Today the weather was in the upper 40s to low 50s with brilliantly sunny skies and just a faint breeze.
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - Basal leaves only.
* Scilla-like Onion: Allium scilloides
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica
Panicled Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Beginning to bloom.
Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis
* Unidentified Buttercup: Ranunculus sp. or perhaps a cross with Ranunculus glaberrimus? - The photos shown from this link show this buttercup as seen at this location as well as comparisons to both the obscure buttercup and sagebrush buttercup.
Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens
* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Numerous.
* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (Synonym: Lithophragma bulbifera)
* Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum
* Clayton's Saxifrage, Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa - Beginning to bloom.
Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum
Hood River Milkvetch: Astragalus hoodianus - Numerous mounds of leaves emerging from the ground.
Common Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius
Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus
* Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata - Beginning to bloom.
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum
* Klickitat (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense
* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi
Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Yellow-flowered form.
Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum
Suksdorf's Desert Parsley: Lomatium suksdorfii - Leaves emerging from the ground.
Kinnickinick: Arctostaphylos nevadensis
Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea (var. ?)
Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus - Basal leaves.
Ballhead Desert Parsley: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - Basal leaves.
* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Beginning to bloom.
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fairly numerous on upper south-facing slopes.
False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - Basal leaves.
Animals Seen During This Hike:
Mule Deer herd
Western Gray Squirrel
California Ground Squirrels
Red-tailed Hawks
Ravens
Northern Flickers
Canyon Wren
Western Bluebirds
Dark-eyed Juncos