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Note: Most of this hike was taken between the elevations of 2600-2800'.
Weather: Mostly sunny with a light breeze and temps in the mid-50s in the morning., perhaps up to 65 degrees in the afternoon.
Horse Hair Lichen: Bryoria sp.
Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri
Wolf Lichen: Letharia vulpina
Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis
Fontinalis Moss: Fontinalis sp.
Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum ssp. pubescens
Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Red Osier Dogwood: Cornus occidentalis or C. stolonifera
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii
Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa
* Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
Arroyo Willow: Salix lasiolepis
* Dwarf Rush: Juncus hemiendytus var. hemiendytus
Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri
* Little-wing Sedge: Carex microptera
* Spikerush: Eleocharis sp. ?
* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii ssp. lemmonii
* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
* One-spike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata
* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides
Blue Wild Rye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus
* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis
* Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha
* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
* Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda var. juncifolia
* Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda var. secunda
* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata
* North African Grass: Ventenata dubia
* Small Fescue: Vulpia microstachys
* Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum
Panicle Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum
* Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum
Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina
Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp.
* Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Beginning to bloom.
* Parsnip-flowered Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides
Scabland Wild Buckwheat Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
Common Knotweed: Polygonum aviculare
Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii
* Kellogg's Knotweed: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. kelloggii
Curly Dock: Rumex crispus
Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis
Shining Starwort: Stellaria nitens
Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa - In bud.
Hornseed Buttercup: Ceratocephala testiculata - Going to seed.
Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
* Mousetail: Myosurus sp.
* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus
Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens
Black-flowered Rockcress: Boechera atrorubens - With wood nymph butterfly larvae munching on the green seed pods.
Sicklepod Rockcress: Boechera pauciflora - Seed pods
* Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna - Fading out of bloom.
* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum
* Lava Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica ? - ID with binoculars due to difficult location to observe in.
* Small-flowered Prairiestar: Lithophragma parviflorum - Fading out of bloom.
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia - Fading out of bloom.
Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum - Past bloom
* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia
* Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii
Cinquefoil: Drymocallis sp.
* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. glauca - Beginning to bloom.
* Old Man's Beard: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum
Ocean Spray: Holodiscus discolor
Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. gracilis - Leaves.
Western Burnet: Poteridium annuum
Bitter Cherry: Prunus emarginata
Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa - In bud.
* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata
Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii ? or Rosa gymnocarpa ?
* Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis - Beginning to bloom.
* Yakima Milkvetch: Astragalus reventiformis - Some in flower, others with maturing fruits.
* Meadow Deervetch: Hosackia pinnata
* Lanszwert's Peavine: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. lanszwertii
* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus
* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus
* Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius
Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus (var. aridus ?) - only leaves.
Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Past bloom.
* American Vetch: Vicia americana var. americana
* Buck Brush: Ceanothus sanguineus
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum var. incisum
Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata - Long past bloom.
Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana
Tall Annual Evening Primrose: Epilobium brachycarpum
* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum
* Fern-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum/ multifidum - In bloom on steep canyon walls where we could not get to the plants.
* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
Gray-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum
Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum
* Nine Leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium tridentatum var. triternatum
Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi
Western Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis - Leaves.
Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana (Perideridia gairdneri)
Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea
Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/Priula poeticum - Fading out of bloom.
Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora
Narrow-leaf Collomia: Collomia linearis
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
Navarretia: Navarretia sp.
* Tufted Phlox: Phlox cespitosa - Fading out of bloom.
*Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa
Littlebells Polemonium: Polemonium micranthum
Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii
Small-flowered Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. austiniae
* Linear-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis
* Blue Scorpion-grass: Myosotis micrantha
* Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys (originally P. scouleri)
* Slender Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus - Fading out of bloom.
Self-heal: Prunella vulgaris var. vulgaris ?
* Thin Paintbrush: Castilleja tenuis
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
Musk Monkeyflower: Erythranthe moschata - Leaves. Uncertain ID.
Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii
* Fine-toothed Penstemon: Penstemon subserratus
* Purslane Speedwell: Veronica peregrina var. xalapensis
* Thyme-leaved Speedwell: Veronica serpyllifolia var. serpyllifolia
* Cleavers: Galium aparine
* Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
Roundleaf Harebells: Campanula rotundifolia
Rare-flowered Heterocodon: Heterocodon rariflorum
*Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
Spear-leaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa
Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha
* Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides - Beginning to bloom.
* Howell's Pussytoes: Antennaria howellii ssp. howellii
* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria microphylla
* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia
* Foothills Arnica: Arnica sororia - Beginning to bloom in riparian areas.
Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana
Tumble Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa
* Dustymaidens: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii
Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare
* Baker's Hawksbeard: Crepis bakeri
Smooth Hawksbeard: Crepis capillaris - Leaves.
* Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia
* Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis
Rabbitbrush Goldenweed: Ericameria bloomeri
Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa
* Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis
* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium
* Least Tarweed: Hemizonella minima
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri
* Hareleaf: Lagophylla ramosissima
* Pineapple Weed: Matricaria discoidea
False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides
* Bristlehead: Rigiopappus leptocladus
Yellow Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltus
Western Mountain Aster: Symphyotrichum spathulatum ? - in wetlands.
Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
Boisduval's Blue
Columbia Dotted Blue ?
Indra Swallowtail
Julia's Orangetip larva on Boechera atrorubens