Today the weather was in the mid to high 70s with clear, sunny skies and a light wind!
* indicates the plant is currently in bloom.
Brittle Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
Oregon Cliff Fern: Woodsia oregana ?
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
* Willow: Salix sp.
* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri
* Bladder Sedge ?: Carex utriculata - Around small pond.
* Spikerush: Eleocharis sp.
* Small-fruited Bulrush: Scirpus microcarpus
Rush: Juncus effusus (var. ?)
* Needlegrass: Achnatherum sp.
* Soft Brome: Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus
* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides
* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis
* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa
* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudorogeneria spicata
*Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum
Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii ? - In bud.
Green-banded Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus
*Common Camas: Camassia quamash - Past bloom.
*Ookow: Dichelostemma congestum
*Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflorum var. howellii - Beginning to bloom.
Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina - In bud.
Panicled Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum - Past bloom.
*Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum
* Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Cream-colored blossoms.
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum - In bud.
Willow-leaf Dock: Rumex salicifolius - ?
*Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata - Fading out of bloom.
* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra - Fading out of bloom.
*Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis - Fading out of bloom.
Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium burkei - In bud.
*Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Very few plants still in bloom.
* White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis (var. ?)
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Fading out of bloom.
* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum
Scalepod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods are drying and releasing their seeds.
* Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum
Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum - Only in bloom under the shade of oak trees.
Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. integrifolia - Past bloom.
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - In bud.
Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor
* Apple: Malus sp.
* Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa (var. reflexa) - Beginning to bloom.
Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum
* Bittercherry: Prunus emarginatus var. emarginatus
Chokecherry: Prunus virginianus var. melanocarpa - In bud.
* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata
Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis
* Hood River Milkvetch: Astragalus hoodianus - Beginning to bloom. Pistils are covered with hairs.
* Bog Deervetch: Hosackia pinnata
* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus
* Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius
Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus - In bud. (Cream-colored flowers?)
* Small Lupine: Lupinus micranthus
Alfalfa: Medicago sativa ?
* Cup Clover: Trifolium cyathiferum
Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum
* Annual Cow Vetch: Vicia villosa
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Field Bindweed: Convolvulus arvensis
Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum - ?
Deer Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus - In bud.
Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus
Cutleaf Violet: Viola sheltonii
Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata
Smoothstem Blazing-star: Mentzelia laevicaulis
* Slender Godetia: Clarkia gracilis
* Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea
Bog Willowherb: Epilobium (glandulosum?) - Has turions. Riparian species.
* Chervil: Anthriscus caucalis
Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Past bloom.
Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum - Past bloom.
* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense or Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum ? - Numerous but mostly past bloom.
Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Yellow-flowered form.
* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - Common.
* Suksdorf's Desert Parsley: Lomatium suksdorfii
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. anomalum
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum
* Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi - Fading out of bloom.
* Pacific Sanicle: Sanicula crassicaulis var. crassicaulis ?
Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum - Past bloom.
Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsmaefolium
* Whitestem Frasera, Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana
Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora
Narrow-leaved Collomia ?: Collomia linearis
* Blue Gilia: Gilia capitata
* Bolander's Linanthus: Leptosiphon bolanderi (Synonym: Linanthus bakeri) - Common on open, dry slopes.
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - A few plants still in bloom.
* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa - Fading out of bloom.
Ballhead Desert Parsley: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii
* Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora
* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata
* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa
* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia
* Cryptanth: Cryptantha sp. - Smaller flowers than above. Possibly Cryptantha flaccida ?
Great Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grandis - Past bloom.
* Gromwell: Buglossoides arvensis
Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale - Past bloom.
* Yellow and Blue Forget-me-not: Myosotis discolor
* Small-flowered Forget-me-not: Myosotis micrantha
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
* Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii - A few still in bloom.
* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata
* Narrow-leaf Owl-clover: Castilleja attenuata - Fading out of bloom.
* Hairy Owl-clover: Castilleja tenuis
Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii
* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella - Fading out of bloom.
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum - A few still in bloom.
* Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine
* Man Root, Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus - Fairly numerous.
Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera - Mostly out of bloom.
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - Some plants at lower elevation in the canyon are in bud.
* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla - Fading out of bloom.
* Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa
* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha
* Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides - Beginning to bloom.
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - ?
* Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii - Beginning to bloom.
Chicory: Cichorum intybus
Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia - In bud.
* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum - Beginning to bloom at low elevation.
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - In bud.
* Slender Tarweed ?: Madia gracilis
* Pineappleweed: Matricaria matricarioides - Occasional, along roads.
* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans
* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus
Salsify: Tragopogon dubius - Basal leaves only.
* Northern Mule's Ears: Wyethia amplexicaulis
Animals Seen During This Hike:
California Ground Squirrels - numerous
Turkey Vultures
Red-tailed Hawk
Coopers Hawk
Kestrel
Grouse - Drumming in distance.
Northern Flickers - calling and drumming
Ravens
Stellers Jays
Western Wood Peewee
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Western Meadowlarks
Western Tanager - heard
Robins
Black-headed Grosbeaks - calling
Mourning Doves
Dark-eyed Juncos
Chipping Sparrows
Lark Sparrows
Violet-green Swallows
(Vauxs ?) Swifts - several
Garter Snake
Racer
Pacific Tree Frog - several in a small creek descending in the canyon to the south of Soda Springs Road
Tadpoles - In stock pond north of the junction of the Old Headquarters Road and Anderson Road.
Pale Tiger Swallowtails - numerous
Indra Swallowtails - numerous
Ochre Ringlets - numerous
Propertius Duskywings - numerous
Acmon's Blue - one seen
Blue - unidentified
Bumblebees: Bombus sp.
Dark Dragonflies
Saw Flys - numerous, clinging to vegetation
Crane Flys