[Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central Oregon]

Wildflower Bloom in Central Oregon: July 29, 2004

Jackman Park & Vicinity

Steens Mt.

Jackman Park

* Indicates flowers currently in bloom

*1. Taper-tip Onion: Allium accuminatum - fading

*2. False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum var. californicum

*3. Wyeth's Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracloides var. heracloides

*4. Sulfur-flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum

*5. Prickly Sandwort: Arenaria aculeata

*6. Douglas' Silene: Silene douglasii

*7. Oregon Silene: Silene oregana

*8. Monkshood: Aconitum columbianum

*9. Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

*10. Straightbeak Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. orthorhynchus

*11. Veiny Meadowrue: Thalictrum venulosum

*12. Wintercress: Barbarea orthoceras

*13. Desert Spray: Holodiscus dumosus var. glabrescens

*14. Pink Pinwheels: Horkelia fusca var. capitatum

*15. Tailcup Lupine: Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus

**16. Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum var. incisum

*17. Wild Hollyhock: Iliamna rivularis

*18. Oregon Checker Mallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana

*19. Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii

*20. Common Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. glandulosum

21. Prickly Phlox: Leptodactylon pungens

*22. Linanthastrum: Linanthastrum nuttallii - Fading.

*23. Brewer's Navarettia: Navarettia breweri

*24. Broadleaf Bluebells: Mertensia ciliata

*25. Nettle-leaved Horsemint: Agastache urticifolia

*26. Wavy-leaved Paintbrush: Castilleja applegatei var. pinetorum

*27. Primrose Monkeyflower: Mimulus primuloides

*28. Copeland's Owl-clover: Orthocarpus cuspidatus ssp. cryptanthus (O. copelandii var. cryptanthus)

29. Showy Penstemon: Penstemon speciosus - Past bloom.

30. Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos rotundifolius

*31. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

*32. Leafy-bracted Aster: Aster foliaceous var. parryi

*33. Steens Mt. Thistle: Cirsium peckii

*34. Orange Sneezeweed: Hymenoxys hoopesii (Dugaldia hoopesii)

35. Green Rabbitbrush: Ericameria viscidifloris (Almost ready to bloom.)

*36. Subalpine Daisy: Erigeron peregrinus var. callianthemus

*37. Showy Fleabane: Erigeron speciosus var. speciosus

*38. Western Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri var. albertinum - Most plants out of bloom.

*39. Thick-leaved Groundsel: Senecio crassulus

*40. Butterweed Groundsel: Senecio serra


Animals seen at Jackman Park:

Belding Ground Squirrel

Northern Flicker

Red-winged Blackbird

Brewer's Blackbird

Hummingbird

Song Sparrow

Yellow Warbler

Violet-green Swallow


Paul Slichter