[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2010]
Antelope Mountain Lookout

Malheur National Forest

July 15, 2010

Antelope Mt. Lookout, Malheur National Forest...........July 3, 2010.

Flower-filled slopes atop Antelope Mountain Lookout, Malheur National Forest...........July 3, 2010. Arrowleaf balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata) and wavyleaf paintbrush (Castilleja applegatei) are visible in the foreground.
* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis

Sierra White Fir: Abies concolor x Abies grandis

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana ?

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

Needlegrass: Achnatherum sp.

* Brome: Bromus sp. (inermis?) - Native. Spreading inflorescence.

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* Pinegrass: Calamagrostis rubescens ?

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa

* Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum ? - Flower buds forming.

* Parsnipflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides

Buckwheat: Eriogonum microthecum

Blue Mountain Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum

Sulfur Flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. stellatum

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra

* Prickly Sandwort: Eremogone aculeata

Douglas' Campion: Silene douglasii - In bud.

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

* Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens

* Holboell's Rockcress: Arabis holboellii (var. ?)

* Sticky cutleaf Tansymustard: Descurainia incisa ssp. viscosa ?

Daggerpods: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides - Pods forming.

* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

Mountain Mahogany: Cercocarpus ledifolius var. ledifolius

* Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa - Fruits forming.

* Kellogg's Spurred Lupine: Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus - Mostly out of bloom.

* Bushy Mentzelia: Mentzelia dispersa

* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum

* Cusick's Elkweed: Frasera columbiana var. cusickii

* Scarlet Gilia: Ipopmopsis aggregata

* Prickly Phlox: Linanthus pungens

* Brewer's Navarretia: Navarretia breweri

* Purple Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. alpina - Bluish flowers

* Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale - Fading out of bloom.

* Nettle-leaf Horsemint: Agastache urticifolia

* Wavy-leaf Paintbrush: Castilleja applegatei (var. pintetorum ?)

* Tapertip Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus (var. ?)

* Variable Hotrock Penstemon: Penstemon deustus var. variabilis

* Gairdner's Penstemon: Penstemon gairdneri var. gairdneri

* Showy Penstemon: Penstemon speciosus

* Kellogia: Kelloggia galioides

* Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus - Some stunning plants seen here.

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Low Sagebrush: Artemisia arbuscula ssp. arbuscula - In bud.

Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

* Baker's Hawksbeard: Crepis bakeri ?

Showy Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa (var. speciosa ?)

* Scabland Fleabane: Erigeron bloomeri var. bloomeri

* Foothill Daisy: Erigeron corymbosa

* Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis

* Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum (var. ?)

* Rocky Mt. Sunflower: Helianthella uniflora var. douglasii

* Scoulers Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri (old var. cynoglossoides)

* Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata

Narrowleaf Mock Goldenweed: Nestotus stenophyllus - Past bloom.

* Woolly Groundsel: Packera cana

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus - Fading out of bloom.

* Woolly Goldenweed: Stenotus lanuginosus var. lanuginosus - Fading out of bloom.

Flower-filled slopes near Antelope Mt. Lookout, Malheur National Forest...........July 3, 2010.

Flower-filled slopes near Antelope Mountain Lookout, Malheur National Forest...........July 3, 2010. Arrowleaf balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata), Kellogg's spurred lupine (Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus) and wavyleaf paintbrush (Castilleja applegatei) are visible in the foreground. The Monument Rock Wilderness is visible on the horizon at left center.
Wildlife observed at this site:

Mule Deer

Red Squirrels

Chipmunks

Chipping Sparrows

Pine Siskins

Wren

Fritillary

Green Hairstreaks

White

Blues

Paul Slichter