Comprehensive Plant List for the Memaloose Area
Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri
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
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
* Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana - Beginning to leaf out atop Castilleja Hill.
* Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana ? - Honey bees using catkins for pollen gathering.
* Long-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macrantha
Bristly Dog's-tail Grass: Cynosurus echinatus
* Leiberg's Blue Grass: Poa leibergii
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata - Common away from the cultivated fields areas that were heavily grazed.
Medusahead Wildrye: Taeniatherum caput-medusae
Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus - Basal leaves.
Ookow, Ball-head Cluster Lily: Dichelostemma congestum
* Pale-anther Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - Past peak bloom.
Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis - In bud.
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Fading out of bloom.
Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. howellii - Buds forming.
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Fading out of bloom.
* Fairy Slipper: Calypso bulbosa
Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum
Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella
* Western Spring Beauty: Claytonia lanceolata - North slope of Castilleja (Chatfield) Hill.
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata
* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra
* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis
* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum
* Chickweed: Stellaria media
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius - In bud.
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis
* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium
* American Wintercress: Barbarea orthoceras
* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii
* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
* Fringe Pod: Thysanocarpus curvipes
Leiberg's Stonecrop: Sedum leibergii - In bud.
Broad-leaf Stonecrop: Sedum spathulatum
* Dutchman Breeches: Dicentra cucullaria
* Fairy Poppy: Meconella oregana
Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera (now included as part of Lithophragma glabrum) - Past bloom.
* Smooth Praire Star: Lithophragma glabrum
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum
* Peak Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia
* Nesting Saxifrage: Micranthes nidifica
* Rustyhair Saxifrage: Micranthes rufidula
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - Beginning to leaf out.
* Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. cusickii ?) - Beginning to bloom.
Ocean Spray: Holodiscus discolor - Beginning to leaf out.
* Common Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius X sericeus (formerly Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus)
* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum
Vetch: Vicia sp.
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum - Beginning to leaf out.
Chervil: Anthriscus caucalis
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Fading out of bloom.
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
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum - Beginning to bloom.
Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi
Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri (Perideridia montana)
Western Snakeroot: Sanicula crassicaulis
* Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens
Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis ssp. nitida - In bud.
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii
* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata
Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata - In bud.
* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale - Beginning to bloom.
* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus
* Henbit: Lamium amplexicaule
* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. hispida
* Large-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia grandiflora
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
Dwarf Owl-clover: Triphysaria pusilla
Bedstraw: Galium aparine
* Big Root: Marah oreganus
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus - Beginning to leaf out.
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana X deltoidea
Bachelor's Button: Centaurea cyanus
Columbia Goldenweed: Columbiadora hallii
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule
Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri (former var. cynoglossoides ?)
* False Agoseris, Prairie Dandelion: Nothocalais troximoides
Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus - In bud.
* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale
Turkey Vultures
Red-tailed Hawks
Northern Flicker
Stellers Jays
Spotted Towhees
Dark-eyed Juncos
Western Tree Frog
Sara's Orangetip
Hoover Flies