-Weather: Partly cloudy to mostly sunny but with hazy sunshine due to fires in Asia. Temperatures in the mid 40s to 50s in the morning rising to the upper 60s in the afternoon. Calm to light winds.
* indicates a wildflower currently in bloom.
Complete Plant List for the Crawford Oaks/Eightmile Creek portion of the Columbia Hills State Park.
Wallace's Spike Moss: Selaginella wallacei
Lace Lipfern: Myriopteris gracillima
Gold-back Fern: Pentagramma triangularis
Imbricate Sword Fern: Polystichum imbricans
Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum ssp. pubescens
Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
* Leiberg's Bluegrass: Poa leibergii
* Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda var. juncifolia
* Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda var. secunda
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata
Medusahead: Taeniatherum caput-medusae
* Brome Fescue: Vulpia bromoides
* Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum
* Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana - Beginning to leaf out and bloom.
* Arroyo Willow: Salix lasiolepis ?
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.
Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus
* Panicle Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum
Bicolored Clusterlily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. howellii - In bud.
Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - In bud. Yellow-flowered version.
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
Snow Buckwheat: Eriogonum niveum
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana - Fading except in moist or shady areas.
* Dwarf Miner's Lettuce: Montia dichotoma
* Sticky Chickweed: Cerastium glomeratum
* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum
* Common Chickweed: Stellaria media - Fading except in moist or shady areas.
* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium
* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma - Fading out of bloom.
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Fading out of bloom.
Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Seed pods.
* Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes - Fading out of bloom.
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - Leafing out.
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum
* Peak Saxifrage: Saxifraga nidifica
* Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata - Beginning to bloom.
Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa - Leafing out.
* Domestic Pear Trees: Pyrus communis
Evergreen Blackberry: Rubus laciniatus
* Columbia Gorge Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus - Beginning to bloom.
Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus var. leucophyllus - Leaves are up.
Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus - Leaves are up.
* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Fading out of bloom.
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum
* Chervil: Anthriscus scandicina
* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatensis
* Smooth Desert Parsley: Lomatium laevigatum
* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. brevifolium
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum
* Midget Phlox: Phlox gracilis - Fading out of bloom.
* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa - Beginning to bloom.
* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum v. thompsonii - Fading out of bloom.
Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata - In bud.
Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla ssp. heterophylla - In bud.
* Fireweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa
* Weakstem Cryptanth: Cryptantha flaccida
* Little Combseed: Gruvelia pusilla
* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale - Beginning to bloom.
Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri (var. pencillatus or var. scouleri) - Too early to ID.
* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus
Henbit: Lamium amplexicaule
* Narrowleaf Owlclover: Castilleja attenuata - Beginning to bloom.
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Fading out of bloom.
* Chickweed Monkeyflower: Erythranthe alsinoides
* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum (old var. occidentalis)
* Naked Broomrape: Aphllon purpureum (old var. purpurea)
Annual Bedstraw, Cleavers: Galium aparine
* Long-spurred Plectritis: Plectritis ciliosa ?
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera - Fading out of bloom except where moist.
* Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.
* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana (or hybrid?)
Rush Skeletonweed: Chondrilla juncea
Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia - Basal leaves visible.
Western Hawsbeard: Crepis occidentalis - Basal leaves visible.
Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa v ar.speciosa
* Cushion Fleabane: Erigeron poliospermus var. poliospermus - Beginning to bloom.
* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides
* Silver Puffs: Uropappus lindleyi - In bloom around the trailhead.
* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale
California Ground Squirrels
Turkey Vultures
Red-tailed Hawks
Peregrine Falcon
Kestrel
Chukar
Ravens
Scrub Jays
Northern Flicker
Lewis' Woodpeckers - Displaying mating behaviors?
Hairy Woodpecker
Western Meadowlarks
Spotted Towhee
Western Bluebirds
White-crowned Sparrows
Dark-eyed Juncos
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Violet-green Swallows
Canyon Wren
Rock Wrens
California Tortoiseshells
Julia's Orange Tips