagitatta

Douglas' Dustymaiden: Chaenactis douglasii

Wavyleaf Thistle: Cirsium undulatum ?

Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare

* Blanket Flower: Gaillardia aristata

Gumweed: Grindelia sp. - In bud.

* Alkali Marsh Butterweed: Senecio hydrophilus

Osprey

Northern Flickers

American Robins

Mourning Doves

Red-wing Blackbirds

Western Wood Peewees

Chipping Sparrows

Mountain Chickadees

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Pygmy Nuthatches

Violet-green Swallows

Large Bumblebees

Paul Slichter