Today the weather was in the mid 30s with light snow showers in the morning with light, intermittent drizzle in the afternoon.
Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - ? Basal leaves only.
* Pale-anthered Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorumvar. pallidum
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica
Panicled Death Camas: Zigadenus paniculatus
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii - Beginning to bloom.
Rein Orchid: Piperia (elegans or unalaschensis) - Basal leaves only.
Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium burkei
Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Some with flower buds forming
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis
* Unidentified Buttercup: Ranunculus sp. or perhaps a cross with Ranunculus glaberrimus? - The photos shown from this link show this buttercup as seen at this location as well as comparisons to both the obscure buttercup and sagebrush buttercup.
Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens
* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna var. boerhaavii - Numerous.
* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (Synonym: Lithophragma bulbifera)
* Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (Synonym: Lithophragma glabra)
* Clayton's Saxifrage, Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. claytoniaefolia - In bud.
Litle Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa
Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus
Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba annua
Milkvetch: Astragalus (hoodianus or reventiformis) - Numerous mounds of leaves emerging from the ground.
Wyeth Lupine: Lupinus wyethii
Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus
* Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata - Beginning to bloom.
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum
* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi
* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - or gormanii
* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Yellow-flowered form.
Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
Suksdorf's Desert Parsley: Lomatium suksdorfii - Leaves barely emerging from the ground.
Kinnickinick: Arctostaphylos nevadensis
Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea
Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea (var. ?)
* Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus
Ballhead Desert Parsley: Hydrophyllum capitatum (var. thompsonii?)
* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata
Self Heal: Prunella vulgaris
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa
Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fairly numerous on upper south-facing slopes.
False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides
Animals Seen During This Hike:
Northern Flickers
Canyon Wren
Western Bluebirds
Dark-eyed Juncos