May 28, 2007
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 -
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 -
Kestrel
American Robins
Mourning Doves
Western Meadowlarks
Brewers Blackbirds
Starlings
Horned Larks
Western Kingbirds
Ochre Ringlet
Sulphur