A Native Plant Society of Oregon fieldtrip
Weather: Sunny with a light breeze, averaging 5 mph. Temps in the mid to upper 70s to low 80s by the afternoon.
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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
* Sierra Rush: Juncus nevadensis var. nevadensis
Slender Rush: Juncus tenuis ? - In bud.
* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri
* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii var. lemmonii - Beginning to bloom.
* Mountain Brome: Bromus carinatus var. marginatus ?
* Japanese Brome: Bromus japonicus
* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
* California Oatgrass: Danthonia californica
* One-spike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata - Beginning to bloom.
* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides
* Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha
* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
* Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia
* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata
* Medusa Head: Taeniatherum caput-medusae
* North African Grass: Ventenata dubia
Pacific Silver Fir: Abies amabilis
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
* Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea - Blooming at the rest area.
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - In bud.
Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides
Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana
* Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum
* Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii - Fading out of bloom.
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
* 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 - Fading out of bloom.
* Bicolor Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii
* Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina
Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum - Past bloom.
* Spotted Coralroot: Corallorhiza maculata
* Mountain Lady Slippers: Cypripedium montanum - Peak 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
* 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
* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus
* Western Meadowrue: Thalictrum occidentale
Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens - Fruits forming.
Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
Scalepod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods visible.
* 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: Dryocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa
Bitter Cherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata
Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa - Past bloom.
Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata
* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus
Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum
American Bird's-foot Clover: Acmispon americanus var. americanus
* Bog Deervetch: Hosackia pinnata
* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus
Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus - In bud along the park road. Probably the pink-flowered form.
* Common Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius
* Cup Clover: Trfolium cyathiferum
Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum
* Few-flower Clover: Trfolium oliganthum
* American Vetch: Vicia americana
Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata - Leaves still visible.
Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus
* Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus - In bloom along the park road.
* Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum var. incisum
Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana- In bud.
Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium
* Slender Clarkia: Clarkia gracilis - Beginning to bloom.
* Elkhorns Clarkia: Clarkia pulchella - Beginning to bloom.
* Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea - Beginning to bloom.
Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum
* Ciliate Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum
* Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum
* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum (ssp. parviflorum ?) - Beginning to bloom.
Gray-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum - Fruits maturing.
* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - Fading out of bloom.* Nine Leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium tridentatum var. triternatum - Fading out of bloom.
* 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 - New stalks arising.
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
* Smooth-leaved Gilia: Navarretia capillaris
Prickly Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta (ssp. intertexta ?)
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 - Fading out of bloom.
Little Combseed: Gruvelia pusilla
* Matted Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys scouleri var. penicellatus
* Hairy Paintbrush: Castilleja tenuis
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Fading out of bloom.
* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata - Beginning to bloom.
* Tapertip Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus ?
* Fine-tooth Penstemon: Penstemon subserratus
* Purslane Speedwell: Veronica peregrina var. xalpensis
* 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 - Seed heads visible.
* 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 - Fading out of bloom. 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 - Past bloom.
Tumble Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa
* Dustymaidens: Chaenactis doulgasii var. douglasii - Beginning to bloom.
* Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia
Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis - Past bloom.
Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Past bloom.
Bloom's Goldenweed: Ericameria bloomeri - New leaf growth.
California Rayless Daisy: Erigeron inornatus
Showy Aster: Eurybia conspicuua ?
Rough-leaved Aster: Eurybia radulina
* Least Tarweed: Hemizonella minima
White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum - Beginning to bloom.
* Meadow Hawkweed: Hieracium cespitosum - Blooming near the park headquarters
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - In bud.
* Hareleaf: Lagophylla ramosissima - Beginning to bloom
* Least Tarweed: Madia exigua
Tarweed: Madia (gracilis or sativa ?) - In bud.
Cut-leaf Silverpuffs: Microseris laciniata (var. ?) - In bud.
* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans - Fading out of bloom.
False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - Seed heads evident.
Woollyheads: Psilocarphus sp.
Columbia Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma carthamoides var. carthamoides - In bud.
* Bristle Head: Rigiopappus leptocladus - Beginning to bloom.
Yellow Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltus - Past 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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