John Day Fossil Beds National Monument

May 23, 2003

Blue Basin (looking north) from the Blue Basin Overlook trail...............May 23, 2003.

* Denotes wildflowers in bloom on this date.

Plants found along the Island in Time Trail and the Blue Basin Overlook Trail:

*Douglas' Harvest Lily: Triteleia grandiflora

Sagebrush Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpum var. macrocarpum - Leaves only.

Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. anserinum ?)

*Spiny Saltbrush: Atriplex confertifolia?

*Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata

*Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

*Pale Alyssum: Alyssum alyssoides

*Blue Mustard: Chorispora tenella

*Clasping Pepperweed: Lepidium perfoliatum

*Tumble-mustard: Sisymbrium altissimum

*Lance-leaved Stonecrop: Sedum lanceolatum

*Stiff Milk-vetch: Astragalus conjunctus var. conjunctus

*Thread-stalk Milk-vetch: Astragalus filipes

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

*White-stemmed Globe-mallow: Sphaeralcea munroana

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

*Phlox: Phlox sp. ?

*Line-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis - Very numerous, large plants in areas burned in the fall 2002 to the south of the Blue Basin Overlook Trail.

*Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia lycopsoides

*Gray Ball Sage: Salvia dorii

*Desert Paintbrush: Castilleja chromosa

*Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. acuta

Dalmatian Toad-flax: Linaria dalmatica

*Cleavers: Galium aparine

Serpentine Bedstraw: Galium serpenticum? - Leaves only.

*White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

*Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii - Nearly in bloom.

*John Day Chaenactis: Chaenactis nevii

Slender Hawksbeard: Crepis atrabarba

Hawksbeard: Crepis sp.

Thread-leaf Fleabane: Erigeron filifolius

*Shaggy Fleabane: Erigeron pumilus - Beginning bloom.

Pair of Ravens, one of which hid objects in small depressions near the 'cliff' tops, covering the objects with gravel.

Canyon Wren

Mourning Dove