May 1, 2011

Weather: Mostl sunny with very light wind, temperatures in the mid to upper 60s.

Wrinkled Thimble-cap?: Verpa bohemica ?

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana

* Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa ssp. balsamifera

Domestic Lilac: Syringia sp.

Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

Pacific Rush: Juncus (effusus ?)

* Long-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macrantha

* Small-flowered Woodrush: Luzula parviflora ?

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Leiberg's Bluegrass: Poa leibergii

* Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda

Idaho Fescue: Pseudoroegneria spicata

Medusahead Wildrye: Taeniatherum caput-medusae

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - Several plants with flower buds.

Rock Onion: Allium macrum or Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii ?

Sagebrush Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus

Common Camas: Camassia (quamash ssp. breviflora ?)

Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Past bloom.

Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii - In bud.

Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina

* Panicle Deathcamas: Zigadenus paniculatum

Grass Widow: Olsynium douglasii - Past bloom.

Alaska Rein Orchid: Piperia unalascensis ?

Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum - Observed on slopes above Bowman Creek in an adjacent area of the Klickitat Wildlife Area.

Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana or Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. depressa

* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra

* Annual Water Miner's-lettuce: Montia fontana

* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum

Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum (D. burkei)

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

Blister Buttercup: Ranunculus sceleratus

* Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens

* American Wintergreen: Barbarea orthoceras

* Oak Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii var. nuttallii

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods forming.

Yellowcress: Rorippa sp.

* Bulblet Prairie Stars: Lithophragma bulbifera

* Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. integrifolia

Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus (douglasii ?)

Annual Burnet: Poteridium occidentale (Sanguisorba occidentalis)

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa

Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Rose: Rosa sp.

Deervetch: Lotus sp.

Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus

Lupine: Lupinus sp.

Baker's Violet: Viola bakeri (Viola nuttallii var. bakeri) ?

* Three-nerved Violet: Viola trinervata

Common St. John's Wort: Hypericum perforatum

Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana var. procera

Deer Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus

Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus

Common Clarkia: Clarkia (rhomboidea ?)

Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum (ssp. ?)

Willowherb: Epilobium sp. (old Boisduvalia sp.)

* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Fading out of bloom.

* Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum

Gorman's Salt and Pepper: Lomatium gormanii or Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi

* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayii

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Suksdorf's Desert Parsley: Lomatium suksdorfii - Observed on slopes above Bowman Creek in an adjacent area of the Klickitat Wildlife Area.

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri

Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana - In bud.

Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens

* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

Prickly Navarrtia: Navarretia intertexta (ssp. ?)

* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa

* Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus

Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

Slender Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus

Mint: Mentha sp.

Self Heal: Prunella vulgaris (var. ?)

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Attenuate Paintbrush: Castilleja attenuata or Dwarf Owlclover: Triphysaria pusilla

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

* Corn Speedwell: Veronica arvensis

* Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora

English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

* Cleavers: Galium aparine var. echinospermum

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos (albus ?)

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus nigra ssp. cerulea ?

White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa

* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

* Narrowleaf Pussytoes: Antennaria stenophylla ?

Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sp.

Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare

Hawksbeard: Crepis sp.

* Spring Gold: Crocidium multicaule

Blanketflower: Gaillardia aristata ? - Last year's stalks.

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri ? or (White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum?)

Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides

* Western Butterweed: Senecio integerrimus var. exalatus

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

Mule Deer

Western Gray Squirrel

Douglas Squirrel

California Ground Squirrel

Turkey Vultures

Red-tailed Hawks (one defending a nest)

Ravens

Western Meadowlarks

Scrub Jays

Stellers Jays

Robins

Chipping Sparrows

Dark-eyed juncos

Yellow-rumped Warblers

Vaux's Swifts

Violet-green Swallows

Western Fence Lizards

Pacific Tree Frogs

Anise Swallowtails - Observed nectaring off the flowers of midget phlox (Microsteris gracilis)

Wood Nymphs