Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central & Eastern Oregon: 2008

Wildflower Bloom in Central & Eastern Oregon: June 26, 2008

Buckhorn Campground

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

a sunset view southeast across the steep slopes of the Imnaha River drainage to the Seven Devils Mountains in Idaho from Buckhorn Lookout. Hat Point in Hells Canyon National Recreation Area is the ridgeline immediately in front of the Seven Devils..........June 26, 2008.

The photo above shows a sunset view southeast across the steep slopes of the Imnaha River drainage to the Seven Devils Mountains in Idaho from Buckhorn Lookout. Hat Point in Hells Canyon National Recreation Area is the ridgeline immediately in front of the Seven Devils..........June 26, 2008.
* indicates flowers currently in bloom

Grand Fir: Abies grandis -

Engelmann Spruce: Picea engelmanii -

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii -

Douglas Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii -

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana -

Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica -

Bead Lily, Queen's Cup: Clintonia uniflora -

Wartberry: Disporum (trachycarpa?) -

*Starry False Solomon Plume: Maianthemum stellatum -

California False Hellebore: Veratrum (californicum var. californicum ?) -

Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla -

Columbia Monkshood: Aconitum columbianum -

*Baneberry: Actaea rubra -

*Piper's Anemone: Anemone piperi -

*Large-flowered Swamp Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. platyphyllus -

*Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus var. parviflorus -

*Western Meadowrue: Thalictrum occidentale -

False Bugbane: Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. occidentalis -

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora -

* Alpine Mitrewort: Mitella pentandra -

* Cross-shaped Mitrewort: Mitella stauropetala -

* Prickly Currant: Ribes lacustre -

* Sticky Currant: Ribes viscosissimum var. viscosissimum -

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?) -

Black Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii var. douglasii -

* Wood Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata -

* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala -

Large-leaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum -

Mallow Ninebark: Physocarpus malvaceus -

Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa (var. nevadensis ?) -

Fan-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis -

Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa -

Rose: Rosa sp. -

Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus -

Canada Milkvetch: Astragalus canadensis -

* Twin Clover: Trifolium latifolium -

Red Clover: Trifolium pratense -

* Long-spurred Violet: Viola adunca -

* Stream Violet: Viola glabella -

Common St. John's Wort: Hypericum perforatum -

Oregon Checker Mallow, Oregon Sidalcea: Sidalcea oregana var. procera -

Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium -

Prince's Pine, Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata -

Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthilia secunda -

Huckleberry: Vaccinium sp. -

Bluebells: Mertensia ciliata or Mertensia paniculata var. borealis ? - In bud.

Selfheal: Prunella vulgaris -

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora -

Rydberg's Penstemon: Penstemon rydbergii - ??

Common Plantain: Plantago major -

* Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine -

Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum -

Twinberry: Linnaea borealis -

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus - ??

Teasel: Dipsacus sylvestris -

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis -

Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor -

Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides ssp. luzuloides - In bud.

Heart-leaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia -

Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense -

Oxeye Daisy: Leucanthemum vulgare -

Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis -

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale -

Animals Seen Along This Route:

Pileated Woodpecker

Ravens

Robins

Thrush

Spotted Towhee

Boisduval's Blues

Square-spotted Blues

Milbert's Tortoiseshells

Paul Slichter