[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2010]

Antelope Mountain Lookout

Malheur National Forest

July 3, 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

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

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa

* Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum

* Panicled Deathcamas: Zigadenus paniculatus

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum - Flower buds forming.

Parsnipflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides - In bud.

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

* Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva

* Prickly Sandwort: Eremogone aculeata

* Menzie's Catchfly: Silene menziesii

* 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

Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea var. venosa

* Bushy Mentzelia: Mentzelia dispersa

* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum

Cous: Lomatium (cous or canbyi ?)

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

* Cusick's Elkweed: Frasera columbiana var. cusickii

Scarlet Gilia: Ipopmopsis aggregata

Prickly Phlox: Linanthus pungens

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Brewer's Navarretia: Navarretia breweri

* Phlox: Phlox sp. (more prostrate than Phlox hoodii)

Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum (var. capitatum ?)

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

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

* Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

* Nettle-leaf Horsemint: Agastache urticifolia

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

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Tapertip Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus

* Variable Hotrock Penstemon: Penstemon deustus var. variabilis

* Gairdner's Penstemon: Penstemon gairdneri var. gairdneri

Showy Penstemon: Penstemon speciosus - In bud.

Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

* Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata

Baker's Hawksbeard: Crepis bakeri - In bud.

* Hawksbeard: Crepis sp.

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

* Scabland Fleabane: Erigeron bloomeri var. bloomeri

Foothill Daisy: Erigeron corymbosa - In bud.

* Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis

* Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum (var. ?)

* Rocky Mt. Sunflower: Helianthella uniflora var. douglasii

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

* Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata

* Narrowleaf Mock Goldenweed: Nestotus stenophyllus

* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

* Woolly Goldenweed: Stenotus lanuginosus var. lanuginosus


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