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
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
* Hooker's Willow: Salix hookeriana - Both sexes in bloom.
* Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana ? - Honey bees using catkins for pollen gathering.
* Long-anthered Wood Rush: Luzula macrantha - Beginning to bloom.
Bristly Dog's-tail Grass: Cynosurus echinatus
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.
Pale-anther Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - In bud.
Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis - Basal leaves.
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Nearing peak bloom.
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Nearing peak bloom.
Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum
Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella
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 - Beginning to bloom.
* Chickweed: Stellaria media - Beginning to bloom.
Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - In bud.
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis - Beginning to bloom.
American Wintercress: Barbarea (orthoceras ?)
Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii - In bud.
* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
* Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera
Leiberg's Stonecrop: Sedum leibergii - In bud.
* Fairy Poppy: Meconella oregana
* Smooth Praire Star: Lithophragma glabrum
* Peak Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa - Beginning to bloom.
* Rustyhair Saxifrage: Micranthes rufidula
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii
Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. cusickii ?) - Buds are swelling.
Ocean Spray: Holodiscus discolor - Buds beginning to swell.
Common Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius X sericeus (formerly Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus) - Leaves are coming up.
Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - A few plants in bud.
Vetch: Vicia sp.
Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum
Chervil: Anthriscus caucalis
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Nearing peak bloom.
* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum (yellow-flowered form)
* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - Beginning to bloom.
* Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum
Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri (Perideridia montana)
Western Snakeroot: Sanicula crassicaulis - Basal leaves.
Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis ssp. nitida - Leaves are peaking out of the ground.
Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum - In bud.
Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii
* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata - Begining to bloom.
Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus - Basal leaves.
Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. hispida - Peaking out of the ground.
Large-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia grandiflora
Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
Dwarf Owl-clover: Triphysaria pusilla
Bedstraw: Galium aparine
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana X deltoidea - A few plants showing young, yellowish ray flowers.
Bachelor's Button: Centaurea cyanus
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Nearing peak bloom.
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri (former var. cynoglossoides ?)
Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus - Basal leaves are up.
Mule deer herd - or hybrids with black-tailed deer.
Red-tailed Hawks
Northern Flickers
Hairy Woodpecker
Lewis' Woodpeckers
Scrub Jays
Stellers Jays
Spotted Towhees
Western Bluebirds - Numerous and singing.
Dark-eyed Juncos
Uncles - Moths. Numerous.
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