Three Bench Loop (east of Lyle, WA at MP 79 on SR-14)
March 14, 1998
1. Grass Widow: Sisyrinchium douglasii var. douglasii -Abundant although it's late in its bloom.
2. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna var. boerhaavii -Abundant.
3. Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabra -Abundant.
4. Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. integrifolia -Moderate bloom.
5. Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamhoriza deltoidea -Sparse bloom, primarily in south facing slopes with rocky cliffs behind them, near the highway.
8. Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule _Abundant only on western slopes.
9. Fringe Pod: Thysanocarpus curvipes -Fairly abundant.
10. Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora -Moderate bloom.
12. Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica -Moderate bloom.
13. Canby's Desert Parsley: Lomatium canbyi -Several in bloom.
6. Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum -Abundant.
15. Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi -Abundant.
14. Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule -One in bloom, others nearly so.
7. Salt & Pepper or Piper's Desert Parsley: Lomatium piperi -Sparse.
11. Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum -Few in bloom.
12. Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora var. purpurea -Scattered, but numerous.
13. Panicled Death-camas: Zigadenus paniculatus -Abundant, but few in bloom.
14. Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii Abundant under trees at low altitude.
15. Fiddleneck: Amsinckia species- Abundant, small plants to 3 or 4 inches.
16. Rusty Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys nothofulvus -Abundant.
17. Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus -Abundant.
18. Big Root/ Wild Cucumber: Marah oreganus -Abundant, but vines are very short.
19. Filaree: Erodium cicutarium -Abundant.
20. Little Western Bitter Cress: Cardamine oligosperma -Abundant.
21. Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum -Moderate bloom.
22. Tansy Mustard: Descurainia richardsonii -Few plants.
23. Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata (formerly Montia perfoliata) - Abundant.
24. Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera -A few plants.
25. Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora -Abundant.
26. Woolly-pod Milk-vetch: Astragalus purshii -Several scattered plants.
27. Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis -Numerous.
28. White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera -Several.
29. Chickweed Monkey-flower: Mimulus alsinoides -Several.
30. Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine -Abundant.
31. Big-leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum -Many plants with flowers beginning to burst forth from bud.
32. Horned-head Buttercup: Ranunculus testiculatus -Few.......weed along SR-14.
33. Little-leaf Rock Cress: Arabis microphylla -A few plants still in bloom.
34. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum -One patch of about 30 blooming in the middle of poison oak.