[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2011]

Fields Peak Trail

Malheur National Forest

A Native Plant Society of Oregon Field Trip

June 24, 2011

Balsamroot covered slopes on Fields Peak, Malheur National Forest.........June 24, 2011.

Balsamroot covered slopes on Fields Peak, Malheur National Forest.........June 24, 2011.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Comprehensive Plant List for Fields Peak.

Walnut Mushroom: Gyromitra montana

Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis var. occidentalis

California White Fir: Abies concolor x Abies grandis

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa

Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum

* Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei

Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus

* Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. grandiflorum - Fading out of bloom at the trailhead.

* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Fading out of bloom at all but the highest elevations.

* False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule

False Hellebore: Veratrum (californicum var. californicum ?)

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum var. elatum

Parsnipflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

* Pale Springbeauty: Claytonia exigua (ssp. exigua ?)

* Western Spring Beauty: Claytonia lanceolata

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata

* Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva

Prickly Sandwort: Eremogone aculeata

* Larkspur: Delphinium sp.

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

Meadow Rue: Thalictrum occidentale - In bud.

* Pale Alyssum: Alyssum alyssoides

* Holboell's Rockcress: Arabis holboellii var. pinetorum

* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum

* Alpine Pennycress: Noccaea fendleri ssp. glauca

Dagger Pod: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera

* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

Curl-leaf Mt.-mahogany: Cercocarpus ledifolius (var. ?)

* Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata

Glandular Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa (var. ?)

* Bitter Cherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa - In bud.

Greene's Mt. Ash: Sorbus scopulina

* Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea ssp. venosa

* Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii

Mountain Hollyhock: Illamnia rivularis

Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum (var. viscosissimum ?)

* Whitestem Mentzelia: Mentzelia dispersa

Snow Brush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus

Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea

*Rock Spring Parsley: Cymopterus terebinthinus var. foeniculaceus

* Parsley-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum

* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayii

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

* Western Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

* Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens

Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

* Yellow-staining Collomia: Collomia tinctoria

Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Ball Head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum

* Great Basin Nemophila: Nemophila breviflora

Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla ssp. virgata

Branching Phacelia: Phacelia ramosissima

* Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha

* Long-flowered Bluebells: Mertensia longiflora

Nettle-leaf Horse-mint: Agastache urticifolia

Mondardella: Monardella odoratissima var. odoratissima

Narrowleaf Skullcap: Scutellaria angustifolia ssp. angustifolia

* Wavy-leaf Paintbrush: Castilleja applegatei var. pinetorum

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Dwarf Purple Monkeyflower: Mimulus nanus var. nanus

Showy Penstemon: Penstemon speciosus - In bud.

* Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora - White flowers

Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea

Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus var. utahensis

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Heart-leaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata (var. ?)

* Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata

Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii

Green Rabbitbrush: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ?

Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis

Rocky Mountain Sunflower: Helianthella uniflora var. douglasii - In bud.

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

* Least Tarweed: Hemizonella minima

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus


Paul Slichter