The Rooster Comb: South Steens Loop Road
The South Steens Loop Road is open as high as the gate at the Rooster Comb. One may hike the road above this gate for access to the upper sections of the Steens Mt.
This list notes plants found along the South Steens Loop Road from the South Steens Camp Ground to the Rooster Comb.
1. Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis var. occidentalis
2. Willow: Salix sp.
*3. Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum
*4. White Brodiaea: Triteleia hyacinthina
*5. Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. anserinum
*6. Broom Buckwheat: Eriogonum vimineum
*7. Knotweed: Polygonum arenastrum or P. douglasii var. douglasii
*8. Kellogg's Knotweed: Polygonum polygaloides var. kelloggii.
*9. Alyssum: Alyssum alyssoides
*10. Hoary Rockcress: Arabis puberula
11. Daggerpod: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides
*12. Wax Currant: Ribes cereum
13. Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata
*14. Threadstalk Milk Vetch: Astragalus filipes
*15. Freckled Milk Vetch: Astragalus lentiginous var. chartaceus
*16. Obscure Milk Vetch: Astragalus obscurus
*17. Tailcup Lupine: Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus
18. Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum
*19. Yampa: Perideridia montana (P. gairdneri)
*20. Yellow-flowered Navarretia: Navarretta breweri
*21.Needle-leaved Navarettia: Navarretia intertexta var. propinqua. ?
*22. Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum
*23. Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia var. grandiflora
*24. Scouler's Popcorn Flower: Plagiobothrys scouleri
*25. Wavy-leaved Paintbrush: Castilleja applegatei var. pinetorum
*26. Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
*27. Monkey Flower: Mimulus breviflorus
*28. Common Monkey Flower: Mimulus guttatus
*29. Purslane Speedwell: Veronica peregrina ssp. xalapensis
*30. Cleavers: Galium aparine
*31. White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera
*32. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
*33. Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla
34. Pussytoes: Antennaria stenophylla ? - in seed.
*35. Twin Arnica: Arnica sororia
36. Gray Sagewort: Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. candicans
37. Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata
*38. Tapertip Hawksbeard: Crepis accuminata
39. Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa
*40. Scabland Fleabane: Erigeron bloomeri var. bloomeri
41. Foothill Fleabane: Erigeron corymbosus
*42. Desert Yellow Daisy: Erigeron linearis
*43. Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus
1. Belding Ground Squirrel
2. Sierra Nevada Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel
3. Chipmunks
4. Small rabbit
5. Mule Deer
6. American Robin
7. Mourning Dove
8. Nighthawks