Today the weather was partly sunny with temperatures in the mid 50s with light to moderate winds.
* indicates the plant is currently in bloom.
Horse Hair Lichen: Bryoria sp.
* Bigleaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum - Blooming on Klickitat Canyon slopes.
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana - Beginning to leaf out in the Klickitat Canyon.
Willow: Salix sp.
* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri
* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa
* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata
Nevius' Onion: Allium nevii - ? In bud.
Green-banded Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus ssp. macrocarpus
* Camas: Camassia quamash (var. ?)
* Pale-anthered Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - Fading out of bloom.
Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii - In bud.
* Panicled Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum - Beginning to bloom.
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Fading out of bloom.
Rein Orchid: Platanthera (elegans or unalaschensis) - Basal leaves only.
Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum
Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata
* Dwarf Montia: Montia dichotoma
* Linearleaf Montia: Montia linearis
* Common Chickweed: Stellaria media
Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum
Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius
* Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis var. diffusus
Shotweed: Cardamine hirsuta
* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Numerous.
Scalepod: Idahoa scapigera
* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (Synonym: Lithophragma bulbifera)
* Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (Non-bulbiferous form)
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum
* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia - Numerous.
Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii
* Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier cusickii - Beginning to bloom.
Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. glauca
Annual Burnet: Poteridium annuum
* Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata
Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Leafing out.
* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum
* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Deer Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus
Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus
* Sagebrush Violet: Viola trinervata
Annual Willow-herb: Epilobium brachycarpum
* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum - Fading out of bloom.
* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense
Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Yellow-flowered form.
* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
Piper's Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - Fruits forming.
* Suksdorf's Desert Parsley: Lomatium suksdorfii - One plant begining to bloom.
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum
Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi
Mountain Yampah: Perideridia montana - Only leaves.
Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. columbiana
* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon/Primula conjugens
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum/Primula poetica
Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa
* Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus - Peak bloom.
* Ballhead Desert Parsley: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii
Little Gruvelia: Gruvelia pusilla (formerly Pectocarya pusilla)
* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale - Beginning to bloom.
* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
Sticky-stem Penstemon: Penstemon glandulosus var. chelanensis - Entire leaf margins.
* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
Spearleaf Agoseris: Agoseris retrorsa
* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha
* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - One plant beginning to bloom.
Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fading out of bloom.
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri
* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides
Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus (var. exaltatus ?)
* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale
Animals Seen During This Hike:
Black-tailed X Mule Deer
California Ground Squirrels
Western Fence Lizards
Garter Snake
Tadpoles
Red-tailed Hawk
Hairy Woodpecker pair
Northern Flicker
American Robins
Western Bluebird
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Red-breasted Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatches
Propertius Duskywings