Malheur National Forest

May 24, 2003

Malheur N.F. Map Coordinates: T16S R28E S22

* Denotes wildflowers in bloom on this date.

Alaska Yellow Cedar: Chamaecyparis nootkatensis - Seen at right.

Western Larch: Larix occidentalis

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Grand Fir: Abies grandis ?

Oregon Boxwood: Paxistima myrsinites

*Buffaloberry: Sheperdia canadensis

Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei - In bud.

Bead Lily: Clintonia uniflora

*Fairy Bells: Prosartes trachycarpa

*Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. grandiflorum

*Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica

False Hellebore: Veratrum sp.

*Grass Widow: Olsynium inflatum

*Fairy Slipper Orchid: Calypso bulbosa

Rattlesnake-plantain Orchid: Goodyera oblongifolia

Broom Buckwheat: Eriogonum vimineum

*Lance-leaved Spring Beauty: Claytonia lanceolata

Large-leaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophyllum

Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

*Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

*Sagebrush Buttercup: Ranunculus glaberrimus var. glaberrimus

Meadow Rue: Thalictrum sp.

Worm-leaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum

*Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera (now Lithophragma glabrum)

Gooseberry: Ribes sp.

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

Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa (var. ?)

Burke's Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus var. burkei

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

*Round-leaved Violet: Viola orbiculata

Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea ssp. venosa

*Desert Parsley: Lomatium species (somewhat reminicent of L. piperi but with yellow flowers)

*Desert Parsley: Lomatium sp. (similar to above but with white flowers)

*Sierra Snake Root: Sanicula graveolens

Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis ?

Prince's Pine: Chimaphila umbellata- Leaves only.

Sidebells Pyrola: Orthillia secunda ? - Leaves only.

Huckleberry: Vaccinium sp.

Huckleberry: Vaccinium sp.

*Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum (var. capitatum ?)

*Long-flowered Bluebells: Mertensia longiflora

Nettle-leaf Horse-mint: Agastache urticifolia

*Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. acuta

Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

Twin Flower: Linnaea borealis

Heart-leaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

*Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata

Slender Hawksbeard: Crepis atribarba

Hawksbeard: Crepis sp.

Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

View east from the Cedar Grove Trail to Fields Peak on the right..........May 24, 2003.

Animals Seen or Heard:

Gray Jay/ Camp Robber

Steller's Jay

Unknown woodpecker heard at a distance

Wild horse tracks were abundant at the upper end of the trail