Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central Oregon

Wildflower Bloom in Central Oregon: July 29, 2004

Fish Lake Camp Ground

Steens Mt.

 


* indicates flowers currently in bloom

1. Willow: Salix sp.

2. Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

*3. False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum var. californicum

*4. White Bog Candle: Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys

*5. Wyeth Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracloides

*6. American Bistort: Polygonum bistortoides - Only several found in shade still in bloom.

*7. Kellogg's Knotweed: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. kelloggii

*8. Knotweed: Polygonum minimum

*9. Western Dock: Rumex occidentalis

*10. Mountain Sorrel: Rumex paucifolius

*11. Pussypaws: Cistanthe umbellatum

*12. Water Montia: Montia chamissoi

*13. Longstalk Chickweed: Stellaria longipes

*14. Wintergreen: Barbarea orthoceras

15. Baneberry: Actaea rubra - In fruit.

*16. Crimson Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

*17. Dwarf Larkspur: Delphinium depauperatum

18. Straightbeak Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. orthorhynchus

*19. Little Buttercup: Ranunculus unciniatus var. unciniatus

20. Meadow Rue: Thalictrum sp.

21. Wax Currant: Ribes cereum

22. Whitestem Gooseberry: Ribes inerme

*23. Pink Pinwheels: Horkelia fusca - A few still in bloom.

*24. Diverse-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla diversifolia - Fading out of bloom.

*25. Glandular Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa

*26. Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis - Fading out of bloom.

*27. Tailcup Lupine: Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus

*28. White-leaved Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus

*29. Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. nevadense

*30. White Clover: Trifolium repens

*31. Western St. Johnswort: Hypericum formosum var. scouleri

*32. Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana - Fading out of bloom.

*33. Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum - Fading fast.

*34. Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum (E. paniculatum)

*35. Common Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum var. glandulosum

*36. Groundsmoke: Gayophytum sp. (G. humile or G. racemosum)

*37. Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii

*38. Yampa: Perideridia montana (P. gairdneri)

*39. Ranger's Buttons: Sphenosciadium capitatum

40. Green Gentian: Swertia radiata (Frasera speciosa)

41. Pleated Gentian: Gentiana affinis - In bud.

42. Fringed Gentian: Gentianopsis simplex (Gentiana simplex)

*43. Linanthastrum: Linanthastrum nuttallii - Fading out of bloom.

*44. Three-seed Linanthus: Linanthus harknessii

*45. Western Polemonium: Polemonium occidentale

*46. Broadleaf Bluebells: Mertensia ciliata

*47. Nettle-leaved Horsemint: Agastache urticifolia

*48. Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida

*49. Wyoming Paintbrush: Castilleja linariifolia

*50. Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata

*51. Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus

*52. Primrose Monkeyflower: Mimulus primuloides

*53. Rydberg's Penstemon: Penstemon rydbergii - Fading bloom.

*54. Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

*55. American Speedwell: Veronica americana

56. Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata

*57. Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. rotundifolius (S. oreophilus )

*58. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

*59. Leafy Arnica: Arnica chamissonis ssp. foliosa

60. Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana

*61. Leafy Aster: Aster foliaceus var.

*62. Steen's Mt. Thistle: Cirsium peckii

*63. Orange Sneezeweed: Dugaldia hoopesii (Hymenoxis hoopesii or Helenium hoopesii)

*64. Foreign Fleabane: Erigeron peregrinus

*65. Showy Fleabane: Erigeron speciosus

*66. Nodding Microseris : Microseris nutans

*67. Thick-leaved Groundsel: Senecio crassulus

*68. Butterweed Groundsel: Senecio serra


Animals Seen around Fish Lake Camp Ground:

1. Belding Ground Squirrel (Both adults and many older juveniles)

2. Sierra Nevada Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel

3. Chipmunks

4. Violet-green Swallows

5. American Robins

6. Mountain Bluebirds

7. Brewer's Blackbirds

8. Red-winged Blackbirds

9. House Wren

10. White-crowned Sparrows

11. House Finches

12. Mourning Doves

13. Yellow Warblers

14. Osprey with trout

15. Snipe

16.Northern Flicker

17. Red-naped Sapsucker (juveniles)

18. small Flycatcher (feeding young at a nest)

19. Hummingbird

16. Mule Deer


Paul Slichter