[Central Oregon Wildflower Bloom Reports]
Lower Deschutes River

Lower Deschutes River Access Road

Approximately 0.8 miles below Buck Creek Bridge.

March 25, 2001

Viola trinervata along the lower Deschutes River..........March 25, 2001.

Little-leaf Rock Cress: Arabis microphylla

Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera

Fringe Pod: Thysanocarpus curvipes

Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (formerly Lithophragma bulbifera)

Northwest Violet: Viola trinervata

Fern-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum

Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayii

Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum

Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule

Grasslands next to the Deschutes River at the site...........March 25, 2001.

Narrow channel of the Deschutes River cut through the basalt lava flows at the site.......................March 25, 2001.
Paul Slichter