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: Partly cloudywith 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!
Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri
Wolf Lichen: Letharia vulpina ?
Grand Fir: Abies grandis
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
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 - Pods forming
* Panicle Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum - Begining to bloom.
Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum - Fading out of bloom except in shaded places.
Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp. - Basal leaves
Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Flower buds forming.
Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare - Flower buds forming.
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana
* Erubescent Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra
Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva
* Dwarf Montia: Montia dichotoma
* Linear Leaf Montia: Montia linearis
* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum
* Hornseed Buttercup: Ceratocephala testiculata
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
* Sagebrush Buttercups: Ranunculus glaberrimus var. glaberrimus - Fading out of bloom.
Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens
Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii - Flower buds developing.
* Sicklepod Rockcress: Boechera pauciflora
* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii - Fading out of bloom.
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum - In bud.
Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods forming.
* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera (now included as part of Lithophragma glabrum)
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia
* Nesting Saxifrage: Micranthes nidifica
* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum - In bud.
Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii
Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis (glandulosa var. glandulosa ?)
Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor
Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Leaves beginning to appear.
Yakima Milkvetch: Astragalus reventiformis - Early leaves are up. Blooming on BLM and Western Timberlands to west of the wildlife area.
* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus - One plant in bloom.
Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius - Leaves. A few with racemes forming.
* Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Nearing peak bloom.
* Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata
Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea
* Nine Leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium brevifolium (L. tridentatum var. triternatum)
* Canby's Desert Parsley: Lomatium canbyi - Fading out of bloom.
* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum - Numerous
Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - Fruits forming.
* Gray-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum - Yellow-flowered form. Fading out of bloom.
* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicauleGairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana (Perideridia gairdneri)
False Hedge-parsley: Yabea microcarpa
Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedaea
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/Primula poeticum - Fading out of bloom.
Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
* Douglas' Phlox: Phlox caespitosa - Beginning to bloom.
* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa
* Annual Polemonium: Polemonium micranthum
* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllulm capitatum var. capitatum
* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii
* Corn Gromwell: Buglossoides arvensis
* Blue Scorpionweed: Myosotis stricta - Beginning to bloom.
* Slender Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus - Beginning to bloom.
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
American Brooklime: Veronica americana or Chain Speedwell: Veronica catenata
* Naked Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum
* Cleavers: Galium aparine
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla
Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa
* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Beginning to bloom.
Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides - In bud.
Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia
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.
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
Desert Yellow Daisy: Erigeron linearis
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri (former var. cynoglossoides)
* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides
* Yellow Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltus - Beginning to bloom.
* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale
Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Turkey Vultures
Ravens
Hairy Woodpecker
Lewis' Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker - Heard
Mourning Doves
Western Meadowlarks
American Robins
Western Bluebirds
Casssin's Finches
Dark-eyed Juncos
Chipping Sparrows
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrows
Mountain Chickadees
Audubon's Warblers
Anise Swallowtail
California Tortoiseshells
Julia's Orangetips
Propertius Duskywings
Numerous native bees and moths.
Pacific Tree Frog