[Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central Oregon: 2003]

Blue Ridge

Malheur National Forest

June 23, 2003

View northeast along the crest of Blue Ridge............June 23, 2003.

N 44* 13.485' ----- W 119* 22.868' ----- +/ - 15' --- 5201' Elevation

Malheur N.F. Coordinates: T16S R27E S32

The site sampled includes the ridgetop at the above coordinates and includes the upper slopes on the north side of the ridge as well as slopes down to a wooded draw (about 300 meters downslope from the summit) which eventually feeds Blue Creek from the west.


* Denotes wildflowers in bloom on this date.

Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda (Poa sandbergii)

Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

Taper-tip Onion: Allium accuminatum

*Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei

Hyacinth Harvest Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina

Green-banded Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus

Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica

False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum sp.

Panicled Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum

*Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum

Grass Widow: Olsynium inflatum

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. ?) -

Sulphur Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum (var. ellipticum ?)

Broom Buckwheat: Eriogonum vimineum

Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata (ssp. perfoliata?)

*Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva - A few plants still in bloom.

*Menzie's Sandwort: Silene menziesii var. menziesii

*Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

*Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

Douglas' Draba: Cusickiella douglasii

*Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum

Western Bladderpod: Lesquerella occidentalis var. cusickii

Fendler's Pennycress: Noccaea fendleri ssp. glauca (Thlaspi fendleri var. glaucum)

Lance-leaved Stonecrop: Sedum lanceolatum

Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (old Lithophragma bulbifera)

Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

*Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis (var. ?)

*Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana

*Stiff Milk-vetch: Astragalus conjunctus var. conjunctus - A few still in bloom in the woods downslope.

*Thread-stalk Milk-vetch: Astragalus filipes - In wooded draw downslope.

Woolly-pod Milk-vetch: Astragalus purshii (var. ?)

*Balloon-pod Milk-vetch: Astragalus whitneyi var. sonneanus

Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. aridus

*Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus (old var. tenuispicus)

*Kellogg's Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus

*Small-head Clover: Trifolium microcephalum

*Blue Flax: Linum perenne

Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

*Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum (var. ?)

Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana - Nearing bloom.

*Ragged Robbin: Clarkia pulchella

*Glaucous Desert Parsley: Lomatium donnellii - A few still in bloom.

Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - white-flowered form

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

Broadsheath Desert Parsley: Lomatium vaginatum

Narrow-leaved Milkweed: Asclepias fascicularis - In wooded draw.

Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens

Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

*Hood's Phlox: Phlox hoodii - A few still in bloom.

Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum

*Narrow-leaved Skullcap: Scutellaria angustifolia

Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Bushy Birdbeak: Cordylanthus ramosus - Almost in bloom.

*Dwarf Monkey Flower: Mimulus nanus var. nanus

*Washington Monkey Flower: Mimulus washingtonensis

*Lowly Penstemon: Penstemon humilus var. humilis - A few still in bloom.

*Hairy Owl-clover: Castilleja tenuis (Orthocarpus hispidus)

Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora var. purpurea

*Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale

Snowberry: Symphoricarpos sp.

White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

*Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

*Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

*Twin Arnica: Arnica sororia

Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagitatta

*Serrate Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza serrata - A few still in bloom.

*Blepharipappus: Blepharipappus scaber

Hawksbeard: Crepis sp.

*Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis

*Scabland Fleabane: Erigeron bloomeri var. bloomeri

Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

*Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

False-agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides

*Western Groundsel: Senecio integerimus var. exaltatus

Butterweed Groundsel: Senecio serra - Nearing bloom in draw in woods.

*Salsify, Oyster Plant: Tragopogon dubius


Animals Seen or Heard:

Black-capped Chickadee

White-breasted Nuthatch

American Robin

Western Bluebirds

Chipping Sparrow

Velvet Ant


Paul Slichter