Weather: Partly cloudy with occational sprinkles. Light wind in the morning to moderate after lunch time. Temperatures in the low 50s.
Complete Plant List for the Crawford Oaks/Eightmile Creek portion of the Columbia Hills State Park.
* indicates a wildflower currently in bloom.
* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides
Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis
Giant Wildrye: Leymus cinereus
* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
* Leiberg's Bluegrass: Poa leibergii
* Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia
* Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicatum
Medusahead: Taeniatherum caput-medusae
* Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum
* Box Elder: Acer negundo
Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea
California Filbert: Corylus cornuta var. californica
* Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum
Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus
Ookow: Dichelostemma congestum
* Bicolor Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii - Beginning to bloom.
* Panicle Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum
Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp.
* Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Beginning to bloom......both cream and yellow-flowered varieties.
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum?
Wickerstem Buckwheat: Eriogonum vimineum
Curly Dock: Rumex crispus
Willow Dock: Rumex salicifolius
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana
Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum
* Common Chickweed: Stellaria media
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium
* American Wintergreen: Barbarea orthoceras
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
* Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum
* Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum
* Peak Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa
Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor
Glandular Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa (var. )
* Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata
Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa - In bud.
* Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius (formerly var. thompsonianus)
Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus
Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus
Alfalfa: Medicago sativa
* Burrowing Clover: Trifolium subterraneum
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Common St. John's Wort: Hypericum perforatum
Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum var. ?
* Chervil: Anthriscus scandicina
* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense
* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Cream-flowered form.
* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum
Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens
* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa
* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum v. thompsonii - Fading out of bloom.
Small-flowered Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora (var. parviflora ?)
* Woods Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata
* Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia lycopsoides
* Weak-stem Cryptanth: Cryptantha flaccida
* Yellow and Blue Scorpionweed: Myosotis discolor
* Blue Scorpion Grass: Myosotis stricta
* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus
* Attenuate Paintbrush: Castilleja attenuata
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
* Common Monkey Flower: Erythranthe guttata
Moth Mullein: Verbascum blattaria
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
American Brooklime: Veronica americanum
* Corn Speedwell: Veronica arvensis
* Annual Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine
Teasel: Dipsacus fullonum
* Manroot: Marah oreganus
Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
* Long-spur Plectritis: Plectritis ciliosa
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.
* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla var. heterophylla
* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha
* Carey's (Hybrid?) Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana x deltoidea
Chicory: Cichorum intybus
Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare
Western Hawsbeard: Crepis occidentalis
Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Just finished blooming.
Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa
Blanketflower: Gaillardia aristata - In bud.
Columbia Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma carthamoides var. carthamoides - In bud.
Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
Mule Deer herd
California Ground Squirrels
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawks
Harriers
Ravens
Scrub Jays
Callifornia Quail
Northern Flickers
Lewis' Woodpecker
Western Meadowlarks
Spotted Towhee
American Robins
Western Bluebirds
Western Kingbirds
Western Wood Peewees
Golden-crowned Sparrows
Sparrow
Lesser Goldfinch
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Warbler
Barn Swallow
Western Fence Lizard
Pacific Tree Frog
Carnivorous Ground Beetles - mating?
Large Bombus bumblebee