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Note: Most of this hike was taken between the elevations of 2900-3600'.
Weather: Mostly sunny with a light breeze and temps in the low to mid-60s in the morning. Mid-afternoon saw increasing clouds with a cool wind.
Horse Hair Lichen: Bryoria sp.
Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri
Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen: Letharia columbiana
Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis
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
Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana - Beginning to leaf out above Dairy Canyon.
Arroyo Willow: Salix sp - In bud. In creeks or moist swales with sub-surface water. Clonal?
* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri - Beginning to bloom.
Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides
Blue Wild Rye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus
Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis
Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
* Leiberg's Bluegrass: Poa leibergii
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum
Rock Onion: Allium macrum ? - In bud in moist swales.
Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus - Leaves
Pale-anther Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - In bud.
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Peak bloom.
Panicle Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Beginning to bloom.
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum - Beginning to bloom.
Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp.
Bastard Toad Flax: Comandra umbellata (var. pallida ?) - Leaves.
Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. proliferum ?)
Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva
* Dwarf Montia: Montia dichotoma
* Spring Water Chickweed: Montia fontana
* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis
* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum
* Shining Starwort: Stellaria nitens
Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Beginning to bloom near Dairy Canyon.
Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens
American Wintercress: Barbarea orthoceras - In bud along creeks.
* Black-flowered Rockcress: Boechera atrorubens - Beginning to bloom.
* Sicklepod Rockcress: Boechera pauciflora - Beginning to bloom.
* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii - Peak bloom.
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
*Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Blooming, with some plants with maturing pods.
* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera (now included as part of Lithophragma glabrum)
Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum ? - Leaves.
Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa ?
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia - Beginning to bloom.
Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum - Leafing out.
Cinquefoil: Drymocallis sp.
Ocean Spray: Holodiscus discolor
Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. gracilis - Leaves.
Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Beginning to leaf out.
Rose: Rosa sp.
Yakima Milkvetch: Astragalus reventiformis - Only leaves.
Leafy Pea: Lathyrus lanszwertii or Lathyrus pauciflorus ? - Only Leaves.
Lupine: Lupinus sp.
Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - A few plants in bud.
Yellow Montane Violet: Viola nuttallii ssp. praemorsa - Leaves.
* Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata - Beginning to bloom.
Buck Brush: Ceanothus sanguineus
Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus
Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana
Common Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea - Leaves.
Tall Annual Evening Primrose: Epilobium brachycarpum
* Canby's Desert Parsley: Lomatium canbyi
* Gray-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum - Yellow-flowered form.
* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - Numerous.
* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum
* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi
* Nine Leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium tridentatum var. triternatum - Beginning to bloom.
Western Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis - Leaves.
Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana (Perideridia gairdneri)
Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana
* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/Primula conjugens - Beginning to bloom.
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/Primula poeticum - Beginning to bloom.
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
* Tufted Phlox: Phlox cespitosa
Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa
* Littlebells Polemonium: Polemonium micranthum
* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum
Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata
Rusty Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys nothofulvus ? - Basal leaves only.
Slender Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus - Beginning to bloom.
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Beginning to bloom.
Fine-tooth Penstemon: Penstemon subserratus
Gairdner's Penstemon: Penstemon gairdneri var. gairdneri
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
Cleavers: Galium aparine
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
Spear-leaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa
* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Beginning to bloom.
Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Leaves.
Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida
Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - Leaves emerging from the ground above Dairy Creek.
* Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri - Beginning to bloom.
Silvercrown: Cacaliopsis nardosmia - Leaves.
Dustymaidens: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii - Leaves.
Smooth Hawksbeard: Crepis capillaris - Leaves.
Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia ? - Leaves.
Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis ? - Leaves.
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Numerous.
Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa - Beginning to leaf out.
Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri
False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - Leaves.
Yellow Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltus - In bud.
* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale
Salsify: Tragopogon dubius - Last year's stalks.
Douglas' Squirrel - Heard
Mule Deer- Numerous spoor and tracks observed.
Feral Turkeys - Numerous droppings.
Ravens
Stellers Jays
Downy or Hairy Woodpecker - Heard
Northern Flickers - Heard
American Robins
Western Bluebirds
Dark-eyed Juncos
Mountain Chickadees
Red-breasted Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatches
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Hummingbird - Heard overhead but not observed.
Western Fence Lizards
The following butterlies were moving too fast to get a good look at them:
Great Arctics ?
California Tortoiseshells ?
Julia's Orangetips
Mourning Cloak
Spring Azures ?
Hoover Flies