[Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central Oregon: 2003]

Blue Sky

Hart Mt. National Antelope Refuge

June 25, 2003

 


Elevation: 6094' --- N42* 25.786' --- W119* 43.385' --- +/-30'

The area studied includes the riparian area of the small creek beneath the Ponderosa pines to the west of Guano Creek, running about 400 meters upstream from the crossroads (roadto Guano Creek C.G. and access Rd to Warner Peak) and downstream about 150 meters. The dry meadows beneath the pines in both direction were studied too.


Pine Family

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

Willow: Salix sp.

Sedge Family

*Sedge: Carex sp.

Lily Family

*Tapertip Onion: Allium acuminatum

Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria atropurpurea - In fruit.

*Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Smilacina stellata

False Hellebore: Veratrum sp.

Panicled Death-camas: Zigadenus paniculatus

Iris Family

*Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis

Orchid Family

Spotted Coral Root Orchid: Corallorhiza maculata

Rein Orchid: Piperia (Habenaria) unalascensis

*White Bog Orchid: Platanthera (Habeneria) leuchostachys

 

Buckwheat Family

Dock: Rumex sp.

Purslane Family

*WaterMontia: Montia chammissoi

Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia (Montia) perfoliata

Pink Family

*Chickweed: Cerastium sp.

*Menzies Campion: Silene menziesii var. menziesii

Buttercup Family

Monkshood: Aconitum columbianum

*Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

*Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

Western Meadow Rue: Thalictrum occidentale

Saxifrage Family

*Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora

Gooseberry Family

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum

Rose Family

*Large-leaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum

*Pink Pinwheels: Horkelia fusca var. capitata ?

Glandular Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa

Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Pea Family

*Milk-vetch: Astragalus agrestis ?

*Sickle Milk-vetch: Astragalus curvicarpus var. curvicarpus

*Thread-stalk Milk-vetch: Astragalus filipes

*Tailcup Lupine: Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus (L. caudatus)

*Clover: Trifolium eriocephalum

Violet Family

Violet: Viola sp.

Evening-Primrose Family

*Tansy-leaved Evening Primrose: Cammissonia tanacetifolia

St. John's Wort Family

Western St. John's Wort: Hypericum formosum var. scouleri ? - In bud.

Mallow Family

*Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana

Buckthorn Family

Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus

Heath Family

Pinedrops:

Parsley Family

*Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum

Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza chilensis

Flax Family

*Flax: Linum perenne

Gentian Family

White-stemmed Frasera: Frasera albicaulis

Phlox Family

Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

Narrow-leaved Collomia: Collomia linearis

*Brewer's Navarretia: Navarretia breweri

Waterleaf Family

Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum

Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parvifolia var. austiniae

Borage Family

*Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha

Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

Figwort Family

Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

*American Speedwell: Veronica americana

Madder Family

Cleavers: Galium aparine

Honeysuckle Family

*Mt. Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus

Sunflower Family

*Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Pale Agoseris: Agoseris glauca var. glauca

*Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea

*Narrowleaf Pussytoes: Antennaria stenophylla

*Twin Arnica: Arnica sororia

Sagebrush: Artemisia cana var. cana

Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata

*Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata

*Elk Thistle: Cirsium scariosum

*Tapertip Hawksbeard: Crepis acuminata

*Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia

Green rabbitbrush: Ericameria (Chrysothamnus) viscidiflorus

*Spreading Fleabane: Erigeron divergens

*Foothill Daisy : Erigeron corymbosus

*Woolly Sunflower / Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum

*Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans ?

*Butterweed: Senecio canus

*Butterweed: Senecio crassulus

Streambank Butterweed: Senecio pseudaureus

Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

*Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Paul Slichter