Note: Most of this hike was taken between the elevations of 35-4400'.
Weather: Mostly sunny with a light to medium breeze and temps in the low 80s.
Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri
Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen: Letharia columbiana
Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis var. ocidentalis
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Coast Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - In bud.
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana
Arroyo Willow: Salix lasiolepis ?
Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri
* Sedge: Carex #1 - Something like microptera or pachystachya
* Common Spike-rush: Eleocharis palustris
Rush: Juncus (like tenuis ?) - In bud.
Rush #2: Juncus sp. - In bud.
* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii ssp. lemmonii
* Cheat Grass: Bromus tectorum
* Orchard Grass: Dactylis glomerata
* One-spike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata
* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides
* Blue Wild Rye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus
* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis
Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
Leiberg's Bluegrass: Poa leibergii - Past bloom.
Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia - Past bloom.
Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda - Past bloom.
* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata
* North African Grass: Ventenata dubia
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - Both white and purple-flowered forms.
* Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii
Green-banded Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus ssp. macrocarpus - In bud.
Pale-anther Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - Maturing pods.
Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods well-formed.
Panicle Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum
* Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum - Fading out of bloom.
* Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina
Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp. - Stems elongating
* Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Beginning to bloom. Both cream and yellow flowered forms.
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum - In bud.
* Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum
Broom Buckwheat: Eriogonum vimineum - At the trailhead.
Prostrate Knotweed: Polygonum aviculare
* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii ?
* Close-flowered Knotweed: Polygonum polygalioides ssp. confertiflorum - Beginning to bloom.
* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella - Stream at trailhead.
Curly Dock: Rumex crispus
Willow Dock: Rumex triangulivalvis - In bud. s
* Erubescent Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra
* Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva - Still blooming on ridgetop balds.
* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis - Fading out of bloom.
* Sticky Chickweed: Cerastium glomeratum
* Mountain Sandwort: Eremogone capillaris var. americana
* Franklin's Sandwort: Eremogone franklinii (var. ?)
Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum - In bud.
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus
Sicklepod Rockcress: Boechera pauciflora - Fruits forming.
Secund Rockcress: Boechera retrofracta - Fruits forming.
* Shepherd's Purse: Capsella bursa-pastoris
* 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 - A few plants in bloom under pines atop the ridge.
Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum
Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. alnifolia - Fruits forming.
Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii - Fruits forming.
* Cordillerian Cinquefoil: Drymocallis convallaria ?
* Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa
Ocean Spray: Holodiscus discolor
Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata
* Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa - Fading out of bloom.
* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Several plants still in bloom atop the ridgetop.
* American Bird's-foot Trevoil: Acmispon americanus var. americanus
* Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis
Yakima Milkvetch: Astragalus reventiformis
* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus
* Nevada Pea: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. lanszwertii - Beginning to bloom.
* Leafy Pea: Lathyrus polyphyllus
* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus ? - Past their peak bloom.
* Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. aridus - Atop the ridgetop.
* Common Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius - Past their peak bloom.
* Cup Clover: Trifolium cyathiferum
Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Past bloom.
* Few-flower Clover: Trifolium oliganthum ? - Beginning to bloom.
* Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum var. incisum
Upland Yellow Violet: Viola praemorsa var. linguifolia - Past bloom.
Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata - Past bloom. Leaves only.
* Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus
Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana - In bud.
Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium
* Elkhorns Clarkia: Clarkia pulchella
* Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea
Tall Annual Evening Primrose: Epilobium brachycarpum
* Small-flowered Evening Primrose: Epilobium minutum
Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
Gray's Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum
Nine Leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium tridentatum (var. brevifolium ? )
* Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi
Western Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis
Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana (Perideridia gairdneri)
White-vein Wintergreen: Pyrola picta - In bud.
Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedaea - Last year's stalks. No sign of new growth.
Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium
Narrowleaf Milkweed: Asclepias fascicularis
* Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana
* Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora - Beginning to bloom.
* Narrow-leaved Collomia: Collomia linearis - Past their peak bloom.
* Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. aggregata
* Bolander's Babystars: Leptosiphon bolanderi
Harkness' Flaxflower: Leptosiphon harknessii ? - In bud around trailhead.
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis var. gracilis - Fading out of bloom.
* Brewer's Navarretia: Navarretia breweri - Blooming atop Bickleton Ridge.
Needle-leaf Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta (ssp. ?) - In bud.
Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum - Pst bloom.
Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. austiniae - Past bloom.
* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata - Only still in bloom in the wettest places.
* Varied-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla var. virgata
* Linear-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis
* Slender Cryptanth: Cryptantha affinis
* Yellow and Blue Scorpionweed: Myosotis discolor
* Matted Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys scouleri var. penicillatus - Small flowers.
* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida (We didn't get a close look at it, so it might be C. miniata) ?
* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata var. miniata - Moist areas.
* Hairy Indian Paintbrush: Castilleja tenuis
* Thompson's Paintbrush: Castilleja thompsonii - Past their peak bloom.
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Fading out of bloom in moist areas atop the ridge.
* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata
* Gairdner's Penstemon: Penstemon gairdneri var. gairdneri
* Stickystem Penstemon: Penstemon glandulosus var. glandulosus
* Fine-toothed Penstemon: Penstemon subserratus
* American Brooklime: Veronica americana
* Common Plantain: Plantago major
* Cleavers: Galium aparine
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
* Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. vaccinioides (formerly Symphoricarpos oreophilus var. utahensis)
* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla
* Spear-leaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa
Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Past bloom.
* Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides - Beginning to bloom.
* Heart-leaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia Past their peak
* Twin Arnica: Arnica sororia - 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 - Still blooming atop the ridge top.
* Dustymaidens: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii - Beginning to bloom.
Baker's Hawksbeard: Crepis bakeri
* Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia - In bud.
Low Hawksbeard: Crepis modocensis - Plants with woolly involucres. Past bloom.
Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis - Past bloom.
Rabbitbrush Goldenweed: Ericameria bloomeri
Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa
* Scabland Fleabane: Erigeron bloomeri var. bloomeri
* Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis
Cushion Fleabane: Erigeron poliospermus - Past bloom.
* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium
* White Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - In bud.
Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola
* Small Tarweed: Madia exigua
* Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata ?
* Coast Tarweed: Madia sativa ?
Pineapple Weed: Matricaria discoidea - In bud.
* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans - Under forest atop Bickleton Ridge.
False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - Seed heads forming.
Columbia Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma carthamoides var. carthamoides - In bud.
* Yellow Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltus - Fading out of bloom.
* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale
* Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
Chipmunks
Ravens
Clark's Nutcracker
Spotted Towhee
Western Tanager
American Robin
Mountain Bluebirds
Dusky Flycatchers
Western Wood Peewees
Casssin's Finches
Pine Siskins
Red Crossbills - Common. Very vocal.
Chipping Sparrows
Dark-eyed Juncos
Red-breasted Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatches
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Mountain Chickadee
Pacific Chorus Frog
Pale Swallowtail
Coronis Fritillary
California Tortoiseshells
Mourning Cloaks
Ochre Ringlets
Propertius Duskywings ?
Skippers
Boisduval blues