Malheur National Forest

May 25, 2003

The photo at right shows Hooker's balsamroot as seen roadside in Logan Valley. Photographed May 25, 2003.

*Willow: Salix sp.

Taper-tip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.

*Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei

Harvest Lily: Brodiaea sp. (douglasii or hyacinthina)- In bud.

Common Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. breviflora - In bud. In bloom in Bear Valley.

*American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides

*Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

*Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis

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

*Bog Saxifrage: Saxifraga oregana ? (seen at a distance due to heavy rainfall!)

*Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

*Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana var. platypetala

Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis (var. ?)

*Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. aridus

*Long-stalk Clover: Trifolium longipes (var. ?)

Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii - Nearing bloom.

Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana (var. ?)

*Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

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

*Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

*Ball Head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum (var. alpinum?)

*Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata

*Long-flowered Bluebells: Mertensia longiflora

*Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

*Elephant-heads: Pedicularis groenlandica- Beginning bloom.

Dwarf Sagebrush: Artemisia arbuscula (ssp. arbuscula?)

Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata (ssp. vaseyana?)

*Hooker's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var.neglecta

*Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

*White-flowered Mule Ears: Wyethia helianthoides

Kestrel

Violet-green Swallow

Western Meadowlark

Wilson's Warbler (female)

American Robin

Brewer's Blackbird

Red-winged Blackbird

Raven

Killdeer

Whimbrel (4)

Snipe

6 Mule Deer

5 Pronghorn