Long-spurred Rein Orchid: Platanthera elegans ? - (basal leaves only, so this could also be Platanthera unalascensis or one of the other 3 rein orchids)

Common Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata var. californica

Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

Snow Buckwheat: Eriogonum niveum ?

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum

Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

* Streambank Springbeauty: Claytonia parviflora ssp. parviflora

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata

* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra ?

Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva

* Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis

Sticky Mouse-ear Chickweed: Cerastium glomeratum

* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum

* Chickweed: Stellaria media

Shiny Starwort: Stellaria nitens

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum - A few plants blooming near Memaloose Overlook.

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis

* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

* Littleleaf Rockcress: Arabis microphylla - Beginning to bloom on rocky cliffs along the road west from the eastbound rest area.

American Wintercress: Barbarea orthoceras - In bud.

* Hairy Bittercress: Cardamine hirsuta

* Oaks Toothwort: Cardamine nuttallii

* Little Western Bittercress: Cardamine oligosperma

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

Scalepod: Idahoa scapigera

Water Cress: Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum

Thickleaved Thelypody: Thelypodium laciniatum var. laciniatum

* Fringe Pod: Thysanocarpus curvipes

* Dutchman's Breeches: Dicentra cucullaria

Leiberg's Stonecrop: Sedum leibergii - In bud.

Broad-leaf Stonecrop: Sedum spathulifolium

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera (now included as part of Lithophragma glabrum)

* Smooth Praire Star: Lithophragma glabrum

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum - Beginning to bloom.

* Peak Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa

* Northwestern Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia

* Rusty-hair Saxifrage: Micranthes rufidula

Merten's Saxifrage: Saxifraga mertensiana

Golden Currant: Ribes aureum - In bud. Plantings in the campground.

* Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum - Plantings in the campground.

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii - Beginning to leaf out.

Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. cusickii ?) - Beginning to leaf out & flower buds forming.

Western Lady's Mantle: Aphanes arvensis

Hawthorn: Crataegus sp.

Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Leafing out.

Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii

Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus armeniacus

Evergreen Blackberry: Rubus laciniata

Blackcap: Rubus leucodermis

Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus

Steeple Bush: Spiraea douglasii var. menziesii - Beginning to leaf out.

Common Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius X sericeus (formerly Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus)

Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus ? - Small annual: Basal leaves only.

Rabbitsfoot Clover: Trifolium arvense

Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum

Clover: Trifolium sp.

Vetch: Vicia sp.

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Dove'sfoot Geranium: Geranium molle

Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum

Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum - A few plants beginning to leaf out.

Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

Ciliate Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum (ssp. ?)

Chervil: Anthriscus caucalis

* Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum

* Fern-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum

* Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum (yellow-flowered form)

* Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum

* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - Fading out of bloom.

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri (Perideridia montana)

Western Snakeroot: Sanicula crassicaulis

* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens - Beginning to bloom.

* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum - Beginning to bloom.

Narrowleaf Milkweed: Asclepias fascicularis

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii

* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata

Variedleaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla

* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia menziesii (formerly Amsinckia retrorsa form)

* Slender Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys tenellus

Selfheal: Prunella vulgaris (var. ?)

Attenuate Paintbrush: Castilleja attenuata

* Large-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia grandiflora

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Few-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia sparsiflora var. bruceae

Dalmatian Todflax: Linaria dalmatica

* Chickweed Monkeyflower: Erythranthe alsinoides

Common Monkey Flower: Erythranthe guttata

* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella

Moth Mullein: Verbascum blatteria

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

Common Plantain: Plantago major

* Bedstraw: Galium aparine

Big Root: Marah oreganus

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus - Beginning to leaf out.

Teasel: Dipsacus fullonum

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Western Wormwood: Artemisia ludoviciana (ssp. candicans or ssp. ludoviciana ?)

Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata var. tridentata

Aster: Symphyotrichum sp.

* Northwestern Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea (or B. careyana?, or a hybrid between the two?) - Beginning to bloom.

Diffuse Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa

Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare

Columbia Coreopsis: Coreopsis atkinsoniana

Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia

* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule

Hairy Goldaster: Heterotheca villosa

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri (former var. cynoglossoides ?)

Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

Sow Thistle: Sonchus sp.

Animals Seen Along This Route Today:

Beaver - Trails and gnawed trees along river.

California Ground Squirrels

Great Blue Heron - Flying over the Columbia River.

Turkey Vultures

Bald Eagle

Red-tailed Hawks

Canada Geese

Double-crested Cormorants

Common Mergansers

Buffleheads

Ring-billed Ducks

Clark's Grebes

Northern Flicker

Downy Woodpeckers

Pileated Woodpecker

Ravens

Scrub Jays

Stellers Jays

Western Meadowlarks

Spotted Towhees

American Robins

Townsend Solitaire

Golden-crowned Sparrows

Dark-eyed Juncos

Black-capped Chickadees

Bewick's Wren

Bushtits

Yellow-rumped Warblers

Western Fence Lizards

Tree Frog

Frogs - Croaking at numerous moist spots near the Columbia River.

Large Bumble Bees

Caddisfly larva in puddles

Paul Slichter