Weather: Sunny with winds to 20 mph. Temps upper 40s in the morning rising to upper 50s in the afternoon. Areas exposed to wind were cold, those protected from wind were comfortable.
* Indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.
Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri
Wolf Lichen: Letharia vulpina
Glossy Red Bryum Moss: Bryum miniatum
Homalothecium Moss: Homalothecium sp.
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
* Bigleaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum - Beginning to bloom.
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - Basal leaves abundant on rock outcrops with shallow soils.
Ball-head Cluster Lily: Dichelostemma congestum - Basal leaves only.
Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. breviflora ? - Many plants with well-formed flower buds above Highway 8.
* Pale-anther Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum
* Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis - Many plants with well-formed flower buds.
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - A good bloom year!
* Meadow Death-camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum var. venenosum- Beginning to bloom.
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Fading out of bloom.
Rein-orchid: Platanthera sp.
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata var. perfoliata - Beginning to bloom.
Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva - A few plants with small flower buds.
* Water Chickweed: Montia fontana var. tenerrima
* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis
* Chickweed: Stellaria media
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Beginning to bloom.
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis
* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium
* Dutchman Breeches: Dicentra cucullaria
* Oregon Fairy Poppies: Meconella oregana
* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii
* Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna
* Shepherd's Cress: Teesdalia nudicaulis
* Smooth Praire Star: Lithophragma glabrum
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum - Beginning to bloom.
Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa - In bud.
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia
* Rusty-hair Saxifrage: Micranthes rufidula - Fading out of bloom.
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - Beginning to leaf out.
Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor - Beginning to leaf out.
* Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus - Beginning to bloom.
Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius x sericeus (Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius) - One plant with a raceme full of buds along old Highway 8 adjacent to Rowland Lake.
Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Leaves.
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Dovefoot Geranium: Geranium molle
Poison Oak: Toxicoscordion diversilobum - A few plants with signs they are about to leaf out.
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum- Past peak bloom.
* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense
* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum (yellow-flowered form)
* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Butterfly-loving Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum - Still a week or two from peak bloom.
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata
* Great Houndstongue: Adelinia grandis
* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus - Beginning to bloom.
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
* Few-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia sparsiflora
* Chickweed Monkey Flower: Erythranthe alsinoides - Beginning to bloom. It could be a very good year for this species!
* Common Monkey Flower: Erythranthe guttata - Beginning to bloom.
Barrett's Penstemon: Penstemon barrettiae
Dwarf Owl-clover: Triphysaria pusilla - Nearing bloom.
* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum
Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine
* Big Root: Marah oreganus
* Rosy Plectritis: Plectritis congesta - Beginning to bloom.
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana (or Balsamorhiza careyana X deltoidea) - A few plants beginning to bloom near Rowland Lake..
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fading out of bloom.
* False Agoseris, Prairie Dandylion: Nothocalais troximoides - Beginning to bloom.
Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus - Basal leaves only.
* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale
Turkey Vultures
Northern Flickers
Stellers Jays
Scrub Jays
Western Meadowlarks
Western Bluebirds
Dark-eyed Juncos