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Note: Most of this hike was taken between the elevations of 2700-3400'.
Weather: Mostly sunny with a light breeze and temps in the mid-50s in the morning., perhaps up to 65 degrees in the afternoon with partly cloudy skies.
Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri
Wolf Lichen: Letharia vulpina
Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis
Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides
Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa
Coast Douglas-fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
* Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana
* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri
* Spikerush: Eleocharis sp. ? - Small
Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius
* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii ssp. lemmonii
* Meadow Brome: Bromus commutatus ?
* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
Orchard Grass: Dactylis glomerata
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
* Brome Fescue: Vulpia bromoides
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.
* Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii - Beginning to bloom.
Onion: Allium sp. - Larger. In bud.
* Common Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. breviflora
Ookow: Dichelostemma congestum
Pale-anther Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - Past bloom.
Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Seed pods forming
* Panicle Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum
* Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum
* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii - Beginning to bloom.
Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum - Past bloom.
Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp.
Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - In bud. Will bloom very soon.
Parsnip-flowered Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides
* Scabland Wild Buckwheat Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
* Kellogg's Knotweed: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. kelloggii
Curly Dock: Rumex crispus
* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis - Fading out of bloom.
Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
* White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis var. aquatilis
* Black-flowered Rockcress: Boechera atrorubens - Fading out of bloom.
* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum - Only observed on BLM and Western Pacific Timberlands to the west of the wildlife area.
Scalepod: Idahoa scapigera - Past bloom.
* Watercress: Nasturtium officnale - Beginning to bloom.
* Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes
Bulblet Prairiestars: Lithophragma bulbifera (now included as part of Lithophragma glabrum) - Past bloom.
* Small-flowered Prairiestar: Lithophragma parviflorum - Fading out of bloom.
* Swamp Saxifrage: Micranthes nidifica - Fading out of bloom.
* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia
Cinquefoil: Drymocallis sp.
Western Burnet: Poteridium annuum
* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata
* Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis
* Yakima Milkvetch: Astragalus reventiformis
* Lanszwert's Peavine: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. lanszwertii
* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus
* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus - Beginning to bloom.
* Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius
* Bingen Lupine: Lupinus sulphureus var. bingenensis - Beginning to bloom.
Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Fading out of bloom at higher elevations.
* American Vetch: Vicia americana var. americana - Beginning to bloom.
* Buck Brush: Ceanothus sanguineus - Beginning to bloom.
Snow Brush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum
Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata - Long past bloom.
Tall Annual Evening Primrose: Epilobium brachycarpum
* Anomalous Desert Parsley: Lomatium anomalum
* Nine Leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium brevifolium
* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Gray-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum - Fading out of bloom at higher elevations.
Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum
Piper's Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - Beginning to senece at higher elevations.
Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana (Perideridia gairdneri)
Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea - Last year's stems.
Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium - Stems arising from the ground.
Field Bindweed: Convolvulus arvensis
Desert shooting Star: Dodecatheon/Primula conjugens - Past bloom.
Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/Primula poeticum - Past bloom.
Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora
Narrow-leaf Collomia: Collomia linearis
Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. aggregata
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Fading out of bloom.
* Tufted Phlox: Phlox cespitosa - Fading out of bloom.
* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa
* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - Still blooming at higher elevations.
Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata - In bud.
* Linear-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis - Blooming along Box Canyon Road about one mile west of the wildlife area.
* Rancher's Fireweed: Amsinckia menziesii
* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa
* Field Gromwell: Buglossoides arvensis
* Cryptanth: Cryptantha sp. - Small flowers. Fading out of bloom.
* Blue Scorpion-grass: Myosotis micrantha
* Slender Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus - Fading out of bloom.
Self-heal: Prunella vulgaris (var. vulgaris ?)
* Thompson's Paintbrush: Castilleja thompsonii
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Still in blooom at higher elevations.
* Small-leaf Monkeyflower: Erythranthe microphylla
Fine-toothed Penstemon: Penstemon subserratus
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
* Cleavers: Galium aparine
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. vaccinioides
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bude.
Spear-leaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa
* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha
* Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides - Beginning to bloom.
Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria microphylla
* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - 1 plant observed in bloom along Box Canyon Road
Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana
* Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri (former variety hookeri) - Fading out of bloom at higher elevations.
Spotted Knapweed: Centaurea stoebe ssp. australis
Dustymaidens: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii - In bud.
Tapertip Hawksbeard: Crepis acuminata ? - In bud.
* Baker's Hawksbeard: Crepis bakeri
Smooth Hawksbeard: Crepis capillaris - Leaves.
* Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia - Beginning to bloom.
* Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis
* Goldstars: Crocidium multicaule - Mostly past bloom at the higher elevations.
Rabbitbrush Goldenweed: Ericameria bloomeri
Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa
* Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis - Beginning to bloom.
* Least Tarweed: Hemizonella minima
Meadow Hawkweed: Hieracium caespitosum
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri
* Hareleaf: Lagophylla ramosissima - Beginning to bloom.
* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - Still blooming at higher elevations.
Columbia Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma carthamoides var. carthamoides
* Yellow Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltus
* Dandelions: Taraxacum officinale
Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
Western Gray Squirrel
Western Fence Lizards
Columbia Dotted Blue ?
Anise Swallowtails
Juba Skipper
Ochre Ringlets
Propertius Duskywings
Tent Caterpillars on Purshia tridentata