Weather: Partly cloudy with almost no breeze. Temps in the low 50s.
Fairly comprehensive plant list for Brooks Memorial State Park
Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri
Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen: Letharia columbiana
Wolfbane Lichen: Letharia vulpina ?
Pelt Lichen: Peltigera sp.
Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis
Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens
Water Moss: Fontinalis sp.
Haircap Juniper Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - Leafing out.
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana - Leaf buds swelling.
Rush: Juncus (torreyi ?) - Congested head.
* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri
One-spike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata
Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides
Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha
* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
* Leiberg's Bluegrass: Poa leibergii
* Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata
Medusa Head: Taeniatherum caput-medusae
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.
Douglas' Onion: Allium nevii - In bud.
Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus
* Common Camas: Camassia quamash (ssp. breviflora ?) - Several plants in bloom. Meadows should peak in about 7-10 days.
* Pale-anther Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum
Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina
* Panicle Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum - Most plants are past bloom.
Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp.
Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Scbland Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra
* Spring Water Chickweed: Montia fontana
* Linearleaf Montia: Montia linearis
Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa
Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
* Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens
* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods only.
* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera (Now included as part of Lithophragma glabrum)
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia
Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. cusickii - In bud.
Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala
Ocean Spray: Holodiscus discolor
Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa (var. ?)
Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum
Bitter Cherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata
Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa
Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Leafing out.
Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis
Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus
Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus
* Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Beginning to bloom.
Vetch: Vicia sp.
* Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata
Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum var. incisum
Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana
Tall Annual Evening Primrose: Epilobium brachycarpum
Gormann's Desert Parsley: Lomatium gormannii or Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - In fruit.
* Gray-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum - Cream-flowered form.
* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule* Nine Leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium tridentatum var. triternatum
Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi
Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana (Perideridia gairdneri)
Pine Drops: Pterospora andromedea - Last years' stalks.
Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana - In bud.
* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/Primula conjugens - Fading out of bloom.
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/ Primula poeticum
Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa
* Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus
* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum
Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata
* Yellow and Blue Scorpion Flower: Myosotis discolor
* Slender Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
Tapertip Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera
Round-leaf Bluebell: Campanula rotundifolia ?
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha
Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides ? - In bud.
* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Beginning to bloom.
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamhoriza careyana - Beginning to bloom.
* Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri - Beginning to bloom.
* Hybrid Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana x hookeri
Silvercrown: Cacaliopsis nardosmia
Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare - Primarily found in areas of the burn that have been salvaged.
Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis (intermedia ?)
Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule
Rough-leaved Aster: Eurybia radulina ?
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri
Cut-leaf Silverpuffs: Microseris laciniata
* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides
Yellow Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltus - In bud.
* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale
Northern Wyethia: Wyethia amplexicaulis
Mourning Cloak
Blues (unidentified)
Pine Elfin
Honey Bees
Ravens
Turkey
Northern Flickers
Spotted Towhee
Western Bluebirds
Chipping Sparrows
Dark-eyed Juncos
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Western Fence Lizards
Mule Deer
