Comprehensive Plant List for the Champion Lumber Company Haul Road.
Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri ?
Wolfbane Lichen: Letharia vulpina
Map Lichen: Rhizocarpon sp.
Glossy Red Bryum Moss: Bryum miniatum
Homalothecium Moss: Homalothecium sp.
Haircap Juniper Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum
Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
Imbricate Swordfern: Polystichum imbricans
Western Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens
Western Red Cedar: Thuja plicata
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
* Bigleaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum
White Alder: Alnus rhombifolia
* Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa
California Filbert: Corylus cornuta var. californica
* Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa ssp. balsamifera
* Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana
* Willow: Salix sp.
Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum
Pacific Rush: Juncus effusus (var. ?)
* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri
Prairie Junegrass: Koehleria macrantha
* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
* Leiberg's Bluegrass: Poa leibergii ?
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata
Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - Plants in bud.
Onion: Allium sp. (Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii ?) - In bud.
Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus
Common Camas - Camassia (quamash ssp. breviflora ?)
Ookow: Dichelostemma congestum
* Pale-anther Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - Fading out of bloom except in shadier places.
Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. howellii - Ind bud.
Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina
* Panicled Death Camas: Zigadenous paniculatus
Rein Orchid: Piperia sp.
Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella
* Pallid Claytonia: Claytonia exigua (ssp. glauca ?)
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana
* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra
Water Chickweed: Montia fontana
* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis
* Little-leaf Montia: Montia parvifolia - Fading out of bloom.
Sticky Chickweed: Cerastium glomeratum
* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum
* Largeleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla
Bouncing Bet: Saponaria officinalis
* Common Chickweed: Stellaria media
* Shining Chickweed: Stellaria nitens
Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis
* Oak Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii var. nuttallii - Fading out of bloom.
* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods forming.
* Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes - Fading out of bloom.
Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum
Thinleaved Alumroot: Heuchera grossulariifolia var. tenuifolia
* Bulblet Prairie Stars: Lithophragma bulbifera
* Small-flowered Prairie Stars: Lithophragma parviflorum
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. claytoniifolia
* Merten's Saxifrage: Saxifraga mertensiana - Beginning to bloom.
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii
* Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier cusickii
Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii (var. douglasii) - In bud.
Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor
Ninebark: Physocarpus capitatus
Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa
Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus
* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus - Beginning to bloom.
Nevada Deer-vetch: Lotus nevadensis
Bog Deer-vetch: Lotus pinnatus
Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus
* Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus - Beginning to bloom.
Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus - Creamy-flowered form.
Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea
* Cutleaf Violet: Viola sheltonii - Beginning to bloom.
Common St. John's Wort: Hypericum perforatum
White-stemmed Blazing Star: Mentzelia albicaulis ?
Deerbrush: Ceanothus integerrimus
Buckbrush: Ceanothus sanguineus
Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Fading out of bloom.
* Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum
* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayii
* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Yellow-flowered form.
* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Suksdorf's Desert Parsley: Lomatium suksdorfii
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum
* Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi
* Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens - Beginning to bloom.
* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens
Bluefields Gilia: Gilia capitata
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Primarily blooming around vernal pools.
* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa
* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii
* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata
* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia
Common Houndstongue: Cynoglossum officinale
* Yellow and Blue Scorpionweed: Myosotis discolor - Beginning to bloom.
* Little Combseed: Pectocarya pusilla
* Slender Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus
* Rattan's Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia rattanii
* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus
Barrett's Penstemon: Penstemon barrettiae
Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii v. richardsonii
* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella
Corn Speedwell: Veronica arvensis
* Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora (both varieties occidentalis and purpurea)
* Cleavers: Galium aparine var. echinospermum
* Bigroot: Marah oreganus
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis
* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla
Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa
Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides ? - In bud.
* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Beginning to bloom.
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - Either this species or a hybrid between Carey's balsamroot and northwestern balsamroot (Balsamorhiza deltoidea).
Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense
Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare
* Spring Gold: Crocidium multicaule - Mostly out of bloom.
Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum - Beginning to bloom.
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri (v. ?)
* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - Beginning to bloom.
* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus - Beginning to bloom.
* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale
California Ground Squirrels
Douglas Squirrel - heard
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Turkey Vultures
Ravens
Crows
Steller's Jays
Scrub Jays
Common Mergansers
Mourning Doves
Northern Flickers - heard
Spotted Towhee - heard ????
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing (dead)
Kingfisher
American Dipper - heard
Dark-eyed Juncos
Western Goldfinches
Pine Siskins
Red-breasted Nuthatches
Violet-green Swallows - numerous
Northern Rough-winged Swallows ?
Gopher Snake
Bullfrogs - heard
Anise Swallowtails
Sara's Orangetips
Propertius Duskywings - Other duskywings may have been present too.
Woolly Bear Caterpillars - Long white hairs on their back for that 'punk' look.
Large Bumblebees
Numerous native bees
Box Elder Bugs