Today the morning weather was in the upper 40s with light winds and mostly cloudy skies. The afternoon was mostly sunny with temps to the low 60s with light winds.
Note: Turkey hunting season begins in a week or so, so please take care when hiking or riding horseback in this area. If you are in a group, please talk so that hunters can hear you!
Horsehair Lichen: Bryoria sp. on ponderosa pine
Cowpie Lichen: Diploschistes muscorum ?
Antlered Perfume: Everneria prunastri
Powder-headed Tube Lichen: Hypogymnia tubulosa ? - on Oregon white oak
Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen: Letharia columbiana
Wolf Lichen: Letharia vulpina
Beard Lichen: Usnea sp.
Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis- on ponderosa pine and Oregon white oak
Juniper Polytrichum Moss: Polytrichum pilferum
Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
Western Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum
Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri
Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides
Blue Wildrye: Elymus glaucus
Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha
Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata
Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus ssp. macrocarpus - Curved basal leaves.
* Pale-anther Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - Past it's peak bloom.
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Most plants fading out of bloom.
* Panicle Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum - Beginning to bloom.
Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Fading out of bloom.
Striped Coralroot: Corallorhiza striata
Rein Orchid: Platanthera (elegans or unalaschensis) - Basal leaves only.
Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
* Erubescent Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra
* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis
* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum
Menzie's Catchfly: Silene menziesii
* Shining Chickweed: Stellaria nitens
Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum - Leaves.
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Beginning to bloom.
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis
* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium
* Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens - In bud.
* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Numerous.
* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (Synonym: Lithophragma bulbifera) - Bulblet form.
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia
Hood River Milkvetch: Astragalus hoodianus - In bud.
Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus - Leaves.
Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus - Velvety leaves.
ommon Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius ? - In bud.
Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana
Common St. John's Wort: Hypericum perforatum
Deerbrush: Ceanothus integerrimus
Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus
* Cutleaf Violet: Viola sheltonii
*Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum
* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatensis
* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi
* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Suksdorf's Desert Parsley: Lomatium suksdorfii - Beginning to bloom.
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum
Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana (Perideridia gairdneri)
Kinnickinick: Arctostaphylos nevadensis
Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea (var. ?)
Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/ Primula poeticum - Not in bloom yet.
Baker's Babystars: Leptosiphon bolanderi - In bud.
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa - Beginning to bloom.
Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus - Only leaves.
* Ballhead Desert Parsley: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - Beginning to bloom.
* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata
* Great Hounds Tongue: Adelinia grande
* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia
Little Combseed: Pectocarya pusilla - In bud.
* Slender Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus
Self Heal: Prunella vulgaris
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii v. richardsonii
* Tonella: Tonella tenella
Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - Beginning to bloom.
Dustymaidens: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri
Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus - In bud.
Animals Seen During This Hike:
Western Gray Squirrel
California Ground Squirrels
Mule Deer
Northern Flicker
Western Bluebirds
Dark-eyed Juncos
Song Sparrows
Pacific Tree Frog
Frogs croaking in sloughs near the Klickitat River
California Tortoiseshell
Julia's Orange Tips
Silvery Blues