From Sevenmile Road, this route climbs along a narrow strip of USFS lands to the ridgeline of Sevenmile Hill. Know your route before going to avoid trespassing on neighboring private lands. Pull completely off Sevenmile Road as vehicles travel fairly fast down this road. Watch for rattlesnakes along the route up the hill.
Weather: Sunny skies early turning to hazy in the afternoon. Temperatures to low 60s. Winds 10-20 mph.
Common Cattail: Typha latifolia
* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii var. lemmonii - Beginning to bloom.
* Ripgut Brome: Bromus diandrus
* Soft Chess: Bromus hordeaceus
* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides
Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis - Very common along the summit ridge.
* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa - Inflorescence opening up and bulbils visible.
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata
Medusahead: Taenitherum caput-medusae - Last year's heads.
* Bigleaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum
* Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa - Only at the ridgetop.
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii - Only at the ridgetop.
Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus - Basal leaves.
Ball-headed Cluster Lily: Dichelostemma congestum - In bud.
Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods maturing. Fairly common on upper slopes.
* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii
Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina
* Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - In bud on lower, south-facing slopes.
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
Curly Dock: Rumex crispus
* Winter Purslane: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana
* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. depressa
* Water Chickweed: Montia fontana
* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis - Fading out of bloom.
* Sticky Chickweed: Cerastium glomeratum
* Chickweed: Stellaria media
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum- Fading out of bloom.
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis - Fading out of bloom.
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Fading out of bloom.
Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods.
* Fringe Pod: Thysanocarpus curvipes - Still in bloom with lots of ripe seed pods.
* Small-flowerd Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia - Fading out of bloom.
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii
* Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii
* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Fading out of bloom.
Bristly Nootka Rose: Rosa nutkana var. hispida - In bud.
Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana
Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus (armeniacus ?) - Disturbed areas along Sevenmile Road and some ravines on lower slopes.
* Hood River Milk-vetch: Astragalus hoodianus - Past their peak.
* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus
* Bicolored Lupine: Lupinus bicolor
* Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus
* Columbia Gorge Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius (formerly var. thompsonianus)
Rabbits-foot Clover: Trifolium arvense - In bud.
* Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Fading out of bloom.
* American Vetch: Vicia americana
* Common Vetch: Vicia sativa
* Annual Cow Vetch: Vicia villosa
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
* Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum
* Slender Godetia: Clarkia gracilis ? - Beginning to bloom.
Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum
* Burr Chervil: Anthriscus caucalis
Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Mostly going to seed.
* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - Small plants, but numerous bloom.
* Nine Leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium tridentatum var. triternatum
Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri (P. montana) - Basal leaves.
Field Bindweed: Convolvulus arvensis
Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. nitida - In bud.
Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora - In bud on the lower slopes.
* Babystars: Leptosiphon bicolor - Numerous in places.
Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Past bloom.
Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata - Past bloom.
* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata - Beginning to bloom.
* Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla ssp. virgata - Beginning to bloom.
* Fiddleneck: Amsinckia menziesii (formerly var. intermedia)
* Little Pectocarya: Gruvelia pusilla
Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale - Past bloom.
* Blue and Yellow Scorpionweed: Myosotis discolor
* Blue Scorpiongrass: Myosotis micrantha (M. stricta)
* Rusty Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys nothofulvus - Fading out of bloom.
* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus - Fading out of bloom.
* Narrowleaf Paintbrush: Castilleja attenuata
* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. hispida
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Fading out of bloom.
* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata
* Sticky-stem Penstemon: Penstemon glandulosus var. glandulosus - Beginning to bloom.
* Dwarf Owl-clover: Triphysaria pusilla
* Corn Speedwell: Veronica arvensis
* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum (formerly var. occidentalis)
* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum (formerly var. purpurea)
* Common Bedstraw: Galium aparine
* Long-spurred Plectritis: Plectritis ciliosa
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera
* Big Root, Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus
* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - Beginning to bloom.
* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Fading out of bloom.
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamhoriza careyana (or a hybrid with B. deltoidea ?)
Bachelor's Buttons: Centaurea cyanus - In bud on the lower slopes.
Rush Skeletonweed: Chondrilla juncea - Unfortunately, too common here.
Hall's Goldenweed: Columbiadoria hallii
Smooth Hawksbeard: Crepis capillaris
Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis (intermedia ?)
Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis ? - Basal rosettes of leaves seen.
* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum - Beginning to bloom.
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri (formerly var. cynoglossoides)
* Slender Tarweed: Madia gracilis - Five ray flowers. Blooming on lower slopes.
* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - Fading out of bloom.
Rayless Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma carthamoides var. carthamoides - In bud.
* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus
* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale
Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
California Ground Squirrels
Turkey Vultures
Red-tailed Hawks
Gray Partridge
Starling
Common Ravens
Western Meadowlarks
Savannah Sparrows
Western Gopher Snakes
Western Fence Lizards
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