Washington State Highway SR 14

from US Highway 97 east to Alderdale Road then west along Sixprong Road to Roosevelt Grade Road

April 18 and April 25, 2010

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Douglas' Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. grandiflora

* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. howellii

* Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis - Blooming in moist areas at Roosevelt, WA

* Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. leianthum

Snow Buckwheat: Eriogonum niveum

Rock Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. ?)

* Thyme-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum thymoides

Greasewood: Sarcobatus vermiculatus - Growing in low areas with ashy, alkaline soil along Sixprong Road.

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata (ssp. ?)

* Franklin's Sandwort: Eremogone franklinii var. franklinii

* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

* Pale Wallflower: Erysimum occidentale

* Tumble Mustard: Sisymbrium altissimum

* Thick-leaf Thelypody: Thelypodium laciniatum var. laciniatum

* Thick-leaf Thelypody: Thelypodium laciniatum var. streptanthoides - Reddish-purple flowered racemes covered by hordes of native bees and gray hairstreaks.

* Many-flowered Thelypody: Thelypodium milleflorum - In ashy, alkaline soils along Alderdale and Sixprong Roads.

* Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes

* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

* Hairy Milkvetch: Astragalus inflexus

Woollypod Milkvetch: Astragalus purshii (var. ?) - Woolly pods present.

* Yakima Milkvetch: Astragalus reventiformis

* The Dalles Milkvetch: Astragalus sclerocarpus

* Curvepod Milkvetch: Astragalus speirocarpus

* Columbia Milkvetch: Astragalus succumbens

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus

* Hybrid Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus x sericeus - Beginning to bloom.

* Soft Lupine: Lupinus sulphureus ssp. subsaccatus

Lanceleaf Scurfpea: Psoralidium lanceolatum

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

* Munro's Globemallow: Sphaeralcea munroana ssp. munroana

* Whitestem Blazing Star: Mentzelia albicaulis

Blazing Star: Mentzelia laevicaulis var. laevicaulis

* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi

* Desert Parsley: Lomatium tamanitchii

* Indian-parsnip: Pteryxia terebinthina var. foeniculaceus

* Shy Gilia: Gilia sinuata

* Longleaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia - large swaths of pink covering much of the more naturalized ground.

* Lineleaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis

* Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia lycopsoides

* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa

* Cockscomb Cryptantha: Cryptantha celosioides

* Purple Sage: Salvia dorrii

* Thompson's Paintbrush: Castilleja thompsonii - Amidst sagebrush along Alderdale Road.

* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus

* Sand Penstemon: Penstemon acuminatus var. acuminatus

* Whited's Penstemon: Penstemon eriantherus var. whitedii

* Shrubby Bedstraw: Galium multifflorum

* Manroot: Marah oreganus

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata (ssp. vaseyana ?)

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana

Wavyleaf Thistle: Cirsium undulatum

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa

Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa

* Threadleaf Fleabane: Erigeron filifolius

* Desert Yellow Daisy: Erigeron linearis

* Cushion Fleabane: Erigeron poliospermus var. poliospermus - Including plants with lavender, white, or canary-yellow rays.

Match Brush: Gutierrezia sarothrae

* Cusick's Sunflower: Helianthus cusickii

* Narrowleaf Goldenweed: Nestotus stenophyllus - Blooming atop the highlands on the north side of the Columbia River to the east of Rock Creek.