Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central Oregon

Wildflower Bloom in Central Oregon: July 6, 2004

North Steens Loop Road (Headwaters of Fish Creek)

South side of road approximately 1.4 miles above the intersection with the road into Jackman Park Camp Ground.

This location may also be known as Fish Creek Spring.

N 42* 42.407'----- W 118* 36.781' ----- Elevation: 8009' ---- +/-15'

* Indicates flowers currently in bloom
This site includes the headwaters of Fish Creek, including meadows, riparian areas, surrounded by mountain big sagebrush and a north-facing slope with some still-persisting snow. The area is currently under private ownership?

* Willow: Salix species

* Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei

* White False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum var. californicum

* White Bog Orchid: Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys - viewed at right.

* Wyeth Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracloides var. heracloides - In bud.

* American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides

* Mountain Sorrel: Rumex paucifolius

* Pussypaws: Calyptridium umbellatum

* Three-leaved Lewisia: Lewisia triphylla

* Mountain Sandwort: Eremogone capillaris var. americanum

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

* Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius (var. ?)

* Western Meadow-rue: Thalictrum occidentalis ?

* Sicklepod Rockcress: Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora

* American Wintercress: Barbarea orthoceras

* Bulbiferous Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera

* Slender Woodland Star: Lithophragma tenellum

* Brook Saxifrage: Saxifraga odontoloma

* Mountain Gooseberry: Ribes montigenum

* Diverse-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla diversifolia var. glaucophylla

* Fan-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis (var. ?)

Freckled Milk Vetch: Astragalus lentiginosus var. chartaceus

* Tailcup Lupine: Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus

* Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. hansenii

* Floerkea: Floerkea prosperpinacoides

Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea var. venosa

Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii - in bud.

* Yampah: Perideridia montana (P. gairdneri )

Ranger's Buttons: Sphenosciadium capitellatum (Inflorescence forming.)

* Stemless Evening-primrose: Camissonia subacaulis

* Willow Herb: Epilobium species (white flowers)

* Groundsmoke: Gayophytum sp.

* Alpine Shooting Star: Dodecatheon alpinum

* Linanthastrum: Linanthastrum nuttallii

* Yellow-flowered Navarretia: Navarretia brewerii

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Ball-head Phacelia: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum

* Varied-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla var. heterophylla

* Silky Phacelia: Phacelia sericea var. ciliosa

* Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha

* Wavy-leaved Paintbrush: Castilleja applegatei var. pinetorum or Sticky Paintbrush Castilleja viscidulifera - (Flowers not fully in bloom so ID is tentative.)

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Common Yellow Monkey Flower: Mimulus guttatus

Lewis' Monkeyflower: Mimulus lewisii - In bud.

* Rydberg's Penstemon: Penstemon rydbergii var. rydbergii

American Brooklime: Veronica americana

Water Speedwell: Veronica anagalis-aquatica

* Thyme-leaf Speedwell: Veronica serpyllifolia ssp. humifusa

* American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii

* Downy-fruited Valerian: Valeriana acutiloba var. pubicarpa ?

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Tall Pussytoes: Antennaria anaphaloides

* Flat-top Pussytoes: Antennaria corymbosa

Longleaf Arnica: Arnica longifolia ? - In bud.

* Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis - A few beginning to bloom.

Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana (Inflorescences forming.)

Steen's Mt. Thistle: Cirsium peckii

* Orange Sneezeweed: Dugaldia hoopesii

* Foreign Fleabane: Erigeron glacialis var. callianthus

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

* Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis var. triangularis

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale


Animals Seen:

American Robin

Brewer's Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow


Paul Slichter