Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central Oregon

Wildflower Bloom in Central Oregon: June 28, 2004

Point Prominence

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

 


This study focuses on flowers seen present along FS Rd #6220 from FS Rd #62 to Point Prominence (6745') which overlooks the Minam River and is on the edge of the Eagle Cap Wilderness. The weather on this morning consisted of intermittent showers, thunder and lightning.
* indicates flowers currently in bloom

 

1. Lace Fern: Cheilanthes gracillima

2. Parsley Fern: Cryptogramma crispa

3. Bladder Brittle Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

4. Alpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa

5. Western Larch: Larix occidentalis

6. Engelmann Spruce: Picea engalmannii

7. Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta

8. Sitka Alder: Alnus sinuata

9. Douglas Maple: Acer glabrum

*10. Brandegee Onion: Allium brandegei

*11. Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei

12. Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum

*13. Coral Root Orchid: Corallorhiza maculata or mertensiana - in bud, but too early to ID

14. Wyeth Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracloides

15. Oval-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum ovalifolium

*16. Round-headed Buckwheat: E. sphaerocephalum

17. Sulfur Flower: Eriogonum umbellatum

*18. Alpine Knotweed: Polygonum phytolaccaefolium

*19. Pussy Paws: Calyptridium (Spraguea) umbellata

*20. Spring Beauty: Claytonia lanceolata

*21. Needle-pointed Sandwort: Arenaria aculeata ?

*22. Slender Mt. Sandwort: Arenaria capillaris

*23. Large-leaved Sandwort: Moerhingia (Arenaria) macrophylla

24. Anemone: Anemone sp. (3 simple stem leaves, no flowers)

25. Windflower: Anemone quinquefolia var. oregana

*26. Swamp Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. platyphyllus

*27. Little Buttercup: Ranunculus unciniatus var. parviflorus

*28. Western Meadow-rue: Thalictrum occidentale

29. Western False Bugbane: Trautvettaria caroliniensis

*30. Drummond's Rock Cress: Arabis drummondii ?

*31. Holboell's Rock Cress: Arabis holboellii

*32. Sickle-pod Rock Cress: Arabis sparsiflora var. subvillosa

*33. Western Yellow- ress: Rorippa curvisiliqua

*34. Glaucous Penny Cress: Thlaspi glaucum

*35. Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum

*36. Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens

*37. Alpine Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica var. alpina

*38. Side-flowered Mitrewort: Mitella stauropetala

*39. Mt. Meadow Saxifrage: Saxifraga odontoloma

*40. Prickly Currant: Ribes lacustre

*42. Sticky Currant: Ribes viscosissimum

*43. Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. cusickii

*44. Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca var. bracteata

*45. Broad-petaled Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana var. platypetala

*46. Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

47. Ocean Spray: Holodiscus discolor

*48. Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosus

49. Cascade Mt. Ash: Sorbus scopulina

*50. Spurred Lupine: Lupinus laxiflorus

*51. Burke's Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus var. burkei

*52. White Clover: Trifolium repens

*53. Blue Flax: Linum perenne

*54. Snow Brush: Ceanothus velutinus

*55. Spurred Violet: Viola adunca

*56. Stream Violet: Viola glabella

*57. Small White Violet: Viola macloskeyi

*58. Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea

59. Fireweed: Epilobium angustifolium

60. Lovage: Ligusticum sp.

61. Prince's Pine: Chimaphila umbellata

*62. Dwarf Huckleberry: Vaccinium caespitosusm

*63. Skunk-leaved Polemonium/, Skunk-leaved Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium pulcherrimum

*64. Midget Phlox: Phlox (Microsteris) gracilis

*65. Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha

*66. Broad-leaved Lungwort: Mertensia ciliata

*67. Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata

*68. Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

*69. Taper-leaved Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus

*70. Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus

71. Western Mountain Synthyris: Synthyris missurica

*72. Utah Twinberry: Lonicera utahensis

*73. Black Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. melanocarpa

*74. Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus

*75. Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

*76. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

77. Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

*78. Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea

*79. Heart-leaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

80. Nodding Arnica: Arnica parryi ? - in bud.

81. Canada Thistle: Cirsium canadensis ?

*82. Dwarf Mt. Fleabane: Erigeron compositus (both with rays and without)

83. Hawkweed: Hieracium sp. (albertinum or cynoglossoides) - In bud.

84. Western Chocolate-cone: Rudbeckia occidentalis

*85. Woolly Groundsel: Senecio canus

*86. Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

*87. Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale


Additional plants seen along Forest Rd #62 from its western boundary at Indian Creek to its northern boundary along North Fork Clark Creek.

1. Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana ?

*2. Elegant Mariposa Lily: Calochortus elegans

*3. False Solomon Seal: Smilacina racemosa

*4. Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Smilacina stellata

*5. Slender Bog Orchid: Habenaria saccata

*6. Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica

*7. Broad-leaved Claytonia: Claytonia cordifolia

*8. Crimson Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

*9. Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium depauperatum

*10. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

*11. Alpine Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica var. glabella

*12. Bishop's Cap: Mitella pentandra

*13. Ninebark: Physocarpus malvaceus

*14. Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata

*15. Nootka Rose: Rosa nutkana

*16. Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

*17. Few-flowered Pea: Lathyrus pauciflorus

*18. Buckbean: Thermopsis montana

*19. Woolly-headed Clover: Trifolium eriocephalum

*20. Marsh Violet: Viola palustris

21. Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana

22. Oregon Boxwood: Pahcistima myrsinites

*23. Redstem Ceanothus: Ceanothus sanguineus

*24. Elkhorns Clarkia: Clarkia pulchella

*25. Skullcap: Scutellaria sp.

*26. Common Monkey Flower: Mimulus guttatus

*27. Hotrock Penstemon: Penstemon deustus

*28. Foreign Fleabane: Erigeron peregrinus

29. Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium


Paul Slichter