Malheur National Forest

(includes vernally wet meadows, riparian areas, upland shrub-scrub and upland coniferous forest)

August 20, 2011

Comprehensive Plant List for Summit Prairie

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Mountain Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia

Coyote Willow: Salix exigua ssp. exigua ?

Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Ferriss' Scouring Rush: Equisetum x ferrissii

American Pillwort: Pilularia americana ?

Robbin's Pondweed: Potamogeton robbinsii ?

* Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius

* Ample-leaved Sedge: Carex amplifolia

* Water Sedge: Carex aquatilis var. aquatilis

* Awned Sedge: Carex atherodes

* Golden Sedge: Carex aurea

Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

* Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis

* Veined Sedge: Carex neurophora

Short-beak Sedge: Carex simulata

* Needle Spikerush: Eleocharis acicularis

* Spikerush: Eleocharis sp.

* Toad Rush: Juncus bufonius

* Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus (pratensis ?)

* Smooth Brome: Bromus inermis

* Tufted Hairgrass: Deschampsia cespitosa

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

* Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina - Still blooming in moist sedge meadows in the west portion of the valley.

* Long-spurred Bog Orchid: Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys

* Hooded Lady's Tresses: Spiranthes romanzoffiana

Different-leaved Water-starwort: Callitriche (heterophylla ?)

American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides - Past bloom.

* Parsnipflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides - Fading out of bloom.

Prostrate Knotweed: Polygonum aviculare

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

Curly Dock: Rumex crispus - Fruits maturing.

Menzie's Catchfly: Silene menziesii

* White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis (var. diffusus ?)

Large-flowered Swamp Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. platyphyllus - Past bloom.

Western Yellowcress: Rorippa (curvisiliqua ?)

Bog Saxifrage: Saxifraga oregana - Past bloom.

Rydberg's Largeleaf Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum

Elmer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri - Past bloom.

* Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata

Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana - Fruits maturing

* Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba occidentalis

* Birdsfoot Trefoil: Lotus corniculatus

* Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus - Fading out of bloom.

* Cup Clover: Trifolium cyathiferum

* Hansen's Clover: Trifolium longipes var. hansenii - Fading out of bloom except in the wettest meadows.

* Red Clover: Trifolium pratense - Fading out of bloom.

* White Clover: Trifolium repens

* Whitetip Clover: Trifolilum variegatum - Fading out of bloom.

* Hooked Spur Violet: Viola adunca - Fading out of bloom.

* Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana - A few plants still in bloom.

* Tinker's Penny: Hypericum anagalloides - A few plants still in bloom.

* Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

* Purple-leaved Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum var. ciliatum

* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum var. parviflorum

Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi - Past bloom.

* Bolander's Yampah: Perideridia bolanderi ssp. bolanderi

* Field Bindweed: Convolvulus arevensis

Pleated Gentian: Gentiana affinis - In bud.

* Fringed Gentian: Gentianopsis simplex

Narrowleaf Collomia: Collomia linearis - Past bloom.

* Yellow-staining Collomia: Collomia tinctoria

* Prickly Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta var. propinqua - Fading out of bloom.

Purple Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. alpinum - Past bloom.

* Smaller Forget-me-not: Myosotis laxa

* Eastside Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys hispidulus - Fading out of bloom.

* Field Mint: Mentha canadensis (M. arvense) - Beginning to bloom.

* Selfheal: Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata - Fading out of bloom.

* Narrowleaf Skullcap: Scutellaria angustifolia (var. ?) - Fading out of bloom.

* Annual White Paintbrush: Castilleja tenuis - Fading out of bloom.

* Dalmatian Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica - Fading out of bloom.

* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus - Fading out of bloom.

* Musk Monkeyflower: Mimulus moschatus

Elephant Heads: Pedicularis groenlandica - Going to seed.

* American Brooklime: Veronica americana

* English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - Fading out of bloom.

* Pale Agoseris: Agoseris glauca var. glauca

Large-flowered Agoseris: Agoseris grandiflora - Past bloom.

* Leafy Arnica: Arnica chamissonis ssp. foliosa

* Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana

* Green Rabbitbrush: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (ssp. ?) - Beginning to bloom.

* Chicory: Cichorum intybus

* Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense

Elk Thistle: Cirsium scariosum - Past bloom although there a few new basal leaf rosettes present.

* Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare

* Hoary Aster: Dieteria canescens var. ? (formerly Machaeranthera canescens) - The plants look like hairy asters and don't look like the Dieteria canescens I see in the Columbia Gorge, but seems to be the only species that works using the ID key.

* Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum (var. integrifolium ?)

* Marsh Cudweed: Gnaphalium palustre

* Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata - Fading out of bloom.

Sweet Marsh Butterweed: Senecio hydrophiloides ? - Past bloom.

* Tall Butterweed: Senecio serra - Fading out of bloom.

* Rocky Mountain Goldenrod: Solidago lepida var. salebrosa

* Leafy Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi

* Western Mountain Aster: Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. spathulatum

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius - Past bloom.

Red Squirrels

Clarks Nutcracker

Brewer's Blackbirds

Tree Frog

Trout

Wood Nymphs

Fritillarys

Mourning Cloak

Milbert's Tortoiseshells

West Coast Ladys

Pine Whites

Large Bumblebees

Small Bumblebees

Grasshoppers

Lady Bugs