Weather: Temps mid 50s to low 60s under beautiful, clear skies and very light winds.
Red Glossy Bryum Moss: Bryum miniatum
Juniper Haircap Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum
Awned Hairycap Moss: Polytrichum pilferumElongate Racomitrium Moss: Racomitrium (elongatum ?)
Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei
Podfern: Aspidotis densa
Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrrhiza
Imbricate Sword Fern: Polystichum imbricans ssp. imbricans
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii
Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum - Buds swelling.
Red Osier Dogwood: Cornus sericea
Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa - Some trees with new leaves and pollen catkins along the freeway!
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
* Long-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macrantha
Bristly Dog's-tail Grass: Cynosurus echinatus
Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides
Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa
* Leiberg's Bluegrass: Poa leibergii
Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicatum
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum
Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus - Basal leaves.
Ookow, Ball-head Cluster Lily: Dichelostemma congestum - Basal leaves
* Pale-anther Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - Beginning to bloom.
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Fading out of bloom.
Deathcamas: Toxicoscoridion sp. - Basal leaves.
Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. howellii - Basal leaves.
Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina - Basal leaves.
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Fading out of bloom.
Long-spurred Rein Orchid: Platanthera elegans ? - (basal leaves only, so this could also be Platanthera unalascensis or one of the other 3 rein orchids)
Heart-leaf 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
* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra ?
* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis
* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum
Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - A few plants with flower buds.
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis
American Wintercress: Barbarea orthoceras - In bud.
* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii
* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
* Scalepod: Idahoa scapigera
* Dutchman's Breeches: Dicentra cucullaria
Leiberg's Stonecrop: Sedum leibergii - In bud.
Broad-leaf Stonecrop: Sedum spathulifolium
* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera (now included as part of Lithophragma glabrum)
* Smooth Praire Star: Lithophragma glabrum
* Peak Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - Beginning to leaf out.
Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Leafing out.
Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus
Steeple Bush: Spiraea douglasii var. menziesii - Beginning to leaf out.
Common Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius X sericeus (formerly Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus)
Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus - Small annual: Basal leaves only.
Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum
Vetch: Vicia sp.
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum
Chervil: Anthriscus caucalis
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum
* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum (yellow-flowered form)
* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum
* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - Fading out of bloom.
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum
* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens - Beginning to bloom.
Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum - Leaves coming up.
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - In bud.
* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata
Variedleaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla
* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus
* Large-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia grandiflora
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
* Few-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia sparsiflora var. bruceae
Moth Mullein: Verbascum blatteria
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
Bedstraw: Galium aparine
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus - Beginning to leaf out.
Teasel: Dipsacus fullonum
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Northwestern Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (or B. careyana?, or a hybrid between the two?) - Beginning to bloom.
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri (former var. cynoglossoides ?)
Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus
California Ground Squirrels
Turkey Vultures
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawks
Canada Geese
Northern Flicker
Downy Woodpeckers
Lewis' Woodpecker
Ravens
Scrub Jays
Western Meadowlarks
Spotted Towhees
American Robins
Townsend Solitaire
Western Bluebirds
Dark-eyed Juncos
Black-capped Chickadees
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Western Fence Lizards