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Western Dwarf Mistletoe: Arceuthobium campylopodum
Douglas Fir Dwarf Mistletoe: Arceuthobium douglasii
Cowpie Lichen: Diploschistes muscorum ?
Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri
Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis
Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense
Common Scouring-rush: Equisetum hyemale
Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens
Water Moss: Fontinalis sp.
Haircap Juniper Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum
Polytrichum Moss: Polytrichum pilferum
Slender Rush: Juncus tenuis ? - In bud.
Rush: Juncus sp ?
* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri
* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii var. lemmonii - Beginning to bloom.
* One-spike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata - Beginning to bloom.
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 - Beginning to bloom.
Medusa Head: Taeniatherum caput-medusae
Grand Fir: Abies grandis
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Red Alder: Alnus rubra
Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii
Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides
Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa
* Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana - Beginning to leaf out and bloom.
Coyote Willow: Salix exigua
* Mackenzie Willow: Salix prolixa
* Lilac: Syringia sp.
* Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - Beginning to bloom.
* Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii
Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus
* Common Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash
Pale-anther Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - Past bloom.
Columbia Lily: Lilium columbianum
* Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum
Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina - In bud.
* Panicle Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum - Fading out of bloom.
* Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum ssp. venenosum
Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum - Past bloom.
* Fairy Slipper: Calypso bulbosa
* Striped Coralroot: Corallorhiza striata
* Mountain Lady Slippers: Cypripedium montanum - Beginning to bloom.
Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp.
Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - In bud.
* Rock Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
* Streambank Springbeauty: Claytonia parviflora
* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra
Dwarf Miner's Lettuce: Montia dichotoma
* Linearleaf Montia: Montia linearis - Fading out of bloom.
Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa
Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum - In bud.
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Fading out of bloom.
* Western Meadowrue: Thalictrum occidentale
* Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens - Fading out of bloom.
* American Wintergreen: Barbarea orthoceras
Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii - Past bloom.
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum
Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods only.
Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum
* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera (Now included as part of Lithophragma glabrum) - Fading out of bloom.
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum - Fading out of bloom.
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa - A few plants remain along streams.
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia - Afew plants remain along streams.
Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. cusickii - Past bloom.
* Suksdorf's Hawthorn: Crataegus gaylussacia - 20 stamens.
Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa (var. glandulosa ?)
* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala
Ocean Spray: Holodiscus discolor
* Domestic Apple: Malus domestica ?
* Bitter Cherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata
* Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa
* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata
Western Crabapple: Pyrus fusca
Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus
Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum
American Bird's-foot Clover: Acmispon americanus var. americanus
Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis
* Bog Deervetch: Hosackia pinnata
* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus
* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus
Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus
* Common Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius - Beginning to bloom.
* Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Fading out of bloom.
American Vetch: Vicia americana - Beginning to bloom.
* Yellow Mountain Violet: Viola nuttallii (ssp. praemorsa ?)
* Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata - One plant still in bloom.
* Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus
Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum var. incisum
Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana - In bud.
Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium
Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea
Tall Annual Evening Primrose: Epilobium brachycarpum
Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maximum
Gormann's Desert Parsley: Lomatium gormannii or Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - In fruit.
Gray-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum - Past bloom.
* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule* Nine Leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium tridentatum var. triternatum
Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi
Western Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis
Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana (Perideridia gairdneri)
Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata
Pine Drops: Pterospora andromedea - Last years' stalks.
White-vein Pyrola: Pyrola picta - A few plants in bud.
Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana - In bud.
Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium
Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/ Primula conjugens - Past bloom.
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/ Primula poeticum - Fading out of bloom.
Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis var. gracilis
Prickly Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta
* Hood's Phlox: Phlox hoodii
* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa
Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum - Past bloom.
Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata
* Little Combseed: Gruvelia pusilla
* Blue Scorpiongrass: Myosotis micrantha
* Matted Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys scouleri var. penicellatus
* Scouler's Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys scouleri var. scouleri ?
* Slender Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus - Fading out of bloom.
Cooley's Hedgenettle: Stachys cooleyae
* Hairy Paintbrush: Castilleja tenuis - Beginning to bloom.
* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata - Beginning to bloom.
Tapertip Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus var. attenuatus ? - In bloom soon.
* Purslane Speedwell: Veronica peregrina var. xalpensis
* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum
* Cleavers: Galium aparine
Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale ?
Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum
Black Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.
* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha
* Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides
* Leafy Pussytoes: Antennaria stenophylla
* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia
* Foothill Arnica: Arnica fulgens ? (Arnica sororia ?) - The hairs at the base of the basal leaf petioles of the former species was not confirmed, although stems are fairly stout and the stem leaves are larger than those of the latter species.
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamhoriza careyana
* Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri - Fading out of bloom.
* Hybrid Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana x hookeri - Fading out of bloom.
* Silvercrown: Cacaliopsis nardosmia
Tumble Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa
Dustymaidens: Chaenactis doulgasii var. douglasii - In bud.
Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense
* Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia
* Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis
Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Past bloom.
Bloom's Goldenweed: Ericameria bloomeri - New leaf growth.
Showy Aster: Eurybia conspicuua ?
Rough-leaved Aster: Eurybia radulina
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri
Cut-leaf Silverpuffs: Microseris laciniata
* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - Fading out of bloom.
Columbia Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma carthamoides var. carthamoides
* Yellow Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltus
* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale
* Northern Wyethia: Wyethia amplexicaulis - Beginning to bloom.
Anise Swallowtails
California Tortoiseshell
Sarah's Orangetips
Duskywings
Silvery Blues
Ravens
Crows
Turkey
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flickers
Spotted Towhee
Black-headed Grosbeaks
Western Tanagers
Western Bluebirds
Western Wood Peewees
Chipping Sparrows
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Juncos
Nashville or Orange-crowned Warbler
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Black-capped Chickadees
Vaux's Swifts
Violet-green Swallows
Western Fence Lizards
California Ground Squirrels
Douglas Squirrels
Mule Deer - numerous
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