[Wildflowers in Bloom in Central & Eastern Oregon - 2004]

Priest Hole

BLM Boat Launch

John Day River

May 2, 2004

 


* Indicates a wildflower currently in bloom.

* 1. White-top: Cardaria pubescens

* 2. Plainsmustard: Schoenocrambe linifolia

Animals Seen at Priest Hole:

Canada Geese

California Quail

Mourning Doves

Northern Orioles

Redwing Blackbirds

Brewer's Blackbirds

Starlings

Killdeer

Western Kingbirds

Swallows

Prairie Falcon


Additional Species seen along the road between Priest Hole and Twickenham, OR

*1. Golden Spiderflower: Cleome platycarpa

*2. Stiff Milk-vetch: Astragalus conjunctus ?

*3. Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

*4. Yellow Phacelia: Phacelia lutea var. purpurascens

*5. Tessellate Fiddleneck: Amsinckia tessellata

*6. Yellow-hairy Indian Paintbrush: Castilleja xanthotricha

*7. John Day Chaenactis: Chaenactis nevii


Paul Slichter