Weather: Mostly cloudy with occasional sprinkles through the day. Temps in the 50s. No wind in the morning to 10 mph in the mid-afternoon.
Note: This was a cross-country hike. I'd like to create a loop hike through the area but research needs to be done to find a loop route that is entirely on public lands and routes need to be found up some steep, talus slopes. Also, the poison oak is pretty thick along this route!
Cup Lichen: Cladonia sp.
Cowpie Lichen: Diploschistes muscorum ?
Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri
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
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 var. garryana - Buds swelling.
* Long-anthered Woodrush: Luzula 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.
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata
Cereal Rye: Secale cereale ?
Medusahead Wildrye: Taeniatherum caput-medusae
Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus - Basal leaves.
Common Camas: Camassia quamash - Flower buds present.
Ookow, Ball-head Cluster Lily: Dichelostemma congestum
*Pale-anther Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - Still in bloom on north-facing slopes.
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Only 1 plant still seen in bloom.
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Fading out of bloom.
Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum
Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella
* 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 - Fairly common.
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis
* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium
* Oregon Fairy Poppies: Meconella oregana
American Wintercress: Barbarea orthoceras (or vulgaris ?) - In bud.
* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii
* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
* Fringe Pod: Thysanocarpus curvipes
* Smooth Praire Star: Lithophragma glabrum
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum
* Peak Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia
* Rustyhair Saxifrage: Micranthes rufidula
* Merten's Saxifrage: Saxifraga mertensiana
* Golden Currant: Ribes aureum
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - Beginning to leaf out.
* Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. cusickii ?) - Beginning to flower.
Ocean Spray: Holodiscus discolor - Beginning to leaf out.
Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii
Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus - Leaflets long and thin. Plants 6-12" tall.
Common Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius (formerly var. thompsonianus)
* Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus - Beginning to bloom.
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum - A few plants beginning to leaf out.
Chervil: Anthriscus caucalis
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum
Fern-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum
* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum (yellow-flowered form)
Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum ? or Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense ?
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum
Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri (Perideridia montana)
Western Snakeroot: Sanicula crassicaulis
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/ Priimula poeticum
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii
* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata
Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata
* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa
* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus
Attenuate Paintbrush: Castilleja attenuata
* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. hispida
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
* Few-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia sparsiflora var. bruceae - One plant seen in bloom.
* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella
Dwarf Owl-clover: Triphysaria pusilla ?
* Bedstraw: Galium aparine
* Big Root: Marah oreganus - Beginning to bloom.
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus - Beginning to leaf out.
Long-spurred Plectritis: Plectritis ciliosa
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana (or a hybrid with B. deltoidea ?) - Beginning to bloom.
Columbia Goldenweed: Columbiadoria hallii
Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri
False Agoseris, Prairie Dandelion: Nothocalais troximoides
* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus - Beginning to bloom.
* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale
California Ground Squirrels
Great Blue Heron - Flying along the Columbia River.
Turkey Vultures
Red-tailed Hawks
Northern Flicker
Ravens
Scrub Jays
Spotted Towhees
American Robins
Western Bluebird
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
Large Bumble Bees - numerous
Hoover Flies
Ticks
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