Today, the weather was sunny with light east winds to 5 mph and highs in the 40s to low 50s.
Cowpie Lichen: Diploschistes muscorum ?
Bigleaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum - Terminal buds are swelling, and these beautiful trees should begin blooming in a week or so!
Lacelip Fern: Myriopteris gracillima
Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrrhiza
* Leiberg's Bluegrass: Poa leibergii
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - Leaves only.
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica
Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum ssp. proliferum
Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana - In bud.
* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum
Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - In bud.
* Little Western Bittercres: Cardamine oligosperma
* Tansy Mustard: Descurainia longipedicellata (D. filipes)
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Very numerous.
* Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera
* Bulblet Prairie Stars: Lithophragma bulbifera (Now included as part of Lithophragma glabrum)
* Smooth Prairie Stars: Lithophragma glabrum
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii
Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus - Leaves emerging from the ground.
Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus latifolius X sericeus (Synonym: Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus) - Leaves emerging from the ground.
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum
* Gorman's Salt and Pepper: Lomatium gormanii
* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense
* Slender Desert Parsley: Lomatium laevigatum
Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum
* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum
* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - Beginning to fade out of bloom.
* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum - Beginning to bloom.
* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
* Slender Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha
* Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea x careyana - Beginning to bloom fairly well on south-facing slopes.
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fairly numerous, probably near their peak bloom in the lower half of the park.
Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa
Animals Seen Along This Route:
California Ground Squirrels
Mule Deer herd
Bald Eagles
Red-tailed Hawks
Harrier
Western Meadowlarks
Common Ravens
Magpies
Scrub Jays
Lewis' Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Robins
Western Fence Lizards