Weather: Partly cloudy with a light breeze, averaging 5-10 mph. Temps in the mid to upper 60s. Thunderstorms heard and viewed several miles north along the northern edge of the Simcoe Mountains.
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Cowpie Lichen: Diploschistes muscorum ?
Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri
Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis
Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
Ferriss' Scouring Rush: Equisetum xferrissii (E. hyemale x laevigatum)
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.
* 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
* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata - Beginning to bloom.
* Medusa Head: Taeniatherum caput-medusae
* North African Grass: Ventenata dubia
* Brome Fescue: Vulpia (bromoides ?)
Grand Fir: Abies grandis
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - In bud.
Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides
Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
Mackenzie Willow: Salix prolixa
Coyote Willow: Salix exigua
Lilac: Syringia sp.
* Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - Beginning to bloom.
* Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii - Beginning to bloom.
Long-bearded Mariposa: Calochortus longebarbatus var. longebarbatus
Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus
* Common Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. quamash - Fading out of bloom.
Pale-anther Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - Past bloom.
Columbia Lily: Lilium columbianum - In bud.
* False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule
Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum
Panicle Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum - Fruits maturing.
* Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venonosum ssp. venonosum
* Bicolor Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii
* Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina - Beginning to bloom.
Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum - Past bloom.
* Spotted Coralroot: Corallorhiza maculata
* Striped Coralroot: Corallorhiza striata
* Mountain Lady Slippers: Cypripedium montanum - Beginning to bloom.
Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp.
* Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Both cream and yellow-flowered forms.
* Rock Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum - Some plants in bud.
* Douglas Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii
* Close-flowered Knotweed: Polygonum polygaloides (ssp. confertiflorum ?) - Beginning to bloom.
Willow Dock: Rumex triangulivalvis
* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra
Spring Water Chickweed: Montia fontana
* Linearleaf Montia: Montia linearis - Fading out of bloom.
Large-leaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla
* Menzie's Catchfly: Silene menziesii
Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa
* Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Fading out of bloom.
* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus
Western Meadowrue: Thalictrum occidentale
Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens - Fruits forming.
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Still blooming only where moist.
* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum
Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes - Pods visible.
Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum ssp. stenopetalum
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum - Fading out of bloom.
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa - A few plants remain along streams.
Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. cusickii - Fruits maturing.
Suksdorf's Hawthorn: Crataegus gaylussacia
* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala
Ocean Spray: Holodiscus discolor - In bud.
Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa
Bitter Cherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata
* Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa - Fading out of bloom.
Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata
* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus
Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum
American Bird's-foot Clover: Amispon americanus var. americanus
* Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis
* Bog Deervetch: Hosackia pinnata
* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus
* Sickle-keel Lupine: Lupinus albicaulis ?
* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus
Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus - In bud along the park road.
* Common Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius - Beginning to bloom.
Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum
* American Vetch: Vicia americana
* Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata - Leaves still visible.
Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus
Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus - In bud.
* Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum var. incisum
Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana - In bud.
Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium
Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea - In bud.
Tall Annual Evening Primrose: Epilobium brachycarpum
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 - In bud.
Pine Drops: Pterospora andromedea - Last years' stalks.
White-vein Pyrola: Pyrola picta - A few plants in bud, including leafless individuals.
* Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana
Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium
* 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 (var. ?)
Hood's Phlox: Phlox hoodii
* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa - Fading out of bloom.
Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum - Past bloom.
Variedleaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla (var. heterophylla ?)
* Weak-stemmed Cryptanth: Cryptantha flaccida
* Cryptanth: Cryptantha sp.
* Yellow and Blue Scorpiongrass: Myosotis discolor
* Little Combseed: Gruvelia pusilla
* Matted Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys scouleri var. penicellatus
* Narrowleaf Skullcap: Scutellaria angustifolia ssp. angustifolia
* Oblong Bluecurls: Trichostemma oblongum
* Hairy Paintbrush: Castilleja tenuis - Beginning to bloom.
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata - Beginning to bloom.
* Tapertip Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus var. attenuatus ? - Beginning to bloom.
Fine-tooth Penstemon: Penstemon subserratus - In bud.
* Purslane Speedwell: Veronica peregrina var. xalpensis
* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum
* Cleavers: Galium aparine
Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale
Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
Rare-flowered Heterocodon: Heterocodon rariflorum
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.
* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla
* Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa
Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha
* Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides
* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea - Beginning to bloom.
* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia
* Twin Arnica: 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 - Past bloom.
Hybrid Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana x hookeri - Past bloom.
* Silvercrown: Cacaliopsis nardosmia var. glabrata - Fading out of bloom.
Tumble Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa
Dustymaidens: Chaenactis doulgasii var. douglasii - In bud.
* Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia
* Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fading out of bloom.
Bloom's Goldenweed: Ericameria bloomeri - New leaf growth.
California Rayless Daisy: Erigeron inornatus
* Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis
Showy Aster: Eurybia conspicuua ?
Rough-leaved Aster: Eurybia radulina
* Least Tarweed: Hemizonella minima
White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum - In bud.
Meadow Hawkweed: Hieracium cespitosum - In bud near the park headquarters
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri
Cut-leaf Silverpuffs: Microseris laciniata (var. ?)
* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans
False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - Seed heads evident.
Columbia Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma carthamoides var. carthamoides - In bud.
* Yellow Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltus - Fading out of bloom.
* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale
Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
* Northern Wyethia: Wyethia amplexicaulis - Fading out of bloom.
Pale Swallowtails
Great Arctics
Ochre Ringlets
Checkerspot
Duskywings
Boisduval Blues
Square-spotted Blues
Silvery Blues
Ravens
Northern Flickers
Spotted Towhees
Black-headed Grosbeaks
Western Meadowlarks
Western Tanagers
Western Bluebirds
Western Wood Peewees
Chipping Sparrows
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Juncos
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Black-capped Chickadees
Vaux's Swifts
Violet-green Swallows
House Wrens
Western Fence Lizards
California Ground Squirrels
Douglas Squirrels
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