Note: Most of this hike was taken between the elevations of 35-4400'.
Weather: Sunny with a light breeze and temps in the low to mid 80s.
Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri
Bone Lichen: Hypogymnia sp.
Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen: Letharia columbiana
Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis
Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
Grand Fir: Abies grandis
Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis var. ocidentalis
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Coast Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana - Blooming and mostly leafed out.
Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana
* Arroyo Willow: Salix lasiolepis ?
Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri
* Sedge: Carex #1 - Something like microptera or pachystachya
* Sedge: Carex #2 - More elongated, female inflorescence
* Common Spike-rush: Eleocharis palustris
Rush: Juncus (like tenuis ?) - In bud.
* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii ssp. lemmonii
* Cheat Grass: Bromus tectorum
One-spike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata ?
Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides
* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis
* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
* Leiberg's Bluegrass: Poa leibergii - Fading out of bloom.
* Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia
* Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda - Fading out of bloom.
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata
* North African Grass: Ventenata dubia
* Small Fescue: Vulpia sp.
* Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - Begininng to bloom.
* Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii - Beginning to bloom.
Common Camas: Camassia quamash (ssp. breviflora ?) - Leaves.
Pale-anther Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - Past bloom.
Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods well-formed.
* Panicle Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum
* Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum
Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina - In bud.
Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp.
Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Beginning to bloom. Yellow flowers.
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum - In bud.
* Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum
* Close-flowered Knotweed: Polygonum polygalioides (ssp. confertiflorum ?) - Beginning to bloom.
Curly Dock: Rumex crispus
* Erubescent Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra
* Spring Water Chickweed: Montia fontana
* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis - Fading out of bloom.
* Sticky Chickweed: Cerastium glomeratum
Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum - In bud.
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus
* American Wintergreen: Barbarea orthoceras
* Sicklepod Rockcress: Boechera pauciflora - Fruits forming.
* Secund Rockcress: Boechera retrofracta - Fruits forming.
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - A few plants left in bloom.
* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum
Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Maturing pods.
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum - Fairly numerous but on the way out of bloom.
* Nesting Saxifrage: Micranthes nidfica ?
Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum
* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. alnifolia
* Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii
Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa - In bud.
Ocean Spray: Holodiscus discolor
* Domestic Apple: Malus domestica
* Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata
* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata
* American Bird's-foot Trevoil: Acmispon americanus var. americanus
Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis - Visited by bramble green hairstreaks.
* Yakima Milkvetch: Astragalus reventiformis
* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus
Nevada Pea: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. lanszwertii - Only narrow leaves.
* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus
* Common Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius
* Cup Clover: Trifolium cyathiferum - Beginning to bloom.
Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Past bloom.
* Few-flower Clover: Trifolium oliganthum ? - Beginning to bloom.
False-mermaid: Floerkea proserpinacoides
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium - Fading out of bloom.
Upland Yellow Violet: Viola praemorsa var. linguifolia - Past bloom.
Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata - Past bloom. Leaves only.
Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus - In bud.
Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana
Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium
Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea
Tall Annual Evening Primrose: Epilobium brachycarpum
* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum
* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Gray's Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum
* Nine Leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium tridentatum var. brevifolium
* Nine Leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium tridentatum var. triternatum
* Western Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis
Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana (Perideridia gairdneri)
Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium
Narrowleaf Milkweed: Asclepias fascicularis
Field Bindweed: Convolvulus arvensis
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/Primula poeticum - A few plants still blooming in moist places.
Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora
Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. aggregata
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis var. gracilis
* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum - Mostly past bloom.
* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata - Only still in bloom in the wettest places.
Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata - In bud.
* Rigid Fireweed: Amsincki menziesii var. menziesii
* Cryptanth: Cryptantha sp. - Small flowers. Opposite leaves? - Need to collect fruits next visit.
* Blue Scorpionweed: Myosotis stricta (M. micrantha)
* Yellow and Blue Scorpionweed: Myosotis discolor
* Scouler's Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys scouleri var. scouleri ? - Small flowers.
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
* Short-flowered Monkeyflower: Erythranthe breviflora
* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata
* Gairdner's Penstemon: Penstemon gairdneri var. gairdneri
* Cleavers: Galium aparine
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
Heterocodon: Heterocodon rariflorum
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.
* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla
Spear-leaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa - In bud.
* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Fading out of bloom.
* Stoloniferous Everlasting: Antennaria flagellaris - Beginning to bloom and send out aerial stolons.
* Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides - Beginning to bloom.
* Heart-leaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia
* Hillside Arnica: Arnica fulgens - Disc corollas with both stipitate-glandular and spreading hairs. No tufts of brown wool in the leaf axils, though.
Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana Still numerous on upper slopes of Bickleton Ridge.
Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri
* Hybrid Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana x hookeri
* Silvercrown: Cacaliopsis nardosmia
Dustymaidens: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii - In bud.
Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense - In burnt forest.
Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare - In burnt forest.
Smooth Hawksbeard: Crepis capillaris ?
Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia - In bud.
Rabbitbrush Goldenweed: Ericameria bloomeri or Green Rabbitbrush: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ?
Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa
* Cushion Fleabane: Erigeron poliospermus
* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum ?
* White Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri
Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola - In burnt area.
* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides
* Yellow Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltus
* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale
Salsify: Tragopogon dubius - In bud.
Mourning Doves
Spotted Towhee
Western Tanager
American Robin
Mountain Bluebirds
Western Bluebird
Dusky Flycatchers
Western Wood Peewees - One feeding young in a nest.
Casssin's Finches
Cassin's Vireos
Chipping Sparrows
Dark-eyed Juncos
Red-breasted Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatches - Collecting nesting materials
Nashville Warblers
Orange-crowned Warblers
Yellow-rumped Warbler
House Wren
Brown Creeper
Vaux's Swift leaving nest in snag?
Western Fence Lizard
Pacific Chorus Frog
Anise Swallowtail
Pale Swallowtail
Coronis Fritillary
Julia's Orangetip
Propertius Duskywings ?
Skippers
Bramble Green Hairstreaks - On Acmispon nevadensis & perching on Purshia tridentata
Western Pine Elfin
Acmon Blues
Arrowhead Blue
Boisduval blues
Western Tailed Blues
Pine Beetle