Dog Lichen: Peltigera sp. - grayish surface.
Moss: - Unidentified. Sporophyte stage present.
Red Glossy Bryum Moss: Bryum miniatum
Juniper Haircap Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum
Polytrichum Moss: Polytrichum pilferum
Elongate Racomitrium Moss: Racomitrium (elongatum ?)
Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei
Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrrhiza
Gold Back Fern: Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis
Imbricate Sword Fern: Polystichum imbricans ssp. imbricans
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
* Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum - Beginning to bloom.
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana
Black Locust: Robinia pseudoacacia
Lilac: Syringia sp. - This area had an old homestead on it.
Common Cattail: Typha latifolia
Soft Rush: Juncus effusus ssp. pacificus - Diffuse inflorescence.
* Long-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macrantha
* Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus (pratensis?)
Bristly Dog's-tail Grass: Cynosurus echinatus
Orchard Grass: Dactylis glomerata
Prairie Junegrass: Koehleria macrantha
Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa
* Leiberg's Blue Grass: Poa leibergii - Probably the largest population of this attractive grass I've seen so far in the Gorge!
* Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia - Fairly numerous.
* Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda - A few plants seen.
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicatum - Common away from the cultivated fields areas that were heavily grazed.
Cereal Rye: Secale cereal
Medusahead Wildrye: Taeniatherum caput-medusae
Daffodils: Narcissus sp. - This area had an old homestead on it.
Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus - Basal leaves.
Common Camas: Camassia quamash - No sign of flower buds yet.
Ookow, Ball-head Cluster Lily: Dichelostemma congestum
* Pale-anthered Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - Close to peak bloom.
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Fading out of bloom.
Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. howellii - Several plants in bud.
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii (old var. douglasii) - Fading out of bloom.
Long-spurred Rein Orchid: Piperia elegans ? - (basal leaves only, so this could also be Piperia unalascensis or one of the other 3 rein orchids)
Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum
Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella
* Little Springbeauty: Claytonia exigua (ssp. exigua ?)
* Streambank Springbeauty: Claytonia parviflora
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata
* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra ?
* Water Chickweed: Montia fontana
* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis
* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum
* Chickweed: Stellaria media
* Shiny Starwort: Stellaria nitens
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum - Beginning to bloom.
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis
* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium
American Wintercress: Barbarea orthoceras - In bud.
* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii
* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna var. boerhaavii
* Fringe Pod: Thysanocarpus curvipes
* Smooth Praire Star: Lithophragma glabrum
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum - Beginning to bloom.
* Peak Saxifrage: Saxifraga nidifica var. claytoniifolia
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. integrifolia
* Rustyhair Saxifrage: Saxifraga rufidula
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - Beginning to leaf out.
Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. cusickii ?) - Beginning to leaf out & flower buds forming.
Ocean Spray: Holodiscus discolor - Beginning to leaf out.
Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana ?
Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus armeniacus
Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba annua
Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus ? - Leaflets long and thin. Plants 6-12" tall.
Common Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus
Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus ? - Small annual: Basal leaves only.
Vetch: Vicia sp.
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversiloba - A few plants beginning to leaf out.
Slender Clarkia: Clarkia gracilis ? - Dried stems of last year's plants.
Chervil: Anthriscus scandicina
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum
Fern-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum
* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi
* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum (yellow-flowered form)
Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum
Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri
Western Snakeroot: Sanicula crassicaulis
Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens
* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - Beginning to bloom.
Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora
* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata
Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata
* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa
* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale - Beginning to bloom.
* Rusty Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys nothofulvus
* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus
* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. hispida - A few plants beginning to show some color.
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
* Chickweed Monkeyflower: Mimulus alsinoides
Common Monkey Flower: Mimulus guttatus
* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella
Dwarf Owl-clover: Triphysaria pusilla (Orthocarpus pusillus)
Common Plantain: Plantago major
* Bedstraw: Galium aparine var. echinospermum
Big Root: Marah oreganus - Beginning to bloom.
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus - Beginning to leaf out.
Long-spurred Plectritis: Plectritis ciliosa
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha
Common Burdock: Arctium minus
* Northwestern Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (or B. careyana?, or a hybrid between the two?) - Beginning to bloom.
Columbia Goldenweed: Columbiadora hallii
Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule
Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum (var. ?)
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri (var. cynoglossoides ?)
False Agoseris, Prairie Dandelion: Nothocalais troximoides
Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus (var. exaltatus ?)
* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale
California Ground Squirrels
Mule Deer (or hybrid with Black-tailed Deer ?)
Great Blue Heron - In trees next to a large pond on the north side of Interstate 84.
Great Egret - Flying along the Columbia River
Caspian Terns - Flying over the Columbia River and over adjacent lakes.
Turkey Vultures
Red-tailed Hawks
Prairie Falcon
Northern Flicker
Red-winged Blackbirds - Over some lakes along Interstate 84 with some flying to perch on oaks uphill to the south of the freeway.
Ravens
Scrub Jays
Stellers Jays
Western Meadowlarks
Spotted Towhees
American Robins
Western Bluebird
House Finches
Dark-eyed Juncos
Black-capped Chickadees
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Violet-green Swallows
Alligator Lizard
Tree Frogs - Numerous, fleeing our heavy footsteps through the grass!
Sara's Orangetips - Numerous
Milbert's Tortoiseshell
Large Bumble Bees - numerous
Domestic Honey Bees
Hoover Flies
Box Elder Bugs
Lady Bugs
Black (House ?) Flies