Malheur National Forest

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

June 3 through June 5, 2011

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides - Plants have not begun to leaf out yet.

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

* Threadleaf Sedge: Carex filifolia var. filifolia

* Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus (pratensis ?)

* Onion: Allium sp.

Bigpod Mariposa: Calochortus eurycarpus

Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. breviflora - In bud.

* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica

Parsnipflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides

Sulfur Flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum (var. ellipticum ?)

* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra

Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva

* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis

Red Sandspurry: Spergularia rubra

* Anderson's Larkspur: Delphinium andersonii

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

* Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. hartweggii

* Sagebrush Buttercup: Ranunculus glaberrimus var. ellipticus

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis

Western Meadowrue: Thalictrum (occidentale ?)

Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii - In bud.

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

* Daggerpods: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides

Brown's Paeony: Paeonia brownii

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera

* Nesting Saxifrage: Micranthes nidifica (Saxifraga integrifolia var. leptopetala)

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

Western Black Currant: Ribes hudsonianum var. petiolare

* Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata

Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala - In bud.

Rydberg's Largeleaf Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum

Nevada Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa var. nevadensis ?

Elmer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri

Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata (P. gracilis var. glabrata)

Fan-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis

Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba occidentalis

Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus ?

Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus (var. aridus ?)

* Stony Ground Lupine ?: Lupinus polyphyllus var. saxosus ?- Beginning to bloom.

False-mermaid: Floerkea proserpinacoides

* Upland Yellow Violet: Viola praemorsa ssp. linguifolia

* Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea var. venosa

Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana (ssp. oregana ?)

Purple-leaved Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum (ssp. ciliatum ?)

Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi

* Glaucous Desert Parsley: Lomatium donnellii

Gormann's Salt and Pepper: Lomatium gormanii or Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi

* Slender-fruit Desert Parsley: Lomatium leptocarpum

* Nevada Desert Parsley: Lomatium nevadense var. nevadense

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea

* Grouseberry: Vaccinium scoparium

Cusick's Elkweed: Frasera columbiana var. cusickii

Prickly Phlox: Linanthus pungens

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus

* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum (var. alpinum ?)

Great Basin Nemophila: Nemophila breviflora

* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata

Purple Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. alpinum

* Small Bluebells: Mertensia longiflora

Red Besseya: Besseya rubra

* Cusick's Paintbrush: Castilleja cusickii - Beginning to bloom.

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Dalmatian Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica

Edible Valerian: Valeriana edulis

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

Flagellate Pussytoes: Antennaria flagellaris - In bud.

Little Sagebrush: Artemisia arbuscula (ssp. arbuscula ?)

Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

Hairy Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hirsuta

Elk Thistle: Cirsium scariosum - In bud.

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

Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum - In bud.

Tacky Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma hirta var. hirta

Sweet Marsh Butterweed: Senecio hydrophiloides

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

Woolly Goldenweed: Stenotus lanuginosus var. lanuginosus

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius

* White-headed Wyethia: Wyethia helianthoides Beginning to bloom.

Mule Deer - Numerous.

Pronghorn Antelope - Numerous, although they are mostly solo at this point.

Large Bat

Red Squirrels

Beldongs Ground Squirrels

Chipmunks

Red-tailed Hawks

Osprey

Kestrels

Sandhill Cranes

Long-billed Curlews

Killdeer

Snipe (Heard)

Canada Geese

Mallards

Lewis' Woodpecker

Northern Flickers

Hairy Woodpecker

Ravens

Stellers Jays

Red-winged Blackbirds

Western Tanager

Robins - Numerous

Mountain Bluebirds - Numerous

Western Bluebirds

Starlings

Western Meadowlarks

Horned Larks

House Finches

Cassins Finches

Chipping Sparrows

Vesper Sparrow ?

Dark-eyed Juncos

Mountain Chickadees

Yellow Warblers - Numerous

Yellow-rumped Warblers

Warbling Vireo

White-breasted Nuthatches

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Mosquites