[Wildflower Bloom for Central Oregon, 2002]

Aldrich Mt.

Malheur N.F.

June 19, 20, & 21, 2003

Members of the Native Plant Society of Oregon photograph choice plant specimens seen atop Aldrich Mt. during their annual meeting in John Day, OR, June 21, 2003.

Elevation: 6975' ---- N 44* 22.641' ---- W 119* 27.057' ---- +/- 19'

Malheur N.F Map Coordinates: T13S R27E S11 (northwest corner)


*Indicates wildflower in bloom.

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii (var. menziesii ?)

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

*Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei

*Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria atropurpurea

*False Solomon Plume: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule

*Panicled Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum

*Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venonosum

Wyeth Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. (proliferum ?

Sulphur Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum (var. ellipticum ?)

*Ball-head Sandwort: Eremogone congesta var. congesta

*Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

*Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

*Holboell's Rock Cress: Boechera retrofracta (Arabis holboellii var. retrofracta)

Daggerpods: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides

*Rock Penny Cress: Noccaea fendleri ssp. glauca (Thlaspi fendleri var. glaucum)

Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens

Lance-leaved Stonecrop: Sedum lanceolatum - Nearly in bloom.

*Roundleaf Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica var. alpina

*Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

*Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

*Prickly Currant: Ribes lacustre

*Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. alnifolia ?

*Curl-leaf Mt. Mahogany: Cercocarpus ledifolius (var. ledifolius?)

*Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

*Glandular Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa (var. ?)

*Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

Black Cap ?: Rubus leucodermis (or North American Red Raspberry?: Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus ?) - Developing berries.

*Cascade Mt. Ash: Sorbus scopulina

*Kellogg's Spurred Lupine (Tailcup Lupine): Lupinus arbustus (old Lupinus caudatus)

*White-stemmed Mentzelia: Mentzelia albicaulis ?

Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus

*Valley Yellow Violet: Viola vallicola ? or (Upland Yellow Violet: Viola praemorsa ssp. linguifolia?)

*Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea ssp. venosa

*Turpentine Cymopteris: Cymopteris terebinthinus var. foeniculaceus

Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum (var. triternatum ?)

*Western Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

CommonYampah /Olasi: Perideridia gairdneri ssp. borealis (Perideridia montana)

Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii

Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium

Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens

Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata

*Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

*California Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium californicum

*Cusick's Stickseed: Hackelia cusickii

*Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha

Long-flowered Bluebells: Mertensia longiflora

Nettle-leaved Horsemint: Agastache urticifolia -Nearing bloom just below the peak.

Mondardella: Monardella odoratissima

*Indian Paintbrush: Castilleja species (possibly applegatei, hispida & miniata- Plants show signs of hybridization)

*Dwarf Purple Monkey Flower: Mimulus nanus var. nanus

*Taper-leaved Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus (var. palustris ?)

Hotrock Penstemon: Penstemon deustus (var. ?) - Almost in bloom.

Showy Penstemon: Penstemon speciosus - Almost in bloom.

*Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

*Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

*Heart-leaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

*Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea

Hawksbeard: Crepis sp.

*Scabland Fleabane: Erigeron bloomeri var. bloomeri

*Eaton's Shaggy Aster: Erigeron eatonii var. villosus

*Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis

*Woolly Sunflower, Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

*Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

*False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides

*Woolly Groundsel: Packera cana

*Yellow Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

*Woolly Goldenweed: Stenotus languinosus var. languinosus


Animals Seen:

Brewer's Sparrows

Chipping Sparrows

Dark-eyed Juncos

American Robins

Mountain Bluebird

Raven

Chipmunk


Paul Slichter