Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central Oregon for 2004
North Steens Mountain Loop Road

July 7, 2004

 

The site studied is a small meadow that occupies several branches of a small, intermittent stream that flows through a moderate slope of sagebrush at the coordinates below:

N 42* 45.085' ----- W 118* 41.109' ----- Elevation: 7035' --- +/- 15'

* Indicates plants currently in bloom.

1. Onion: Allium accuminatum ?

*2. Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei

3. Common Camas: Camassia quamash

4. Panicled Death Camas: Zigadenus paniculatus

*5. Knotweed: Polygonum sp

*6. Nevada Lewisia: Lewisia nevadensis

*7. Three-leaved Lewisia: Lewisia triphylla

*8. Mountain Sandwort: Arenaria capillaris var. americana

*9. Ballhead Sandwort: Arenaria congesta

*10. Dwarf Larkspur: Delphinium depauperatum

*11. Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia - Most are now out of bloom.

*12. Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis

13. Freckled Milkvetch: Astragalus lentiginosus var. chartaceus - In fruit.

*14. White-leaved Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus var. tenuispicus

15. Floerkea: Floerkea prosperpinacoides

16. Prairie Violet: Viola nuttallii

*17. Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana

*18. Yampa: Perideridia gairdneri

*19. Tansy-leaved Evening Primrose: Camissonia tanacetifolia

*20. Groundsmoke: Gayophytum sp.

21. Narrow-leaved Collomia: Collomia linearis ? - Past bloom.

*22. Brewer's Navarretia: Navarretia breweri

*23. Varied-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla

24. Sagebrush Bluebells: Mertensia oblonifolia var.nevadensis

*25. Peck's Paintbrush: Castilleja peckiana ?

*26. Hairy Yellow Paintbrush: Castilleja pilosa var. pilosa

*27. Hairy Owlclover: Castilleja tenuis

*28. Rydberg's Penstemon: Penstemon rydbergii

*29. Tall Pussytoes: Antennaria anaphaloides

*30. Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea

*31. Twin Arnica: Arnica sororia

32. Gray Sagewort: Artemisia ludoviciana var. candicans

33. Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana

*34. Longleaf Aster: Aster ascendens ?

*35. Steens Mt. Thistle: Cirsium peckii

*36. Intermediate Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia

*37. Golden Sneezeweed: Dugaldia hoopesii

38. Green Rabbitbrush: Ericameria viscidiflora - Some are in bud near the road.

*39. Foothill Daisy: Erigeron corymbosus

*40. Showy Fleabane: Erigeron speciosus var. speciosus

*41. Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

*42. Thick-leaved Groundsel: Senecio crassulus

Paul Slichter