Malheur & Ochoco National Forests
July 13, 2003
Elevation: 7166' --- N 43* 58.220' --- W119* 29.797' --- +/- 17 ft
T18SR27E S32, 33
The area studied was the area within about 200 meters of the lookout, in all directions around the lookout. Emphasis was given to the area within the Malheur N.F., although the plants seen generally represented what may be found in both forests.
Pine Family
California White Fir: Abies concolor X Abies grandis
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
Willow Family
Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides
Buckwheat Family
*Piper's Golden Buckwheat: Eriogonum flavum var. piperi
*Wyeth Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides
Pink Family
*Prickly Sandwort: Eremogone aculeata
*Ball-head Sandwort: Eremogone congesta var. congesta
*Oregon Campion: Silene oregana
Buttercup Family
*Bane Berry: Actaea rubra
*Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa
Western Meadow-rue: Thalictrum occidentale
Mustard Family
*Towermustard: Arabis glabra
Stonecrop Family
*Lance-leaf Stonecrop: Sedum lanceolatum
Gooseberry Family
Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum
* Alpine Prickly Currant: Ribes montigenum
Rose Family
*Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa (var. ?)
*Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis (var. ?)
Pea Family
*Tailcup Lupine: Lupinus arbustus - Just commencing bloom.
Mallow Family
*Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana
Geranium Family
*Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum (var. incisum?)
Evening-primrose Family
*Willow-herb: Epilobium sp. - Small white flowers, opposite leaves, in shady, dry areas below tall cliffs where snow lay until 3 weeks ago. Possibly small-flowered willowherb (Epilobium minutum)?.
*Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium
Parsley Family
*Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii
Heath Family
Kinnickinnick: Arctostaphylos (uva-ursi ?)
Phlox Family
*Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata (var. ?)
Borage Family
*Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha
Figwort Family
*Wyoming Paintbrush: Castilleja linariifolia
*Hairy Paintbrush: Castilleja pilosa var. pilosa
*Taper-tip Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus (var. ?)
Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus
*Lowly Penstemon: Penstemon humilis var. humilis ? - Nearly out of bloom.
Madder Family
*Kelloggia: Kelloggia galioides
Honeysuckle Family
*Black Elderberry: Samubucus racemosa var. melanocarpa
*Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus var. utahensis
Sunflower Family
*Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
*Pussytoes: Antennaria media ?
*Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea
Low Sagebrush: Artemisia arbuscula - Inflorescences forming.
Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata - Inflorescences forming.
*Tapertip Hawksbeard: Crepis acuminata ?
Green Rabbitbrush: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (var. viscidiflorus ?) - Inflorescences forming.
*Scabland Fleabane: Erigeron bloomeri var. bloomeri
*Foothills Fleabane: Erigeron corymbosus
*Eaton's Shaggy Fleabane: Erigeron eatonii var. villosus
* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium
*Common Little Sunflower: Helianthella uniflora (var. douglasii ?)
*Scouler's Woolly-weed: Hieracium scouleri
*Woolly Groundsel: Packera cana
*Gray Horsebrush: Tetradymia canescens
American Robins
Northern Flicker
Turkey Vulture
Painted ladies