[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2011]

Viewpoint on US Highway 26 Northeast of Prairie City, OR

June 22, 2011

View of the Strawberry Mountain Range from a viewpoint along US Highway 26 to the northeast of Prairie City, OR...........June 22, 2011.

A view of the Strawberry Mountain Range from a viewpoint along US Highway 26 to the northeast of Prairie City, OR............June 22, 2011.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

* Foxtail: Alopecurus sp.

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

* Big Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia

* Douglas' Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora var. grandiflora

* Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. ?)

* Pale Alyssum: Alyssum alyssoides - Fading out of bloom.

* Hairy Falsflax: Camelina microcarpa

* Field Pepperwort: Lepidium campestre

* Tumble Mustard: Sisymbrium altissimum

Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba annua - In bud.

* Bushy Pea: Lathyrus rigidus - Fading out of bloom.

Lupine: Lupinus sp. - In bud.

* Least Hop Clover: Trifolium dubium

* Filareee: Erodium cicutarium

* Bush Mentzelia: Mentzelia dispersa

Oregon Checkerbloom: Sidalcea oregana - In bud.

Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

* Glaucous Desert Parsley: Lomatium donnellii

Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa

* Gromwell: Lithospermum arvense

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale - Fading out of bloom.

* Blue Scorpion Grass: Myosotis micrantha

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Dalmatian Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica

* Gairdner's Penstemon: Penstemon gairdneri

* Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides

Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata (var. ?)

* Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata

* Serrate Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza serrata

* Blepharipappus: Blepharipappus scaber

* Hawksbeard: Crepis sp.

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa (var. ?)

* Golden Fleabane: Erigeron chrysopsidis var. chrysopsidis

Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola

* Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata ? - Beginning to bloom.

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius

* Northern Mulesears: Wyethia amplexicaulis


Animals Seen at this Location:

Common Nighthawks

Western Meadowlarks

Ochre Ringlets

Small black moth with large white wing spots


Paul Slichter