Oregon Highway 206 (several miles west of Condon, OR)

N45 14.639' --- W120 16.086' --- +/-17' --- Elevation: ~3173'

* 1. Rock Onion: Allium macrum - A few plants beginning to bloom.

* 2. Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Fading out of bloom.

* 3. Grass Widow: Olsynium inflatum (formerly Sisyrinchium douglasii var. inflatum) -

* 4. Daggerpod: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides -

* 5. Woollypod Milk-vetch: Astragalus purshii -

6. Lupine: Lupinus sp. - A few basal leaves only.

* 7. Filaree: Erodium cicutarium -

* 8. Canby's Desert Parsley: Lomatium canbyi - Ending bloom.

* 9. Cous: Lomatium cous - Beginning to bloom.

* 10. Gray-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum - (white flowers) Beginning to bloom.

* 11. Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - Beginning to bloom.

* 12. Great Basin Desert Parsley, Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium simplex var. simplex (formerly Lomatium triternatum ssp. platycarpum) -

* 13. Long-leaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia -

* 14. Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha -

15. Serrate Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza serrata - Only basal leaves present.

N45 07.509' --- W120 11.258' --- +/- 23' --- Elevation: ~2442'

1. Holosteum: Holosteum umbellatum -

2. Hornseed Buttercup: Ranunculus testiculatus -

3. Golden Currant: Ribes aureum -

* 4. Wax Currant: Ribes cereum -

* 5. Filaree: Erodium cicutarium -

* 6. Fern-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum -

Animals Seen at this Location:

Pair of Kestrels

Common Flickers

Says Phoebe

Spotted Towhees

Chukar

1. Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei - In bud.

* 2. Grass Widow: Olsynium inflatum (formerly Sisyrinchium douglasii var. inflatum) -

* 3. Holosteum: Holosteum umbellatum -

* 4. Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna var. boerhaavii -

* 5. Daggerpod: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides -

* 6. Wax Currant: Ribes cereum -

* 7. Prairie Violet: Viola praemorsa ? -

* 8. Filaree: Erodium cicutarium -

* 9. Cous: Lomatium cous - Beginning to bloom.

* 10. Fern-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum -

* 11. Glaucous Desert Parsley: Lomatium donnellii -

* 12. John Day Valley Lomatium: Lomatium minus -

13. Dalmatian Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica - In bud.

14. Serrate Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza serrata - Several plants within a few days of bloom.

15. Cushion Fleabane: Erigeron poliospermus -

Animals Seen at this Location:

Harrier

Raven