Greater Sandhill Crane at Panakanic.....June 18, 2015.
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. Most smaller roads should not be driven with regular vehicles during or after rainstorms.
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides
Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa
Oregon White Oak: Quercus garryana var. garryana
* Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii
Pacific Willow: Salix lasiandra (var. lasiandra ?)
Floating Pondweed: Potamogeton natans
Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense
Nuttall's Quillwort: Isoetes nuttallii
* Slender-beak Sedge: Carex athrostachya
Golden Sedge: Carex aurea - Fruits maturing.
* Green Sheath Sedge: Carex feta
* Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis
* Awned Flatsedge: Cyperus squarrosus
* Needle Spikerush: Eleocharis acicularis
* Toad Rush: Juncus bufonius
* Soft Rush: Juncus effusus ssp. effusus
* Shortawn Foxtail: Alopecurus aequalis
* Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus pratensis
* Tall Oat-grass: Arrhenatherum elatius
* Meadow Brome: Bromus commutatus
* California Oatgrass: Danthonia californica
* Northwestern Mannagrass: Glyceria occidentalis ?
* Witchgrass: Panicum capillare
* Reed Canary Grass: Phalaris arundinacea
American Water Plantain: Alisma triviale
* Harvest Brodiaea: Brodiaea coronaria
* Long-bearded Mariposa Lily: Calochortus longebarbatus var. longebarbatus
Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis var. affinis - Fruits maturing.
* Columbia Lily, Tiger Lily: Lilium columbianum
* Meadow Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion venenosum
* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii - Fading out of bloom.
* Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina
* California False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum var. caudatum
* Blue-eyed Grass: Sisyrinchium idahoense
* American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides - fading out of bloom.
* Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum - Beginning to bloom.
Water Smartweed: Polygonum amphibia
* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella
Curly Dock: Rumex crispus
* Willow Dock: Rumex triangulivalvis
* Thyme-leaved Spurge: Euphorbia serpyllifolia
* Sticky Chickweed: Cerastium glomeratum
* Deptford Pink: Dianthus armeria
* Longstalk Starwort: Stellaria longipes
* Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa var. formosa
* Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum
* Nuttall's Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallii
* White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis var. aquatilis
* White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis var. diffusus
* Creeping Spearwort: Ranunculus flammula (var. ?)
* Curvepod Tansymustard: Rorippa curvisiliqua
* Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum
* Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. gracilis (formerly var. fastigiata)
* Sulfur Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta
* Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii
* Hardhack, Douglas' Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii var. douglasii - Beginning to bloom. Gray ventral leaf surfaces
* Spanish Clover: Acmispon americanus var. americanus
* Nevada Deer-vetch: Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis
* Bog Deer-vetch: Hosackia pinnata
* Desert Pea: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. aridus
* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus
* Large-leaf Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus ssp. polyphyllus
* Alsike Clover: Trifolium hybridum
* Red Clover: Trifolium pratense
American Vetch: Vicia americana
* Hairy Vetch: Vicia villosa
Spatula-leaf Loosestrife: Lythrum portula
* Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana var. procera
* Tinker's Penny: Hypericum anagalloides
Klamathweed: Hypericum perforatum
* Scouler's St. John's Wort: Hypericum scouleri - Native.
* Night-blooming False Bindweed: Calystegia atriplicifolia ssp. atriplicifolia
* Winecup Clarkia: Clarkia purpurea ssp. quadrivulnera
* Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea
Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum
* Ciliate Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum
* Douglas' Water-hemlock: Cicuta douglasii
* Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maximum
* Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea
Dwarf Huckleberry: Vaccinium cespitosum - Blue berries ripening.
Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. nitida
Broadleaf Starflower: Lysimachia latifolia
* Babystars: Leptosiphon bicolor - Fading out of bloom.
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis var. gracilis - Fading out of bloom.
* Needle-leaf Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta var. intertexta
* Bay Fortet-me-not: Myosotis laxa
* Fragrant Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys figuratus
* Selfheal: Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata
Red Hedgenettle: Stachys cooleyae
* Oblong Bluecurls: Trichostema oblongum
* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata var. miniata
* Thin Paintbrush: Castilleja tenuis
* Short-flowered Monkeyflower: Erythranthe breviflora
* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata
* Musk Monkeyflower: Erythranthe moschata
* Primrose Monkeyflower: Erythranthe primuloides
* Bractless Hedge-hyssop: Gratiola ebracteata
* Rosy Owlsclover: Orthocarpus bracteosus
* Purslane Speedwell: Veronica peregrina var. xalapensis
* Skullcap Speedwell: Veronica scutellata
Piedmont Bedstraw: Cruciata pedimontana
* Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale
* Small Bedstraw: Galium trifidum ssp. columbianum
* Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus
Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis
* Roundleaf Bluebell: Campanula rotundifolia
* Showy Downingia: Downingia elegans
* Western Pearlflower: Heterocodon rariflorum
* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis
* Meadow Arnica: Arnica chamissonis ssp. foliosus var. incana - Beginning to bloom.
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana (or Balsamorhiza careyana x deltoidea ?) - Fading out of bloom.
* Showy Fleabane: Erigeron speciosus
* Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. leucophyllum
* Meadow Hawkweed: Hieracium caespitosum - Bad weed.
* Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri
False Dandylion: Hypochaeris radicata
Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola
* Oxeye Daisy: Leucanthemum vulgare
* Least Tarweed: Madia exigua
* Falsegold Groundsel: Packera pseudaurea - Fading out of bloom.
* Western Mountain Aster: Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. spathulatum ? - Beginning to bloom.
* Northern Wyethia: Wyethia amplexicaulis - Fading out of bloom.
Sandhill Crane
Turkey Vulture
Downy Woodpecker
Western Bluebirds
Red-winged Blackbirds
American Goldfinches
Violet-green Swallows
Garter Snakes
Rattlesnake - heard.
Western Swallowtails
Lorquin's Admiral