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Weather: Mostly cloudy with with a light wind. Temperatures in the low 50s.
* indicates a wildflower currently in bloom.
Complete Plant List for the Crawford Oaks/Eightmile Creek portion of the Columbia Hills State Park.
Lace Lipfern: Myriopteris gracillima
Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana - Acorns dropping.
Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
* Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
* Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum ?
* Wire-stem Buckwheat: Eriogonum vimnineum
* California Poppy: Eschscholzia californica - Blooming along SR14.
Domestic Apple: Malus x domestica
Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata
Domestic Pear Trees: Pyrus communis
Evergreen Blackberry: Rubus laciniatus
* Hybrid Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus var. leucophyllus x Lupinus sericeus ?- Fairly common.
* YellowSweet-clover: Melilotus officinalis
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Poison Oak: Toxicoscordion diversilobum - Foliage showing signs of autumn.
Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum
* Blazing Star: Mentzelia laevicaulis var. laevicaulis
Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense- Dry foliage only.
Smooth Desert Parsley: Lomatium laevigatum - Dry foliage only.
Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum - Dry foliage only.
* Field Morning Glory: Convolvulus arvensis
Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata
* Ground-cherry Nightshade: Solanum physalifolium
* Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii - A few plants still blooming on basalt cliffs and roadsides.
* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Tumble Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa
Dusty Maidens: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii
* Rush Skeletonweed: Chondrilla juncea
Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense
* Wavyleaf Thistle: Cirsium undulatum
* Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa
* Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa
Cushion Fleabane: Erigeron poliospermus var. poliospermus
* Blanket Flower: Gaillardia aristata
Cotton-batting Plant: Gnaphalium chilense - Past bloom.
* Columbia River Gumweed: Grindelia nana var. discoidea
* Common Sunflower: Helianthus annuus - Blooming at the trailhead.
*Hairy False Goldenaster: Heterotheca villosa
* Hareleaf: Lagophylla ramosissima - A few plants with flowers.
* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale
Coyote
Mule Deer herds
California Ground Squirrels
California Quail
Ravens
Magpies
Scrub Jays
Stellers Jays
Northern Flickers
Lewis' Woodpeckers
Downy Woodpeckers
Western Meadowlarks
Spotted Towhee
American Robins
Western Bluebirds
Horned Larks
Golden-crowned Sparrows
Dark-eyed Juncos
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Rock Wren