[Wildflower Bloom for Central Oregon, 2002]

Meadows alongside Van Aspen Creek

South of FS Rd # 3925

Malheur National Forest

May 25, 2002

 


*Indicates the wildflower is currently blooming.

*Thread-leaved Sedge: Carex filifolia

*Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. brevistyla

*Lance-leaf Spring Beauty: Claytonia lanceolata

*Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

*Sagebrush Buttercup: Ranunculus glaberrimus

*Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis

*Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera

*Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora

*Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia

*Wax Currant: Ribes cereum

*Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana var. platypetala

*Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

*Common Silverweed: Potentilla anserina ?

Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis - Almost in bloom.

*Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes

*Early Blue Violet: Viola adunca

*Valley Yellow Violet: Viola nuttallii var. vallicola

*Long-leaf Evening-primrose: Oenothera subacaulis

Cusick's Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. cusickii - Getting close to bloom.

*Long-leaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia

*Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus

*Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata

*Red Besseya: Besseya rubra

*Cusick's Paintbrush: Castilleja cusickii

*Paintbrush: Castilleja species

*Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

*Thyme-leaved Speedwell: Veronica serpyllifolia

*Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria microphylla

*Elk Thistle: Cirsium scariosum

*Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus

*White-headed Wyethia: Wyethia helianthoides


Animals Seen:

Sandhill Cranes

Raven


Paul Slichter