Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri
Wolf Lichen: Letharia (vulpina ?)
Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis
Bristly Haircap Moss: Polytrichum pilferum
Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri
Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides
Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis
Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha
Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
* Leiberg's Bluegrass: Poa leibergii
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata
Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus - Basal leaves.
Ookow: Dichelostemma congestum - Basal leaves.
*Pale-anther Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - Numerous in oak woods above the Klickitat River
Panicled Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum
Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii - Basal leaves.
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Fading out of bloom.
Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp.
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
Broom Buckwheat: Eriogonum vimineum - Old stems and leaves.
* Pale Springbeauty: Claytonia exigua ssp. exigua
* Streambank Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia parviflora
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata
* Erubescent Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. depressa
* Shiny Starwort: Stellaria nitens
Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - In bud.
Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium - In bud.
* Oak Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii
* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma
* Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis
* Smooth Praire Star: Lithophragma glabrum
* Peak Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - Leafing out.
Cinquefoil: Drymocallis sp.
Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum
Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata
Pacific Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus
Milkvetch: Astragalus hoodianus or Astragalus reventiformis - In bud.
Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus (latifolius x latifolius ?) - Leaves.
Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum
Klamath Weed: Hypericum perforatum
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
* Three-nerve Violet: Viola trinervata
Deerbrush: Ceanothus integerrimus
Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum
Slender Clarkia: Clarkia gracilis ? - Last year's stems and seed pods.
Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum - Last year's stems
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum
Fern-leaved Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum (var. dissectum ?)
* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatensis
* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Yellow flowered form.
* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum
Pacific Sanicle: Sanicula crassicaulis
Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens
False Hedge-parsley: Yabea microcarpa
Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium ? - Last year's fruits and stems.
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii
* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata
Phacelia: Phacelia (hastata/heterophylla ?)
* Menzie's Fiddleneck: Amsinckia menziesii (var. ?) - Beginning to bloom.
* Field Gromwell: Buglossoides arvensis
Winged Pectocarya: Pectocarya penicillata - In bud.
* Slender Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus
* Red Dead Nettle: Lamium purpureum
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Some plants with solid white flowers.
Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii - New leaf growth.
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa
Riverbank Wormwood: Artemisia (ludoviciana?)
Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana
Knapweed: Centaurea sp.
Chicory: Cichorum intybus
Smooth Hawksbeard: Crepis capillaris
* Goldstars: Crocidium multicaule
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri
* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides
Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus (var. ?)
Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
Animals Seen along this Route:
Mule Deer - tracks & spoor
Bald Eagles - Adult and juvenile
Red-tailed Hawk
Common Crows - Heard
Downy or Hairy Woodpecker - heard
Pileated Woodpecker ? - heard
Northern Flicker - Heard
Western Bluebirds
Spotted Towhee - Heard
Dark-eyed Juncos
Black-capped Chickadee