Malheur National Forest

A Native Plant Society of Oregon Field Trip

June 25, 2011

Comprehensive Plant List for Summit Prairie

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

* Threadleaf Sedge: Carex filifolia var. filifolia

* Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis

* Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus (pratensis ?)

* Tufted Hairgrass: Deschampsia cespitosa ?

* Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. breviflora

* American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides

* Alpine Sorrel: Rumex paucifolius

* Sugar Bowls: Clematis hirsutissima

* Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. hartweggii - Fading out of bloom.

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis - Fading out of bloom.

* Straightbeak Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. platyphyllus

* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus

* Bog Saxifrage: Saxifraga oregana

* Elmer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri

Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus (former variety tenuispicus) - In bud.

* Hansen's Clover: Trifolium longipes var. hansenii

* False-mermaid: Floerkea proserpinacoides

Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana (ssp. oregana ?) - In bud.

* Long-leaved Willowherb: Camissonia subacaulis

* Purple-leaved Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum

* Cusick's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon cusickii

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Brewer's Navarretia: Navarretia breweri

Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus

Red Besseya: Besseya rubra

* Cusick's Paintbrush: Castilleja cusickii

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Elephant Heads: Pedicularis groenlandica

Tapertip Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus var. palustris ? - In bud.

* Edible Valerian: Valeriana edulis

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea

Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

* Elk Thistle: Cirsium scariosum

* Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

Tacky Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma hirta var. hirta

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

* Northern Mule's Ears: Wyethia amplexicaulis - Fading out of bloom.

* White-headed Wyethia: Wyethia helianthoides - Fading out of bloom.

* Hybrid Mule's Ears: Wyethia amplexicaulis x helianthoides ?

Mule Deer - Numerous.

Pronghorn Antelope - Moderately numerous.

Large Bats

Red Squirrels

Beldings Ground Squirrels

Chipmunks

Turkey Vultures

Red-tailed Hawks

Kestrels

Sandhill Cranes

Long-billed Curlews

Killdeer

Snipe

Mallards

Lewis' Woodpecker

Northern Flickers

Hairy Woodpecker

Ravens

Brewer's Blackbirds

Red-winged Blackbirds

Western Tanagers

Robins - Numerous

Mountain Bluebirds

Western Bluebirds

Starlings

Western Meadowlarks

Horned Larks

Chipping Sparrows

Vesper Sparrows ?

Dark-eyed Juncos

Mountain Chickadees

White-breasted Nuthatches

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Mosquites