[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2010]

Forest Road #2860 and Calamity Lookout

Malheur National Forest

July 18, 2010

Calamity Lookout, Malheur National Forest.........July 18, 2010.

Flower-filled slopes around Calamity Lookout, Malheur National Forest...........July 18, 2010. Low sagegrush (Artemisia arbuscula) 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 ?

Common Duckweed: Lemna minor ?

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

* Sedge: Carex (ovales section?)

* Rush: Juncus sp.

* Needlegrass: Achnatherum sp.

* Foxtail ?: Alopecurus sp.

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

* Pinegrass: Calamagrostis rubescens ?

* Orchard Grass: Dactylis glomerata

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa

* Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica

False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum (racemosum?)

* Parsnipflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides

* Goose Lake Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. anserinum

* Blue Mountain Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum

* Sulfur Flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. stellatum

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

* Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

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

Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva

* Water Miner's-lettuce: Montia chamissoi

* Linearleaf Montia: Montia linearis

* Common Mouse-ear Chickweed: Cerastium fontanum ?

* Nodding Chickweed: Cerastium nutans ?

* Prickly Sandwort: Eremogone aculeata

* Menzie's Catchfly: Silene menziesii

* Longstalk Starwort: Stellaria longipes ?

* Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

Rocky Mt. Larkspur: Delphinium stachydeum - In bud.

* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus

Tower Mustard: Arabis glabra

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

American Wintercress: Barbarea orthoceras

* Sticky cutleaf Tansymustard: Descurainia incisa ssp. viscosa ?

Daggerpods: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides - Pods forming.

Brown's Paeony: Paeonia brownii - Fruits forming.

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?)

Mountain Mahogany: Cercocarpus ledifolius var. ledifolius

* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

Large-leaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum

Norwegian Cinquefoil: Potentilla norvegica ? - In bud.

* Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata (P. gracilis var. glabrata)

* Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis (var. pulcherrima ?) - Leaves greenish above, whitish below.

Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa - Fruits forming.

* Idaho Milkvetch: Astrgalus conjunctus var. conjunctus - Fading out of bloom.

* Threadstalk Milkvetch: Astragalus filipes

Woollypod Milkvetch: Astragalus purshii - Woolly pods forming.

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

* Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus

* Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum

Floerkea: Florkea prosperpinacoides

Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea var. venosa

* Bushy Mentzelia: Mentzelia dispersa

* Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

* Purple-leaved Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum ?

* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum

Desert Parsley: Lomatium sp.

Common Sweetcicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

* Western Sweetcicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

* Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

* Narrowleaf Collomia: Collomia linearis

Harkness' Linanthus: Leptosiphon harknessii - In bud.

* Brewer's Navarretia: Navarretia breweri

* Hood's Phlox: Phlox hoodii ? - Fading out of bloom.

* Woolen Breeches: Hydrophyllum capitatum (var. alpinum ?)

Great Basin Nemophila: Nemophila breviflora

* Austin's Small-flowered Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. austiniae

* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata - Whitish flowers

* Cryptanth: Cryptantha sp. - Very small, white flowers.

* Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha

Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

* Scouler's Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys scouleri

* Nettle-leaf Horsemint: Agastache urticifolia

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

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus

* Tapertip Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus (var. palustris ?)

* American Brooklime: Veronica americana

Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

* Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale

Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Pale Agoseris: Agoseris glauca var. glauca

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

* Foothills Arnica: Arnica sororia

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

Gray Sagewort: Artemisia ludoviciana

Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana - In bud.

Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata

* Dusty Maidens: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii

Green Rabbitbrush: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (ssp. ?) - In bud.

Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare

* Tapertip Hawksbeard: Crepis acuminata ?

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

* Scabland Fleabane: Erigeron bloomeri var. bloomeri

* Foothill Daisy: Erigeron corymbosa

* Eaton's Shaggy Fleabane: Erigeron eatonii var. villosus

* Shaggy Fleabane: Erigeron pumilus

* 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.

False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides ?

* Woolly Groundsel: Packera cana

Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

Woolly Goldenweed: Stenotus lanuginosus var. lanuginosus

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


The 'new' Calamity Lookout, Malheur National Forest..........July 18, 2010. - The original Calamity Lookout, Malheur National Forest...........July 18, 2010.

Flower-filled slopes (left) near the current Calamity Lookout, Malheur National Forest...........July 18, 2010. Wavyleaf paintbrush (Castilleja applegatei) is visible in the foreground. The photo at right shows the original Calamity Lookout with hawksbeard (Crepis sp.) in the foreground.

The original lookout (left) and current lookout (right) atop Calamity Butte,  Malheur National Forest........July 18, 2010.

Northwest slopes of Calamity Butte, Malheur National Forest...........July 18, 2010. - Northeast-facing slopes of Calamity Butte, Malheur National Forest..........July 18, 2010.

The photo at left shows the northwest-facing slopes of Calamity Butte. The Silvies basin is visible in the distance, with the Aldrich Mountains on the horizon at right. The photo at right shows the conifer-filled northeast-facing slopes of Calamity B utte. The Strawberry Mountains are visible on the horizon at center.

Wildlife observed at this site:

Red Squirrels

Ground Squirrels 00

Chipmunks 00

Clark's Nutcracker

Chipping Sparrows

Pine Siskins

Hummingbird 00

Fritillary 00

Whites/ Sulphurs oo

Acmon Blues 00

Admiral 00

Checkerspots 00

Fritillaries 00

Pale Swallowtail 00

Red Dragonflies 00

Sawflies 00


Paul Slichter