Vernally moist meadows along upper Rattlesnake Creek at Panakanic..........November, 2014. Some of the meadows were mowed in August to control reed canary grass and allow camas and other wetland plants to have some fall growth or have sufficient sunlight when spring growth begins anew in late April.
This area is a large vernally moist meadow surrounded by coniferous forest in the mountains south of Conboy Lake Wildlife Refuge. This particular area is privately owned, and we were fortunate to obtain permission to visit. The area is full of small roads which can be tough to navigate (become lost on) and are rough for low-slung vehicles. Much of the surrounding public land is being logged this fall, so watch out for logging traffic and falling trees! Most smaller roads should not be driven with regular vehicles during or after rainstorms.
Pacific Silver Fir: Abies amabilis
Grand Fir: Abies grandis
Vine Maple: Acer circinatum
Red Alder: Alnus rubra
Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea
California Filbert: Corylus cornuta var. californica
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii
Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides
Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana
Pacific Willow: Salix lasiandra (var. lasiandra ?)
Antlered Perfume: Evernia prunastri
Powdered Tube Lichen: Hypogymnia tubulosa
Wolf Lichen: Letharia vulpina ?
Ragged Lichen: Platismatia glauca
Greenleaf Tuckermannopsis Lichen: Tuckermannopsis chlorophylla
Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis
Water Moss: Fontinalis sp. ?
Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum ssp. pubescens
Floating Pondweed: Potamogeton natans
Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis
Common Spikerush: Eleocharis palustris
Baltic Rush: Juncus balticus ssp. ater
Toad Rush: Juncus bufonius
Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus pratensis
California Oatgrass: Danthonia californica
Tufted Hairgrass: Deschampsia cespitosa
Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis
Reed Canary Grass: Phalaris arundinacea
Cusick's Bluegrass: Poa cusickii ?
American Water Plantain: Alisma plantago-aquatica
Long-bearded Mariposa Lily: Calochortus longebarbatus var. longebarbatus - Seed pods.
Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. quamash
Large Camas: Camassia leichtlinii var. suksdorfii
Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflorum ssp. howellii
Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella
Bitterdock: Rumex obtusifolius
Willow Dock: Rumex salicifolius
Deptford Pink: Dianthus armeria
Nuttall's Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallii
White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis var. aquatilus
Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium
Curvepod Tansymustard: Rorippa curvisiliqua
Meadow Alumroot: Heuchera chlorantha
Suksdorf's Hawthorn: Crataegus suksdorfii
Woods Strawberry, Mt. Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata
Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala
Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor
Western Crabapple: Malus fusca
Pacific Ninebark: Physocarpus capitatus
Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata
Sulfur Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta
Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa
Clustered Wild Rose: Rosa pisocarpa - Fruits mature.
Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus
Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba occidentalis
Hardhack, Douglas' Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii var. douglasii
Large-leaf Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus ssp. polyphyllus
* Red Clover: Trifolium pratense
Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum
Winecup Clarkia: Clarkia purpurea ssp. quadrivulnera - Seed heads observed.
Ciliate Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum
Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maxima (formerly Heracleum lanatum)
Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea - New stems emerging from the ground.
Dwarf Bilberry: Vaccinium cespitosum
Needle-leaf Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta var. intertexta
* Bay Fortet-me-not: Myosotis laxa
Corn Mint: Mentha arvensis
Mint: Mentha sp.
Selfheal: Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata
Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata
Rosy Owlsclover: Orthocarpus bracteosus - Seed heads with mature seed.
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
Skullcap Speedwell: Veronica scutellata
* English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata
Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus - Fruits mature.
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis
Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza (careyana ?)
Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense
Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare
Woolly Sunflower, Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum
Marsh Cudweed: Gnaphalium palustre
* False Dandylion: Hypochaeris radicata
Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola
Falsegold Groundsel: Packera pseudaurea
* Sweet -marsh Butterweed: Senecio foetidus var. foetidus
Canada Goldenrod: Solidago canadensis (var. elongata ?)
Western Mountain Aster: Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. spathulatum ? - Heads going to seed.
Northern Wyethia: Wyethia amplexicaulis
Elk - tracks
Mule Deer - tracks
Vole
Canada Geese
Northern Flicker
Pilieated Woodpecker
Common Raven
Canada Jays
Black-capped Chickadees
Pacific Treefrogs
Water Striders
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