[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2011]

Oregon Highway 206

Between Wasco, OR and Condon, OR

June 21, 2011

Gray Horsebrush: Tetradymia canescens

Gray Horsebrush: Tetradymia canescens

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

* Basin Wildrye: Leymus cinereus

* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicatum

Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica

* Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus

* Heart-leaved Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum - Yellow flowers.

* Wyeth Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides

* Tall Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum

* Thread-stalk Milkvetch: Astragalus filipes

* Longspur Lupine: Lupinus arbustus

* Hybrid Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus x sericeus

* Poison-hemlock: Conium maculatum

* Long-leaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia - Fading out of bloom.

* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus

* Showy Penstemon: Penstemon speciosus

* Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata (var. ?)

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - Fading out of bloom.

* Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii

* Wavyleaf Thistle: Cirsium undulatum ?

* Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis (intermedia ?)

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

Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa

* Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis

* Shaggy Fleabane: Erigeron pumilus

* Woolly Sunflower, Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum

Matchbrush: Guterrezia sarothrae

Scotch Thistle: Onopordum acanthium

* Gray Horsebrush: Tetradymia canescens

* Salsify: Tragopogon dubius

* Northern Mules Ears: Wyethia amplexicaulis


Animals Seen Along This Route:

Red-tailed Hawk

Pheasant

Chukar

California Quail

Ravens

Brewer's Blackbirds

Mourning Doves

Western Meadowlarks

Horned Larks


Paul Slichter