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Note: Most of this hike was taken between the elevations of 2690-2970'.
Weather: Mostly cloudy with a light breeze and temps in the mid-60s.
Horse Hair Lichen: Bryoria sp.
Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri
Wolf Lichen: Letharia vulpina
Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis
Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum ssp. pubescens
Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Coast Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - In bud.
Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides
Cascara: Rhamnus purshiana
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
Arroyo Willow: Salix lasiolepis
Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana
Rush: Juncus sp ?
Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri
* Little-wing Sedge: Carex microptera ?
* Spikerush: Eleocharis sp ?
* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii ssp. lemmonii
* Meadow Brome: Bromus commutatus
* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
* Calamagrostis sp.
Pinegrass: Calamagrostis rubescens ? - Not in bloom yet.
* 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
* Bread Wheat: Triticum aestivum
* North African Grass: Ventenata dubia
* Small Fescue: Vulpia microstachys
* Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum
Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus ssp. macrocarpus - Several weeks from bloom.
Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - Past bloom.
Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods dehiscing.
* Columbia Lily: Lilium columbianum - Beginning to bloom in moist drainages.
Panicle Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum - Past bloom.
* Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum
Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina
Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp.
* Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Beginning to bloom.
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum - In bud.
* Parsnip-flowered Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides
* Scabland Wild Buckwheat Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare
* Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum - Beginning to bloom.
Wire-stem Buckwheat: Eriogonum vimineum - Inflorescence forming.
Common Knotweed: Polygonum aviculare
Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii
Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella
Intermontane Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana - Past bloom under pine trees.
Spring Water Chickweed: Montia fontana - Past bloom in moist drainages.
Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis
* Menzie's Catchfly: Silene menziesii - Non-sticky form. Beginning to bloom along moist drainages.
Shining Starwort: Stellaria nitens
Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa
Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum - In bud along moist drainages.
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Fading out of bloom along moist drainages.
* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus
Western Meadow Rue: Thalictrum occidentale
Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens
Black-flowered Rockcress: Boechera atrorubens
* Sicklepod Rockcress: Boechera pauciflora - Seed pods
* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum
Scalepod: Idahoa scapigera - Fruits have dropped seeds.
* Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum
Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia - Past bloom.
Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii ? or Suksdorf's Hawthorn: Crataegus gaylussacia ? - No flowers. Leaves were a mix of both species.
* Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa ssp. glandulosa
* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. glauca - Still in bloom in moist drainages.
Ocean Spray: Holodiscus discolor - Not in bloom yet.
Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa - Just past bloom in moist drainages.
Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Past bloom.
Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii ?
American Bird's-foot Trefoil: Acmispon americanus var. americanus
* 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
* Leafy Pea: Lathyrus polyphyllus
* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus
* Cup Clover: Trifolium cyathiferum - Beginning to bloom in moist drainages.
Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Past bloom.
* White-tip Clover: Trifolium variegatum - Beginning to bloom in moist drainages.
* American Vetch: Vicia americana var. americana
Scouler's St. John's-wort: Hypericum scouleri
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum var. incisum
* Hook-spurred Violet: Viola adunca - Fading out of bloom along moist drainages.
Upland Yellow Violet: Viola nuttallii var. praemorsa
Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata - Long past bloom.
* White-stem Blazing Star: Mentzelia albicaulis
Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana
* Slender Clarkia: Clarkia gracilis
* Elkhorns Clarkia: Clarkia pulchella
* Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea
Tall Annual Evening Primrose: Epilobium brachycarpum
* Ciliate Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum
Angelica: Angelica sp. (arguta or canbyi)
* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - Fading out of bloom.
Gray-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum
Nine Leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium tridentatum var. triternatum
Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi
Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata
Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea
Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium
Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/Primula poeticum - Past bloom.
* Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora - Beginning to bloom.
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Fading out of bloom in drainages.
* Needleleaf Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta
* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa - Mostly past bloom.
Littlebells Polemonium: Polemonium micranthum - Long past bloom.
Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - Long past bloom.
Small-flowered Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. austiniae - Long past bloom.
* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata
* Linear-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis
* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa - Fading out of bloom.
* Cryptanth: Cryptantha (affinis ?)
* Blue Scorpion-grass: Myosotis micrantha
Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys (originally P. scouleri) - Long past bloom.
Slender Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus - Going to seed.
Self-heal: Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata
* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. acutus
* Thin Paintbrush: Castilleja tenuis
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Fading out of bloom in wettest drainages.
* Short-flowered Monkeyflower: Erythranthe breviflora
* Small-leaved Monkeyflower: Erythranthe microphylla
* Fine-toothed Penstemon: Penstemon subserratus
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
* Blue Water Speedwell: Veronica anagallis-aquatica ? - Couldn't get close to the plant for positive ID.
* Clustered Broomrape: Aphyllon franciscanum
* Cleavers: Galium aparine
* Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale - Beginning to bloom in wet drainages
Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum
* Milky Kelloggia: Kelloggia galioides - Beginning to bloom.
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
Roundleaf Harebells: Campanula rotundifolia
Rare-flowered Heterocodon: Heterocodon rariflorum - In bud in moist drainages.
* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Large-flowered Agoseris: Agoseris grandiflora - Beginning to bloom.
* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla - Mostly past bloom.
* Spear-leaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa
Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha
* Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides
* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria microphylla
Narrowleaf Pussytoes: Antennaria stenophylla - Past bloom.
* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Fading out of bloom.
Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana
* Dustymaidens: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii - Beginning to bloom.
* Baker's Hawksbeard: Crepis bakeri ?
* Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia
* Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis
Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa
California Rayless Daisy: Erigeron inornatus var. inornatus
* Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis
* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium
* Least Tarweed: Hemizonella minima
White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum - In bud.
Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola
* Hareleaf: Lagophylla ramosissima
* Lemon-scented Tarweed: Madia citriodora
* Threadstem Tarweed: Madia exigua
* Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata
* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans
* Yellow Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltus - Mostly past bloom.
Western Mountain Aster: Symphyotrichum spathulatum ? - in wetlands.
Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale
* Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
Vaux's Swifts
Hummingbird
Hairy Woodpeckers
Pileated Woodpeckers
Northern Flickers
Western Wood-peewee
Common Ravens
Mountain Chickadees
White-breasted Nuthatches
Western Bluebirds
American Robins
Evening Grosbeak
Cassin's Finches
Pine Siskin
Chipping Sparrows
Brewer's Sparrow
Dark-eyed Juncos
Vesper Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Spotted Towhees
Black-headed Grosbeaks
Ochre Ringlets
Fritillarys
Blues
