End of Box Canyon Road to Wetlands Upstream of Corral Springs, crossing Klickitat Wildlife Area and BLM lands.
Note: Most of this hike was taken between the elevations of 2200-2700'.
Weather: Partly cloudy with light breeze and temps in the low 60s in the morning rising to the mid to upper 60s and cloudier in the afternoon.
Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri
Wolf Lichen: Letharia vulpina ?
Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis
Mountain Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides
* Creek Dogwood: Cornus occidentalis/stolonifera
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana - A few trees leafing out and beginning to bloom.
Bolander's Spikerush: Eleocharis bolanderi ?
* Toad Rush: Juncus bufonius
Soft Rush: Juncus effusus ssp. effusus
* Dwarf Rush: Juncus hemiendytus var. hemiendytus
* Foothill Rush: Juncus trilochularis - In bud.
* Meadow Brome: Bromus commutatus
* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
* Onespike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata
* 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
* North African Grass: Ventenata dubia
* Small Fescue: Vulpia microstachys
* Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum
* Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii - Fading out of bloom.
Scilla-like Onion: Allium scilloides - Seeds ripe. Plants decaying into soil.
* Panicle Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum - Fading out of bloom.
* Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum - Fading out of bloom
* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii
* Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina - Beginning to bloom.
Alaska Rein Orchid: Platanthera unalascensis ? - Basal leaves with scapes forming.
* Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum - Yellow flowers.
* Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum douglasii var. douglasii
* Scabland Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum - In bud.
* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii
* Kellogg's Knotweed: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. kelloggii
Curly Dock: Rumex crispus - In bud.
* Erubescent Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra
* Linear Leaf Montia: Montia linearis - Fading out of bloom.
Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum
* Menzie's Catchfly: Silene menziesii
* Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa
* Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum - Beginning to bloom.
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - Fading out of bloom.
* Tiny Mousetail: Myosurus minimus
* Long Prickly-head Poppy: Papaver argemone
* Sicklepod Rockcress: Boechera subvillosa - Fading out of bloom.
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Still in bloom in moist places.
* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum - Fading out of bloom.
Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods forming.
* Tumble Mustard: Sisymbrium altissimum
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum - Fading out of bloom.
* Nesting Saxifrage: Micranthes nidifica - Fading out of bloom.
Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum
Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia
* Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa (former var. reflexa)
* Old Man's Whiskers: Geum triflorum
Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor
Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum - In bud.
Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata - Finished blooming.
Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana - Past peak bloom.
Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata
* Nevada Deervetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis - Beginning to bloom.
* Yakima Milkvetch: Astragalus reventiformis - Past peak bloom.
* Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus - Past peak bloom.
* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus - At peak bloom.
* Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius - At peak bloom.
* Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Fading out of bloom.
* White-tipped Clover: Trifolium variegatum - Beginning to bloom.
* American Vetch: Vicia americana var. americana
Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata - Leaves still visible. Going to seed.
Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana - In bud.
* Oregon Tea Tree: Ceanothus sanguineus
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium - Fading out of bloom.
* Slender Clarkia: Clarkia gracilis - Beginning to bloom.
* Elkhorns Clarkia: Clarkia pulchellum - Beginning to bloom.
Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea - In bud.
Tall Annual Evening-primrose: Epilobium brachycarpum - In bud.
* Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum var. ciliatum - Beginning to bloom in riparian areas.
* Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum - Beginning to bloom.
* Dwarf Groundsmoke: Gayophytum humile
* Obscure Suncup: Neoholmgrenia andina
* Nine Leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium brevifolium (L. tridentatum var. triternatum) - Fading out of bloom.
* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - Fading out of bloom.
Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum - Past bloom.
Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi
Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana
Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedaea
Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium
* Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora - Beginning to bloom.
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Still blooming in moist areas.
* Needleleaf Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta - Beginning to bloom in vernally moist pools, puddles and swales.
* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa - Fading out of bloom.
Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllulm capitatum var. capitatum
Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii
Austin's Small-flowered Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. austiniae - Past blooom.
Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla
* Linear-leaved Phacelia: Phacelia linearis
* Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia lycopsoides - Fading out of bloom.
* Rigid Tarweed: Amsinckia menziesii - Fading out of bloom.
* Corn Gromwell: Buglossoides arvensis
* Blue Scorpionweed: Myosotis stricta - Fading out of bloom.
* Slender Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys tenellus - Fading out of bloom.
Cooley's Hedge-nettle: Stachys cooleyae
* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. acuta
* Thin Paintbrush: Castilleja tenuis
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Fading out of bloom.
* Short-flowered Monkeyflower: Erythranthe breviflora
* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata
* Fine-toothed Penstemon: Penstemon subserratus
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
* American Brooklime: Veronica americana or Chain Speedwell: Veronica catenata
* Purple Broomrape: Aphyllon purpureum
* Cleavers: Galium aparine
Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
Rare-flowered Heterocodon: Heterocodon rariflorum
* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla - Fading out of bloom in moist areas.
* Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa - Peak bloom.
* Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides
* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria microphylla
* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia
* Hillside Arnica: Arnica fulgens ?
Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida
* Deltoid Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (or hybrids with Carey's balsamroot) - Still in bloom under the trees.
Diffuse Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa
* Dustymaidens: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii - Beginning to bloom.
Chicory: Cichorium intybus
* Tapertip Hawksbeard: Crepis accuminata
* Baker's Hawksbeard: Crepis bakeri
Smooth Hawksbeard: Crepis capillaris - Leaves.
* Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis
Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa
California Rayless Fleabane: Erigeron inornatus var. inornatus
* Desert Yellow Daisy: Erigeron linearis
* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum (var. lanatum ? ) - One plant beginning to bloom.
* Least Tarweed: Hemizonella minima - Fading out of bloom.
White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum - In bud.
* Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri
Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola
* Hareleaf: Lagophylla ramosissima
* Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata
* Slender Tarweed: Madia gracilis
* Pineapple Weed: Matricaria discoidea
False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - Going to seed.
Tall Woollyheads: Psilocarphus elatior - Almost in bloom.
* Bristlehead: Rigiopappus leptocladus
* Yellow Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltus - Fading out of bloom.
Salsify: Tragopogon dubius