Sagebrush Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus - Numerous on open slopes of the first large bench. Only the basal leaves are present.

Ookow: Dichelostemma congestum - Basal leaves.

* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - More numerous above 800'.

* Panicle Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum - Beginning to bloom near the trailhead.

* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Fading out of bloom. Most numerous along the top of the ridge.

Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

Scabland Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum

* Streambank Springbeauty: Claytonia parviflora ?

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata

* Cushion Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. depressa

* Common Chickweed: Stellaria media

* Shining Chickweed: Stellaria nitens

Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - In bud.

* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma

* Cutleaf Tansymustard: Descurainia incisa (ssp. incisa ?)

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

Thick-leaved Thelypody: Thelypodium laciniatum var. laciniatum - Leaves on the cliff walls.

* Fringe Pods: Thysanocarpus curvipes

* Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Brittle Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa

* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia - Buds breaking.

Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor - Buds swelling.

Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus - Leaves.

Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius x sericeus (Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius) - Some plants with flower buds.

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum - Bright red leaves visible at nodes nearest the ground.

Burr Chervil: Anthriscus caucalis ?

* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Past their peak.

Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum (var. dissectum ?)

* Klickitat (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense

Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

Western Snake Root: Sanicula crassicaulis

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Ballheaded Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - Beginning to bloom.

* Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa - Beginning to bloom.

Great Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grandis - In bud under the oaks directly above the trailhead.

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii

* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella - Beginning to bloom.

* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum - Beginning to bloom.

Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

* Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus - Beginning to bloom.

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus - Beginning to leaf out.

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera - Beginning to bloom.

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana (or B. careyana x deltoidea) - Beginning to bloom.

Yellow Star-thistle: Centaurea solstitialis

* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fading out of bloom except atop the ridge.

Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa

Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum

Hairy False Goldenaster: Heterotheca villosa (var. ?)

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

Animals Seen During These Hikes:

California Gray Squirrel

Paul Slichter