Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
* Bigleaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum - Beginning to bloom at the base of south-facing slopes here!
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana
Awned Hairycap Moss: Polytrichum pilferum
Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei
Scouring-rush Horsetail: Equisetum hyemale
Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrhiza
Tall Oatgrass: Arrhenatherum elatius ?
Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
Bristly Dog's-tail Grass: Cynosurus echinatus
Prairie Junegrass: Koehleria macrantha
Basin Wildrye: Leymus cinereus
* Leiberg's Blue Grass: Poa leibergii ?
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicatum
Medusa-head: Taeniatherum caput-medusae
Sagebrush Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus
Ookow: Dichelostemma congestum
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica
Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia (hyacinthina ?)
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii
Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum
Curly Dock: Rumex (crispus ?)
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata
* Cushion Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra (ssp. ?)
Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis
* Common Chickweed: Stellaria media
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis
* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
* Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. claytoniifolia
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. integrifolia
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - Beginning to leaf out.
Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia
Field Parsley Piert: Aphanes arvensis (Alchemilla occidentalis) ?
Hawthorn: Crataegus sp.
Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus armeniacus
Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus (latifolius x sericeus) ?
Smallflowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus ?
Rabbitsfoot Clover: Trifolium arvense
Vetch: Vicia sp.
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Dove'sfoot Geranium: Geranium molle
Turkey-mullein: Eremocarpus setigera
Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversiloba - Bright red leaves visible at nodes nearest the ground.
Burr Chervil: Anthriscus caucalis ?
Queen Anne's Lace: Daucus carota
* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi
* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum (yellow flowers) - Beginning to bloom.
* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi
Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum
Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana - Basal leaves.
Columbian Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana
* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
Prickly Navarretia: Navarretia (intertexta ?)
Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla
* Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa ?
Common Houndstongue: Cynoglossum officinale
Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys (hispidulus or scouleri ?) - Small wetlands plant with linear leaves.
* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus
Attenuate Paintbrush: Castilleja attenuata
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii
English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata
Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine var. echinospermum ?
* Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus - Beginning to bloom.
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus (var. ?) - Beginning to leaf out.
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Northwestern Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (or hybrid with B. careyana) - Beginning to bloom.
Yellow Star-thistle: Centaurea solstitialis
Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare
Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa
Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum
Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa
Hairy False Goldenaster: Heterotheca villosa (var. ?)
Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
Animals Seen During This Hike:
Scrub Jays
Northern Flicker
Dark-eyed Juncos
Song Sparrow