Several days of sunshine interspersed between rain showers have coaxed wild Oregon irises (Iris tenax tenax) to display their creamy white to lavender to deep purple and occasionally yellow flowers in open and lightly shaded oak woodlands around Creswell.

Native Americans used fiber from the light-green, grass-like leaves (the plant is also referred to as toughleaf Iris) for make cordage used in snares, nets and traps. The cold hardy plants occur in compact, dense clumps that reproduce by spreading and by self-seeding.

Lower-lying moist meadows are being simultaneously colored by the blue-mauve hues of blooming camas (Camas quamash), an important Native American food staple.