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Note: Most of this hike was taken between the elevations of 2600-3000'.
Weather: Mostly sunny with a light to moderate breeze and temps in the mid- to upper 60s.
Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri
Wolf Lichen: Letharia vulpina
Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis
Earthstar Fungi: Geastrum sp.
Common Horsetail: Equiseum arvense
Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum ssp. pubescens
Mountain Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia
Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Coast Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
* Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - Beginning to bloom.
Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides
Cascara: Rhamnus purshiana
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
Pacific Willow: Salix lasiandra var. caudata
Arroyo Willow: Salix lasiolepis
Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana
* Baltic Rush: Juncus balticus ssp. ater
* Soft Rush: Juncus effusus ssp. effusus
* Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius
* Foothill Rush: Juncus trilocularis
* Fragile Sheath Sedge: Carex fracta ?
Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri
* Hood's Sedge: Carex hoodii ?
* Spikerush: Eleocharis sp ?
* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii ssp. lemmonii
* Slender Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus myosuroides ?
* Meadow Brome: Bromus commutatus
* California Brome: Bromus sitchensis var. carinatus ?
* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
Pinegrass: Calamagrostis rubescens ? - Not in bloom yet.
* Slender Hair Grass: Deschampsia elongata
* 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
* Medusahead: Taenitherum caput-medusae
* Bread Wheat: Triticum aestivum
* North African Grass: Ventenata dubia
* Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum
Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods dehiscing.
* Columbia Lily: Lilium columbianum - Fading out of bloom in moist drainages.
Panicle Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum - Past bloom.
Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum - Past bloom.
* Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina
Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp. - Last year's scapes.
* Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Past peak bloom.
* Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum - In bud.
* Parsnip-flowered Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides
* Scabland Wild Buckwheat Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare - Fading out of bloom.
* Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum
* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii
* Menzie's Catchfly: Silene menziesii - Non-sticky form. Bloom in moist drainages.
* Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa
* Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum - Beginning to bloom along moist drainages.
* White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis var. aquatilis
* White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis var. diffusus
* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus - Fading out of bloom in moist drainages.
Western Meadow Rue: Thalictrum occidentale
Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens - Fruits forming but not ripe yet.
Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum - Fruits forming.
* Watercress: Nasturtium officinale
Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum or Straggly Currant: Ribes divaricatum
Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia - Fruits forming.
Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii - Fruits forming.
* Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa ssp. glandulosa
Ocean Spray: Holodiscus discolor - In bud.
* Meadow Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis
* Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum
Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana - Fruits forming.
Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Fruits forming..
* Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii
* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus
American Bird's-foot Trefoil: Acmispon americanus var. americanus
* Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis - Peak bloom.
Yakima Milkvetch: Astragalus reventiformis - Maturing fruits.
* Meadow Deervetch: Hosackia pinnata- Fading out of bloom except in the moistest places.
* Lanszwert's Peavine: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. lanszwertii - Fading out of bloom.
* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus - Past peak bloom.
* Cup Clover: Trifolium cyathiferum - Fading out of bloom in moist drainages.
Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Past bloom.
* White Clover: Trifolium repens
* White-tip Clover: Trifolium variegatum - Fading out of bloom in moist drainages.
* American Vetch: Vicia americana
* Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum
* Scouler's St. John's-wort: Hypericum scouleri
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium - Fading out of bloom.
* Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum var. incisum
Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata - Leaves still visible.
* Bushy Blazing Star: Mentzelia dispersa - Fading out of bloom.
* Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana - Beginning to bloom.
* Elkhorns Clarkia: Clarkia pulchella - Past peak bloom.
* Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea - Past peak bloom.
Tall Annual Evening Primrose: Epilobium brachycarpum
* Ciliate Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum
* Brook Spike-primrose: Epilobium torreyi - Beginning to bloom.
* Sharptooth Angelica: Angelica arguta - Beginning to bloom.
Cow Parsnip: Heracleum lanatum
Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - Past bloom.
Nine Leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium tridentatum var. triternatum - Past bloom.
Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi
* Western Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis
Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana (Perideridia gairdneri) - In bud.
* Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata - Beginning to bloom.
* Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea
* Nihgt-blooming Morning Glory: Calystegia atriplicifolia ssp. atriplicifolia
Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium
* Muhlenberg's Centaury: Zeltnera muehlenbergii
Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum - Past bloom.
* Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora - Fading out of bloom.
Narrow-leaved Collomia: Collomia linearis - In bud.
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Fading out of bloom in drainages.
* Needleleaf Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta
* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata - Fading out of bloom.
* Cryptanth: Cryptantha (affinis ?)
* Western Giant-hyssop: Agastache occidentalis - Fading out of bloom.
* Self-heal: Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata
* Self-heal: Prunella vulgaris var. vulgaris
* Cooley's Hedge-nettle: Stachys cooleyae
Oblong Blue-curls: Trichostema oblongum
* Thin Paintbrush: Castilleja tenuis
* Small-leaved Monkeyflower: Erythranthe microphylla
* Musk Monkeyflower: Erythranthe moschata
* Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus - Beginning to bloom.
* Chain Speedwell: Veronica catenata - Couldn't get close to the plant for positive ID.
Common Plantain: Plantago major
Clustered Broomrape: Aphyllon franciscanum - Past bloom.
Pine Broomrape: Aphyllon pinorum - Last year's stem.
* Cleavers: Galium aparine
* Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale
* Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea
* Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
* Roundleaf Harebells: Campanula rotundifolia
Rare-flowered Heterocodon: Heterocodon rariflorum - In bud in moist drainages.
* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Pale Agoseris: Agoseris glauca var. glauca
* Large-flowered Agoseris: Agoseris grandiflora - Fading out of bloom.
* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla - Mostly past bloom.
Spear-leaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa - Going to seed.
Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha
Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides - Going to seed.
Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria microphylla - Going to seed.
Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Past bloom.
Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida
Western Mugwort: Artemisia ludoviciana var. ludoviciana ?
Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana
* Dustymaidens: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii - Nice bloom.
Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare - In bud.
Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia
Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa
* California Rayless Daisy: Erigeron inornatus var. inornatus - Beginning to bloom.
* Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis - Past peak bloom.
* Showy Fleabane: Erigeron speciosus
Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium
Rough-leaved Aster: Eurybia radulina
Western Goldenrod: Euthamia occidentalis ? - Not in bloom yet. Plant of riparian areas.
* Lowland Cudweed: Gnaphalium palustre
* Least Tarweed: Hemizonella minima
* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum
* Meadow Hawkweed: Hieracium cespitosum
* Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - Beginning to bloom.
Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola
* Hareleaf: Lagophylla ramosissima
* Lemon-scented Tarweed: Madia citriodora
* Threadstem Tarweed: Madia exigua
* Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata
* Slendeer Tarweed: Madia gracilis ?
Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans
Yellow Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltus - Past bloom.
* Tall Butterweed: Senecio serra var. serra
Western Mountain Aster: Symphyotrichum spathulatum ? - In bud in wetlands.
Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale
* Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
Belding Ground Squirrels
Pair of fawns (losing spots) flushed from brush.
Vaux's Swifts
Pair of Rufous Hummingbirds
Western Wood-peewees
Common Ravens
Red Crossbills
Spotted Towhees
Townsend's Solitaire
Western Tanagers - 2 females
Mountain Chickadees
Dark-eyed Juncos
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Brown Creeper
House Wrens
Garter Snakes - Numerous in drainages.
Rattlesnake
Pacific Treefrog - Juveniles
Admiral
Coronis Fritillary
Blues
Swallowtail
Pale Swallowtail