End of Box Canyon Road to Corral Spring, crossing Klickitat Wildlife Area and BLM lands.
Note: Most of this hike was taken between the elevations of 2200-2750'.
Weather: Partly cloudy with light breeze and temps in the mid 50s in the morning rising to the mid 60s and sunnier in the afternoon.
Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri
Wolf Lichen: Letharia vulpina ?
Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
Grand Fir: Abies grandis
Mountain Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - Leafing out along streams.
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides
* Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana - A few trees leafing out and beginning to bloom.
Bolander's Spikerush: Eleocharis bolanderi ?
Soft Rush: Juncus effusus ssp. effusus
* Meadow Brome: Bromus commutatus
* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides
Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha
Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
* Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda
Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata
* Small Fescue: Vulpia microstachys ?
Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud
* Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii - Beginning to bloom.
Scilla-like Onion: Allium scilloides - Seeds ripe. Plants decaying into soil.
Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus ssp. macrocarpus - Leaves.
Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods forming
* Panicle Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum
* Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum - Beginning to bloom
* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii - Beginning to bloom.
Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum - Past bloom.
Rein Orchid: Platanthera sp. - Basal leaves
Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Flower buds forming.
* Parsnip-flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides - Beginning to bloom.
* Scabland Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare - Beginning to bloom.
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum
Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii
Kellogg's Knotweed: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. kelloggii
* Pale Springbeauty: Claytonia exigua ssp. exigua
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana
* Erubescent Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. depressa
* Erubescent Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra
* Dwarf Montia: Montia dichotoma
* Linear Leaf Montia: Montia linearis
Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum
Shiny Starwort: Stellaria nitens
Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa
* Hornseed Buttercup: Ceratocephala testiculata
Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
* Tiny Mousetail: Myosurus minimus
Western buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis ?
Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens
* Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii
* Dark-red-flowered Rockcress: Boechera atrorubens
* Sicklepod Rockcress: Boechera subvillosa
* Shepherd's Purse: Capsella bursa-pastoris - Corral Springs
* Purple Mustard: Chorispora tenella - Corral Springs
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
Daggerpods: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides - Past bloom.
* Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes
* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum
Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods forming.
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia
* Nesting Saxifrage: Micranthes nidifica
* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum
* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia
Douglas' Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii
Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis (glandulosa var. glandulosa ?)
Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor
Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum
* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Beginning to bloom.
Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis
* Yakima Milkvetch: Astragalus reventiformis
* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus - One plant in bloom.
* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus - Beginning to bloom.
* Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius - Beginning to bloom.
* Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Fading out of bloom.
* Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata - Fading out of bloom.
Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana
Oregon Tea Tree: Ceanothus sanguineus - Flower buds forming.
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea
Tall Annual Evening-primrose: Epilobium brachycarpum
* Dwarf Groundsmoke: Gayophytum humile - Beginning to bloom.
* Nine Leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium brevifolium (L. tridentatum var. triternatum)
Gray-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum - Past bloom.
* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum - Numerous
Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - Fruits forming.
Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi
Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana
False Hedge-parsley: Yabea microcarpa
Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedaea
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/ Primula poeticum - Still in bloom where wet.
Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
* Douglas' Phlox: Phlox caespitosa - Fading out of bloom.
* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa
Annual Polemonium: Polemonium micranthum
* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllulm capitatum var. capitatum
* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii
Great Basin Nemophila: Nemophila breviflora
* Austin's Small-flowered Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. austiniae
Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata ? - Leaves only.
* Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia lycopsoides
* Rigid Tarweed: Amsinckia menziesii
* Corn Gromwell: Buglossoides arvensis
* Little Gruvelia: Gruvelia pusilla
* Blue Scorpionweed: Myosotis stricta - Beginning to bloom.
* Slender Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus
* Cooley's Hedge-nettle: Stachys cooleyae
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
* Short-flowered Monkeyflower: Erythranthe breviflora - Beginning to bloom.
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
American Brooklime: Veronica americana or Chain Speedwell: Veronica catenata
* Cleavers: Galium aparine
Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea - Leafing out.
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.
Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla - Past bloom.
Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa
* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha
Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides - In bud.
* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia
Hillside Arnica: Arnica fulgens ?
Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida
Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - In bud.
* Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hookeri - Very numerous, but fading out of bloom.
Dustymaidens: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii - Leaves of second year plants which will bloom this year.
* Baker's Hawksbeard: Crepis bakeri
Smooth Hawksbeard: Crepis capillaris - Leaves.
Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia - Leaves.
Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis - Basal leaves.
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fading Out of bloom.
Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa
* Desert Yellow Daisy: Erigeron linearis - Beginning to bloom.
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri
Pineapple Weed: Matricaria discoidea - In bud.
* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides
* Yellow Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltus
* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale
Salsify: Tragopogon dubius