End of Box Canyon Road to Tumwater Butte, crossing Klickitat Wildlife Area and BLM lands.
Note: Most of this hike was taken between the elevations of 2200-2750'.
Weather: Mostly sunny with light breeze and temps in the low 50s in the morning rising to the low 60s in the afternoon. In wind sheltered spots, it felt quite warm!
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
Soft Rush: Juncus effusus ssp. effusus
Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides
Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha
Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda - Numerous. Inflorescences elongating but not yet in bloom.
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata
Medusahead: Taenitherum caput-medusae
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum
Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii
* Scilla-like Onion: Allium scilloides
Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus ssp. macrocarpus - Leaves.
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - About peak bloom.
Panicle Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum
Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum - Peak bloom.
Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp. - Basal leaves
Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum
* Erubescent Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra
Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva
* Dwarf Montia: Montia dichotoma
* Linear Leaf Montia: Montia linearis
* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum
Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - In bud.
* Sagebrush Buttercups: Ranunculus glaberrimus var. glaberrimus
Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens
Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii - Flower buds developing.
* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
* Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods forming too.
* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera (now inclluded as part of Lithophragma glabrum)
* Brittle Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa - Beginning to bloom.
Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum - In bud.
Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Leaves beginning to appear.
Yakima Milkvetch: Astragalus reventiformis - Early leaves are up.
Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus - Leaves.
Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius - Leaves.
Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Almost in bloom.
* Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
* Nine Leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium brevifolium (L. tridentatum var. triternatum)
* Canby's Desert Parsley: Lomatium canbyi
* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum - Numerous
* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - Numerous.
* Gray-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum - Yellow-flowered form.
* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicauleGairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana (Perideridia gairdneri)
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/Primula poeticum - Beginning to bloom around springs.
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
* Douglas' Phlox: Phlox caespitosa - Beginning to bloom.
Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa
* Annual Polemonium: Polemonium micranthum
Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - Many leaves but no flowers, yet.
* Slender Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus - Beginning to bloom.
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
Cleavers: Galium aparine
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa
* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Beginning to bloom.
Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida
Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - In bud.
* Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri - Very numerous, but beginning to bloom.
Dustymaidens: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii Leaves of second year plants which will bloom this year.
Baker's Hawksbeard: Crepis bakeri - Leaves.
Smooth Hawksbeard: Crepis capillaris - Leaves.
Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia - Leaves.
Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis - Basal leaves
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule
Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa (var. speciosa ?)
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri var. cynoglossoides
False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides
Yellow Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltus - Flower stems elongating but 7-10 days from bloom.
Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale
Red-tailed Hawks
Ravens
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Western Meadowlarks
American Robins
Mountain Bluebirds
Western Bluebirds
Casssin's Finches
Dark-eyed Juncos
Mountain Chickadees
Ruby-crowned Kinglets
Western Fence Lizards
California Tortoiseshells
Propertius Duskywings
Numerous native bees and moths.