Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central Oregon: 2007

Wildflower Bloom in Central Oregon

May 28, 2007

Various Locations Around Condon, OR

Glaucous Desert Parsley: Lomatium donnellii

* indicates flowers currently in bloom

 

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

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

* 1. Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa -

2. Green-banded Mariposa Lily: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus - Leaves only.

* 3. Wyeth Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides -

* 4. Tall Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum -

* 5. Stiff Milkvetch: Astragalus conjunctus var. conjunctus -

* 6. Thread-stalk Milkvetch: Astragalus filipes -

* 7. Longspur Lupine: Lupinus arbustus -

* 8. Filaree: Erodium cicutarium -

9. Narrowleaf Collomia: Collomia linearis -

* 10. Long-leaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia -

* 11. Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale -

12. Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla -

13. Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata (var. ?) -

14. Serrate Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza serrata - Now just past bloom.

* 15. Blepharipappus: Blepharipappus scaber -

* 16. Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia - ?

* 17. Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis -

18. Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosum -

* 19. Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis -

* 20. Woolly Sunflower, Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum -

* 21. Rabbit Leaf: Lagophylla ramosissima -

* 22. Salsify: Tragopogon dubius -


Ramsey Canyon Road (several miles south of Condon, OR, the road branches east from OR Highway 19)

1. Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis var. occidentalis -

* 2. Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa -

3. Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei - Going to seed.

* 4. Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. howellii -

* 5. Heart-leaved Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum - Yellow flowers.

6. Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. ?) -

* 7. Tall Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum -

* 8. Leiberg's Stonecrop: Sedum leibergii -

* 9. Choke Cherry: Prunus virginiana (var. melanocarpa ?) -

* 10. Nootka Rose: Rosa nutkana ? -

* 11. Thread-stalk Milkvetch: Astragalus filipes -

* 12. Longspur Lupine: Lupinus arbustus ssp. silvicola -

* 13. Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. aridus -

* 14. Filaree: Erodium cicutarium -

* 15. Blue Flax: Linum lewisii var. lewisii -

* 16. Poison-hemlock: Conium maculatum -

* 17. Glaucous Desert Parsley: Lomatium donnellii - One plant still in bloom. Mostly going to seed.

* 18. John Day Valley Lomatium: Lomatium minus - Going to seed.

* 19. Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora -

* 20. Long-leaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia -

* 21. Silverleaf Phacelia ?: Phacelia hastata var. hastata -

* 22. Rigid Fiddleneck ? : Amsinckia retrorsa -

* 23. Henbit: Lamium amplexicaule -

* 24. Narrow-leaf Skullcap: Scutellaria angustifolia -

25. Dalmatian Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica - In bud.

* 26. Showy Penstemon: Penstemon speciosus -

* 27. Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine -

28. Teasel: Dipsacus sylvestris -

* 29. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium -

30. Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata -

* 31. Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana -

32. Serrate Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza serrata - Now past bloom.

* 33. Blepharipappus: Blepharipappus scaber -

* 34. Bachelor's Button: Centaurea cyanus -

* 35. Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia - ?

* 36. Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis -

* 37. Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis -

* 38. Woolly Sunflower, Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum -

* 39. Rabbit Leaf: Lagophylla ramosissima -

* 40. Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans -

* 41. Salsify: Tragopogon dubius -

Additional Plants Seen Along Carter Hill Lane (south end of Ramsey Canyon Rd)

* 1. Douglas' Onion: Allium douglasii -

* 2. Stiff Milkvetch: Astragalus conjuctus var. conjunctus -


Animals Seen along Ramsey Canyon Road:

Kestrel

American Robins

Mourning Doves

Western Meadowlarks

Brewers Blackbirds

Starlings

Horned Larks

Western Kingbirds

Ochre Ringlet

Sulphur


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