June 2, 2011
Oregon Highway 19 from Condon, OR to US Highway 26
Desert paintbrush (Castilleja chromosa) and purple sage (Salvia dorrii) blooming on slopes next to the John Day River along Oregon Highway 19 in north-central Oregon.........May 16, 2010.
Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis var. occidentalis
California White Fir: Abies concolor x Abies grandis
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa
Poison Ivy: Toxicodendron rydbergii
Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides
Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa
Willow: Salix sp.
* Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea - Only blooming within several miles of the junction with US Highway 26.
* Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus pratensis
* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides (ssp. elymoides?)
* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis
Giant Wildrye: Leymus cinereus
* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
* One-sided Bluegrass: Poa secunda
Beardless Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata
* Hardgrass: Sclerochloa dura
Medusa Head: Taenitherum caput-medusae
Common Cattail: Typha latifolia
Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica
* Douglas' Onion: Allium douglasii var. douglasii
* Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei
* Panicle Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum
* Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis
* Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum v. compositum
Slenderbush Buckwheat: Eriogonum microthecum v. microthecum
* Rock Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum (var. halimioides ?)
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum
Greasewood: Sarcobatus vermiculatus
* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra
* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum
* Western Clematis: Clematis ligusticifolia
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum
* Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens
* Hoary Pepperwort: Cardaria draba ?
* Blue Mustard: Chorispora tenella
Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna
* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum (v. ?)
* Clasping Pepperweed: Lepidium perfoliatum
* Western Bladderpod: Physaria occidentalis ssp. occidentalis
* Tall Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum
* Thickleaved Thelypody: Thelypodium laciniatum var. laciniatum
* Golden Spider Flower: Cleome platycarpa
* Lava Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica (var. alpina ?)
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora
* Golden Currant: Ribes aureum
* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum v. cereum
Gooding's Gooseberry: Ribes velutinum var. goodingii
* Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii
Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia ( var. cusickii ?)
* Douglas Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii (old var. douglasii) - Beginning to bloom.
* Shrubby Bitter Cherry: Prunus emarginata v. emarginata
* Common Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana v. melanocarpa
* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata
* Stiff Milkvetch: Astragalus conjunctus v. conjunctus
* Threadstalk Milkvetch: Astragalus filipes
* Pea: Lathyrus sp.
* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus
* Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. aridus
Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophylllus
* Stony Ground Lupine: Lupinus saxosus
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Snow Brush: Ceanothus velutinus
* Perennial Flax ?: Linum (perenne?)
Cheese Mallow: Malva moschatus
Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana var. procera
* Whitestem Blazingstar: Mentzelia albicaulis
Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum
* Burr Chervil: Anthriscus caucalis
Poison-hemlock: Conium maculatum
Cow Parsnip: Heracleum lanatum
* Cous: Lomatium cous
* Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum v. multifidum
* Glaucous Desert Parsley: Lomatium donnellii
* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi
* John Day Valley Lomatium: Lomatium minus
* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule
* Great Basin Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum ssp. platycarpum
Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium (var. ?)
* Longleaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia
* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum
* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata
Branched Phacelia: Phacelia ramosissima - In bud.
* Fiddleneck Tarweed: Amsinckia lycopsoides
* Cockscomb Cryptantha: Cryptantha celosioides
* Cryptantha: Cryptantha sp.
* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale - Beginning to bloom.
Henbit: Lamium amplexicaule
Catmint: Nepeta cataria ?
* Purple Sage: Salvia dorrii
Narrow-leaf Skullcap: Scutellaria angustifolia
* Desert Paintbrush: Castilleja chromosa
* Dalmatian Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica
* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus
* Washinton Monkeyflower: Mimulus washingtonensis
Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii
Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus
* Cleavers: Galium aparine
Blue Elderberry: Sambucus mexicana
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera
Teasel: Dipsacus fullonum
* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Heartleaved Arnica: Arnica cordifolia
Rigid Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida
Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana
* Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata
* Blepharipappus: Blepharipappus scaber
* Bachelor Buttons: Centaurea cyanus
* Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii v. douglasii
* John Day Chaenactis: Chaenactis nevii
Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense
Hawksbeard: Crepis sp. - In bud.
Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosum
Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa
* Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis
* Woolly Sunflower, Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium
Matchbrush: Gutierrezia sarothrae
* Cusick's Sunflower: Helianthus cusickii
Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola
* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides
Scotch Thistle: Onopordum acanthium
Tall Butterweed: Senecio serra
* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale
* Northern Mule's Ears: Wyethia amplexicaulis