May 8, 2009

Today the weather was in the mid to high 60s with clear, sunny skies and a light wind!

1. Brittle Fern: Cystopteris fragilis -

2. Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa -

3. Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii -

* 4. Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana -

* 5. Willow: Salix sp. -

6. Mistletoe: Arceuthobium americanum or A. campylopodum - Several individuals on the ground beneath ponderosa pines.

7. Rush: Juncus effusus (var. ?) -

8. Rush #2: Juncus sp. - Getting ready to bloom.

* 9. Field Woodrush: Luzula campestris var. congesta -

* 10. Soft Brome: Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus -

* 11. Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum -

12. Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides -

13. Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis -

* 14. Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa -

15. Medusahead: Taeniatherum caput-medusae -

16. Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - ? In bud.

17. Rock Onion: Allium macrum - ? In bud.

18. Long-bearded Mariposa Lily ?: Calochortus longebarbatus var. longebarbatus - If not, then this will be Calochortus subalpinus.

19. Green-banded Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus -

* 20. Common Camas: Camassia quamash - A few plants just beginning to bloom.

* 21. Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum - Only a few remain in bloom in shady, moist places.

* 22. Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflorum ssp. howellii - ? Beginning to bloom.

* 23. Panicled Death Camas: Zigadenus paniculatus -

24. Meadow Death Camas: Zigadenus venonosus var. venonosus - In bud.

25. Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii - Past bloom.

26. Rein Orchid: Piperia (elegans or unalaschensis) - Basal leaves only.

27. Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - In bud.

28. Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum douglasii (var. ?) - Colorful buds forming.

29. Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum -

30. Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum -

31. Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella -

* 32. Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata -

* 33. Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra -

34. Water Montia: Montia fontana -

* 35. Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis -

* 36. Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum -

* 37. Chickweed: Stellaria media -

38. Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa -

39. Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium burkei -

* 40. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum -

* 41. Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis -

* 42. Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens - ?

* 43. Bitter Wintercress: Barbarea vulgaris ?

34. Mountain Tansymustard: Descurainia incana ssp. viscosa - ? In bud.

* 35. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna var. boerhaavii - Fading out of bloom.

46. Scalepod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods are drying and releasing their seeds.

* 47. Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (Synonym: Lithophragma bulbifera) -

* 48. Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum -

* 49. Clayton's Saxifrage, Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. claytoniaefolia -

* 50. Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. integrifolia -

51. Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii -

* 52. Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier cusickii -

* 53. Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala - Beginning to bloom in woods at the trailhead.

54. Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor -

55. Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa (var. ?) -

56. Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis (var. pulcherrima ?) -

* 57. Bittercherry: Prunus emarginatus var. emarginatus -

58. Chokecherry: Prunus virginianus var. melanocarpa - In bud.

59. Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata -

60. Litle Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa -

61. Pearhip Rose ?: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana -

62. Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba annua -

* 63. Hood River Milkvetch: Astragalus hoodianus - Beginning to bloom. Pistils are covered with hairs.

* 64. Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus - Beginning to bloom.

65. Nevada Deervetch: Lotus nevadensis - ?

* 66. Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus - ? One plant just beginning to bloom.

* 67. Small Lupine: Lupinus micranthus -

* 68. Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum -

* 69. Filaree: Erodium cicutarium -

70. Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana (var. procera ?) -

71. Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum -

72. . Deer Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus -

* 73. Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus -

* 74. Hooked Spur Violet: Violat adunca -

75. Cutleaf Violet: Viola sheltonii -

* 76. Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata - A few plants remain in bloom.

77. Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Past bloom.

78. Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum -

* 79. Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi - Numerous.

80. Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Yellow-flowered form.

* 81. Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - Common.

82. Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - Acaulescent. Fruits forming.

* 83. Suksdorf's Desert Parsley: Lomatium suksdorfii -

* 84. Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum -

85. Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza sp. -

86. Yampah: Pterideridia sp. - Basal leaves only.

87. Kinnickinick: Arctostaphylos nevadensis -

88. Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea - Stalks of the past season still visible.

* 89. Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum - Numerous along stream edges (those streams that have very little slope or descent to them).

90. Narrow-leaved Collomia ?: Collomia linearis -

* 91. Baker's Linanthus: Leptosiphon bolanderi (Synonym: Linanthus bakeri) - Common on open, dry slopes.

* 92. Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa - Common.

* 93. Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus -

* 94. Ballhead Desert Parsley: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii -

95. Great Basin Nemophila: Nemophila breviflora -

* 96. Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora - Fading out of bloom.

* 97. Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata - Fading out of bloom.

* 98. Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa -

* 99. Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia -

* 100. Cryptanth: Cryptantha sp. - Smaller flowers than above. Possibly Cryptantha flaccida ?

* 101. Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale - Beginning to bloom.

* 102. Yellow and Blue Forget-me-not: Myosotis discolor -

* 103. Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri - Beginning to bloom at edges of shallow puddles in old road beds.

* 104. Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus -

105. Common Paintbrush ?: Castilleja miniata -

* 106. Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora -

* 107. Chickweed Monkeyflower: Mimulus alsinoides - Fading out of bloom.

* 108. Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus -

* 109. Narrow-leaf Owl-clover: Orthocarpus attenuatus -

* 110. Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella -

111. Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus -

* 112. Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora var. purpurea -

* 113. Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine -

114. Kelloggia: Kelloggia galioides -

* 115. Man Root, Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus - Only 2 plants seen, both in bloom.

116. Elderberry: Sambucus sp. - Probably blue elderberry.

117. Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus -

* 118. White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera -

* 119. Corn Salad: Valerianella locusta -

120. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - Some plants at lower elevation in the canyon are in bud.

* 121. Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla - Fading out of bloom.

122. Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa -

* 123. Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha -

* 124. Field Pussytoes ?: Antennaria howellii ssp. neodioica - Beginning to bloom.

* 125. Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides - ? Beginning to bloom.

* 126. Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Beginning to bloom.

* 127. Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - ?

128. Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare -

129. Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia - ?

130. Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis -

* 131. Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fading out of bloom.

132. Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum -

133. Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - ?

134. Cut-leaved Microseris?: Microseris laciniata - Basal leaves only.

135. Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans - ?

* 136. False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides -

* 137. Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus - Beginning to bloom.

* 138. Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale -

139. Salsify: Tragopogon sp. - Basal leaves only.

Animals Seen During This Hike:

Mule Deer - 19 bucks, mostly laying in the shade under trees

2 Western Gray Squirrels

Douglas Squirrel

Turkey Vultures

Kestrel

Northern Flickers - calling and drumming

Lewis Woodpeckers

Ravens

Stellers Jays

Western Meadowlarks

Robins

Swainsons Thrushes - calling

Black-headed Grosbeaks - calling

Spotted Towhees - calling

Green Towhee

Mourning Doves

Dark-eyed Juncos

Chipping Sparrows

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Violet-green Swallows

(Vauxs ?) Swifts - 1 pair

Western Fence Lizards ?

Garter Snake

Western Rattlesnake - About one foot long.

Pacific Tree Frog

Anise Swallowtail

Indra Swallowtail

California Tortoiseshells

Propertius Duskywings

Sara's Orangetip

Blue - unidentified

Honeybees

Bumblebees: Bombus sp.

Water Striders

Black Widow - female guarding eggs under rock