February 17, 2010

Weather: Fairly windy with gusts to 30 mph from the east. Light breeze on wind sheltered slopes on the west side of Hamilton Mt. Temperatures in the high 40s to low 50s.

Tomlike and Chinidere Mountains in Oregon and Grassy Knoll in Washington were visible. All three were only partially covered with snow. Mt. Adams and the top of Mt. Hood were both visible and snow-covered in the distance.

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii

Western Hemlock: Tsuga heterophylla

Bigleaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum

* Red Alder: Alnus rubra

* Hazelnut: Corylus cornuta var. californica

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana

Small-flowered Woodrush: Luzula parviflora

Nodding Onion: Allium cernuum

Rattlesnake-plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia

Wild Ginger: Asarum caudatum

Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

Bitter Dock: Rumex obtusifolius

Candyflower: Claytonia siberica

Columbia Lewisia: Lewisia columbiana var. columbiana

Streambank Springbeauty: Montia parvifolia

Field Chickweed: Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum

Big-leaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

Common Chickweed: Stellaria media

Larkspur: Delphinium sp.

Shining Oregongrape: Berberis aquifolium

Cascade Oregongrape: Berberis nervosa

Angle-leaf Bittercress: Cardamine angulata

Coast Toothwort: Cardamine integrifolia

Springbeauty: Cardamine nuttallii

* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum

Honesty: Lunaria annua

Oregon Stonecrop: Sedum oreganum

Broadleaved Stonecrop: Sedum spathulifolium

Bleeding Heart: Dicentra formosa

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

Smooth Alumroot: Heuchera glabra ?

Smallflower Alumroot: Heuchera micrantha var. micrantha

Smooth Woodlandstar: Lithophragma glabrum

Grassland Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia (var. ?) - Flower buds forming.

Western Saxifrage: Saxifraga nidifica var. claytoniifolia - Flower buds forming.

Fringecup: Tellima grandiflora

Youth-on-age: Tolmiea menziesii

Wood Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata

Largeleaf Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. macrophyllum

Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

Indian Plum: Oemlaria cerasiformus

Baldhip Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus armeniacus

Black Cap Raspberry: Rubus leucodermis

Salmonberry: Rubus spectabilus

Pacific Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus var. macropetala

Scot's Broom: Cytisus scoparius

Lupine: Lupinus sp. (latifolius or rivularis?)

White Clover: Trifolium repens

Evergreen Violet: Viola sempervirens

Dove'sfoot Geranium: Geranium molle

Herb Robert: Geranium robertianum

Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversiloba

Klamath Weed: Hypericum perforatum

Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

Mountain Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi (O. chilense)

Bearberry: Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Salal: Gaultheria shallon

Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa

Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata

Lemon Balm: Melissa officinalis

Selfheal: Prunella vulgaris (var. lanceolatum ?)

Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida (var. ?)

Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus

Broad-leaf Penstemon: Penstemon ovatus

Cascade Penstemon: Penstemon serrulatus

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine var. echinospermum

Scouler's Harebell?: Campanula scouleri ?

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

Field Pussytoes: Antennaria howellii (ssp. neodioica ?)

Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Flower buds well developed. Blooming by the upcoming weekend?

Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum (var. leucophyllum ?)

False Dandelion: Hypochaeris radicata

Common Nipplewort: Lapsana communis

Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

Mosses, Clubmosses and Spikemosses

Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei

Ferns

Maidenhair Spleenwort: Asplenium trichomanes

Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

Sword Fern: Polystichum munitum

Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrrhiza

Maidenhair Fern: Adiantum aleuticum

Goldback Fern: Pentagramma triangularis var. triangularis

Lichens

British Felt Lichen: Peltigera britannica ?

Felt Lichen: Peltigera neopolydactyla ?

Paul Slichter