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Weather: Temps to the low 40s overnight, low 70s during the day. Very thin overcast with a light wind during the morning with thicker clouds moving through at time in the early afternoon. Winds increasing during the day. There was also a wildfire someplace downstream on the Grande Ronde River, up Chief Joseph canyon, or in the Snake River Canyon.
Complete plant list for Field Springs State Park. - To be updated in the future..
Coniferous and Deciduous Trees and Shrubs:
Grand Fir: Abies grandis
Western Larch: Larix occidentalis
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa ssp. scopulorum
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca
Douglas' Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii - Fruits forming.
Mountain Alder: Alnus (incana ?)
* Redstem Ceanothus: Ceanothus sanguineus
Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana
Mackenzie's Willow: Salix prolixa ?
* Lilac: Syringia sp.
Lichens:
Horsehair Lichen: Bryoria sp.
Cowpie Lichen: Diploschistes (muscorum ?)
Tube Lichen: Hypogymnia sp.
Wolfsbane Lichen: Letharia vulpina
Felt Lichen: Peltigera sp.
Blistered Rock Tripe: Umbilicaria (hyperborea ?)
Mosses & Spikemosses:
Polytrichum Moss: Polytrichum (pilferum ?)
Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei
Ferns & Horsetails:
Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina
Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
Horsetail: Equisetum arvense
Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum ssp. pubescens
Sedges and Grasses, etc:
Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri
* Hood's Sedge: Carex hoodii
* Meadow Sedge: Carex petasata ?
Pacific Woodrush: Luzula comosa - Past bloom.
* Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus pratensis - Along highway right of way.
* Soft Brome: Bromus hordeaceus
* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
* Mountain Brome: Bromus carinatus var. marginatus ?
* Orchard Grass: Dactylis glomerata
* Onespike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata
* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis var. idahoensis
* Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha
* Annual Bluegrass: Poa annua
Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda (ssp. secunda ?)
* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegnaria spicata var. spicata
Common Cattail: Typha latifolia
Wildflowers:
* Stingining Nettles: Urtica dioica ssp. urtica
* Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum
* Elegant Star-tulip: Calochortus elegans
* Bead Lily: Clintonia uniflora
Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. grandiflorum
Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods well-formed.
* False Solomon's Seal: Maianthemum racemosum var. amplexicaule - Fading out of bloom.
* Star-flowered False Solomon's Seal: Maianthemum stellatum
* Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum
* Bluedicks: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. grandiflora - Fading out of bloom.
California False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum var. californicum
Spotted Coralroot: Corallorhiza maculata - In bud. ?
* Mountain Lady Slipper: Cypripedium montanum
Rattlesnake Plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia
Rein Orchid: Piperia (elegans or unalascensis ?)
* Parsnip-flowered Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides (var. heracleoides ?)
Sulfur Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum (var. stellatum ?) - In bud.
Prostrate Knotweed: Polygonum aviculare
* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii
* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana
* Thyme-leaf Sandwort: Arenaria serpyllifolia
Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla - Past bloom.
* Red Sandspurry: Spergularia rubra
* Common Chickweed: Stellaria media
Baneberry: Actaea rubra
* Piper's Anemone: Anemone piperi
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum
* Straight-beak Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. platyphyllus - In Rattlesnake Creek
* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus
Western Meadowrue: Thalictrum occidentale - Fruits forming.
False Bugbane: Trautvetteria caroliniensis
Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens
Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii - Fruits maturing.
* Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum
* Pale Alyssum: Alysum alyssoides
* Tower Rockcress: Arabis glabra
* American Wintercress: Barbarea orthoceras
* Rockcress: Boechera pauciflora or Boechera sparsiflora
* Shepherd's Purse: Capsella bursa-pastoris
* Spring Whitlowgrass: Draba verna
* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum (along highway right of way at west side of park)
Alpine Pennycress: Noccaea fendleri ssp. glauca - Fruits forming.
* Lava Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica var. glabella
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum
* Smallflower Starwort: Mitella stauropetala
Golden Currant: Ribes aureum ? - Along Scout Trail about 1/4 mile from open slopes of Puffer Butte.
Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum - Fruits forming.
Snow Currant: Ribes niveum - Fruits developing.
Umatilla Gooseberry: Ribes oxyacanthoides ssp. cognatum
Sticky Currant: Ribes viscosissimum
Western Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. semiintegrifolia ?)
Suksdorf's Hawthorn: Crataegus (suksdorfii ?)
* Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata
Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala
* Large-leaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum
* Old Man's Whiskers: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum
Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor - In bud.
* Mallow Ninebark: Physocarpus malvaceus
* Tall Cinquefoil: Potentilla arguta var. convallaria
* Idaho Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa var. intermedia
* Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis
Annual Burnet: Poteridium annua
Bitter Cherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata - Fruits forming
Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa - Fruits forming.
* Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa
* Nootka Rose: Rosa nutkana var. hispida
* Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana
* American Red Raspberry: Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus
* Blackcap: Rubus leucodermis
* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus
* Cascade Mountain Ash: Sorbus scopulina
* Birchleaf Spiraea: Spiraea betulifolia var. lucida - Beginning to bloom.
* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus
* Silky Lupine: Lupinus sericeus var. sericeus
* Whitish Lupine: Lupinus sulphureus ssp. subsaccatus
* Twin Clover: Trifolium latifolium
* White Clover: Trifolium repens
Purple Clover: Trifolium pratense
* Hairy Vetch: Vicia villosa
* Hooked Spur Violet: Viola adunca ?
* Stream Violet: Viola glabella - Fading out of bloom.
Round-leaved Violet: Viola orbiculata ?
* Bushy Blazing-star: Mentzelia (dispersa ?)
* Common Mallow: Malva neglecta
Small Geranium: Geranium (pusillum ?)
* Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum var. viscosissimum
* Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium (var. ?)
Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum
Cascara: Rhamnus (purshiana ?)
* Enchanter's Nightshade: Circaea alpina
Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum
Large-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum - Fruits well-formed.
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium simplex
* Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi
Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea
Pink Pyrola: Pyrola asarifolia (ssp. ?)
Green-flowered Wintergreen: Pyrola chlorantha ? - In bud (cream-colored petals?).
Early Huckleberry: Vaccinium (ovalifolium ?)
* Clustered Frasera: Frasera fastigiata
* Skyrocket: Ipomopsis aggregata
* Linearleaf Collomia: Collomia linearis
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Fading out of bloom.
* Sticky Phlox: Phlox viscida - Fading out of bloom.
Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum
Great Basin Nemophila: Nemophila breviflora - Past bloom.
Variedleaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla - In bud.
* Torrey's Cryptanth: Cryptantha torreyana
* Common Hound's Tongue: Cynoglossum officinale
* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale
* Streamside Bluebells: Mertensia ciliata
* Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri var. penicillatus
* Nettleleaf Horsemint: Agastache urticifolia - A few plants beginning to bloom.
Native Selfheal: Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata
Red Besseya: Bessya rubra - Fruits forming.
* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. acuta
* Thin-leaved Owl-clover: Orthocarpus tenuifolius
* Sulphur Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus var. attenuatus - Blue-flowered form.
* Sticky Penstemon: Penstemon glandulosus var. glandulosus
* Blue Mountain Penstemon: Penstemon pennellianus
* Corn Speedwell: Veronica arvensis
Thyme-leaved Speedwell: Veronica serpyllifolia var. humifusa
* Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora
* Cleavers: Galium aparine
Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum
English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata
Common Plantain: Plantago major
Twinflower: Linnaea borealis
* Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa - Some plants blooming 30' up into conifer trees.
Elderberry: Sambucus sp.
* Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus (var. laevigatus ?)
Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus or Symphorocarpos rotundifolius ?
Fuller's Teasel: Dipsacus fullonum
* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor
* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla var. heterophylla
Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea
* Pearly Pussytoes: Antennaria anaphaloides
* Field Pussytoes: Antennaria howellii (ssp. neodioica ?)
* Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides
* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea
* Heart-leaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia
Threetip Sagebrush: Artemisia tripartita ?
* Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata - Fading out of bloom.
* Rough Eyelashweed: Blepharipappus scaber - Beginning to bloom.
Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii - In bud.
Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense
* Palouse Thistle: Cirsium brevifolium - Beginning to bloom.
Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare
Snake River Daisy: Erigeron disparipilus
* Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum
Showy Aster: Eurybia conspicuua ?
* Rocky Mountain Sunflower: Helianthella uniflora var. douglasii
White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum - In bud.
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - In bud.
Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola
* Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata
* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans
False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - Gone to seed.
Cusick's Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma carthamoides var. cusickii - In bud.
* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus - Fading out of bloom.
Aster: Symphyotrichum (foliaceum ?)
Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale
* Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
Northern Mule's Ears: Wyethia amplexicaulis
Red Squirrels
Bats
Coopers Hawk or Goshawk
Turkey
Ruffed Grouse with chicks
Killdeer
Northern Flicker
Downy or Hairy Woodpecker - heard
Common Nighthawks
Gray Jay
Stellers Jay
Western Tanager
American Robins
Swainson's Thrush
Townsend's Solitaire
Western Wood Peewee
Chipping Sparrow
Dark-eyed Juncos
Mountain Chickadee
Rock Wren
Pale Swallowtails
Mourning Cloak
Lorquin's Admiral
Anglewing
Ochre Ringlets
Checkerspot
Boisduval's Blues
Brownish-rusty moth with striped hind wings
Tent Caterpillars
Bumblebees