Today the weather was in the mid 30s with light snow showers in the morning with light, intermittent drizzle in the afternoon.
* indicates the plant is currently in bloom.
Brittle Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
Willow: Salix sp.
* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri
* Woodrush: Luzula sp.
* Brome: Bromus sp.
* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides
Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis
* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa
Medusahead: Taeniatherum caput-medusae
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.
Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii - ? In bud.
Green-banded Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus
Camas: Camassia sp.
* Pale-anthered Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum
Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii - In bud.
* Panicled Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Fading out of bloom.
Rein Orchid: Platanthera (elegans or unalaschensis) - Basal leaves only.
Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata
* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum
Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa
Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis
* Obscure Buttercup: Ranunculus trisectus (Synonym: Ranunculus reconditus) or perhaps a cross with Ranunculus glaberrimus? - The photos show this buttercup from this location with comparison photos from both obscure buttercup and sagebrush buttercup.
* Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens - ?
* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii
Mountain Tansymustard: Descurainia incana ssp. viscosa - ? In bud.
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Numerous.
Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum
Scalepod: Idahoa scapigera
* Fringepod: Thysanocarpus curvipes
Currant-leaf Alumroot: Heuchera grossularifolia var. tenuifolia - In bud.
* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (Synonym: Lithophragma bulbifera)
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum
* Clayton's Saxifrage, Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii
* Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier cusickii
Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala
Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor
Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa (var. ?)
Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum
Chokecherry or Bittercherry: Prunus sp.
Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata
Litle Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa
Hood River Milkvetch: Astragalus hoodianus - Numerous mounds of leaves emerging from the ground.
* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus - Beginning to bloom.
Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis
Bog Deervetch: Hosackia pinnata
Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus
Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius - In bud.
* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana
Deer Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus
Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus
Cutleaf Violet: Viola sheltonii
* Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata
Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea
* Small-flowered Willow-herb: Epilobium minutum
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Fading out of bloom.
Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum
* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense
Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Yellow-flowered form.
* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Suksdorf's Desert Parsley: Lomatium suksdorfii - A few plants begining to bloom.
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum
Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza sp.
* Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens
Kinnickinick: Arctostaphylos nevadensis
Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea (var. ?)
Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/Primula poeticum
* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa
Littlebells Polemonium: Polemonium micranthum
* Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus
* Ballhead Desert Parsley: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii
* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata
* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa -
* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia
* Yellow and Blue Forget-me-not: Myosotis discolor
Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri - ?
* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
* Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii
* Chickweed Monkeyflower: Mimulus alsinoides
* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus
Barrett's Penstemon: Penstemon barrettiae
Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii
* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum
* Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine
Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla
Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa
* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha
Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides - In bud.
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - ?
Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii
Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia
Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fading out of bloom.
Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri
Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans
* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides
* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus
Animals Seen During This Hike:
Mule Deer
Turkey Vultures
Red-tailed Hawk
Kestrel
Ravens
Stellers Jays
Black and White Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Dark-eyed Juncos
Pacific Tree Frog
Anise Swallowtail
Indra Swallowtail
California Tortoiseshells
Propertius Duskywings