<B>Horned Lark Trail</B>: First off, it’s probably a pretty good idea not to climb the fence at the trailhead where there is a square wood bin filled with rocks (fence support). I began to climb it to find out there was a rattlesnake just a couple of feet away. Instead, I squeezed through the barbed wire elsewhere.
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Slender cinquefoil (<I>Potentilla gracilis</I>) in full bloom all over. Also, western gromwell (<I>Lithospermum ruderale</I>), whitestem frasera (<I>Frasera albicaulis</I>), large-flower brodiaea (<I>Triteleia grandiflora var. grandiflora</I>), prairie smoke (<I>Geum trilflorum</I>), locoweed (<I>Astragalus</I> sp.), hoary balsamroot (<I>Balsamorhiza incana</I>), desert-parsley (<I>Lomatium</I> sp.), phlox (<I>Phlox</I> spp.), paintbrush/owl clover (<I>Castilleja</I> spp.), Blue Mountain onion (<I>Allium fibrillum</I>), and silky lupine (<I>Lupinus sericeus</I>).
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<B>Wildrye Trail</B>: In bloom: whitestem frasera (<I>Frasera albicaulis</I>), Blue Mountain onion (<I> Allium fibrillum</I>), prairie smoke (<I>Geum trilflorum</I>), paintbrush/owl clover (<I>Castilleja</I> spp.), sticky purple geranium (<I>Geranium viscosissimum</I>), penstemon (<I>Penstemon</I> sp.), slender cinquefoil (<I>Potentilla gracilis</I>), buckwheat (<I>Eriogonum</I> spp.), fleabane (<I>Erigeron</I> sp.), and an Elkhorn’s clarkia (<I>Clarkia pulchella</I>).
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<B>Haskin Butte Scramble</B>: Prairie smoke (<I>Geum trilflorum</I>), larkspur (<I>Delphinium</I>sp.), desert-parsley (<I>Lomatium</I> spp.), whitestem frasera (<I>Frasera albicaulis</I>), groundsel (<I>Senecio</I> sp.), paintbrush/owl clover (<I>Castilleja</I> spp.), prairie star (<I>Lithophragma glabrum</I>), penstemon (<I>Penstemon</I> sp.), lupine (<I>Lupinus</I> sp.), arrowleaf balsamroot (<I>Balsamorhiza sagittata</I>), locoweed (<I>Astragalus</I> sp.), and hoary balsamroot (<I>Balsamorhiza incana</I>).
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