Malheur National Forest

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

A Native Plant Society of Oregon Field Trip

June 24, 2011

Comprehensive Plant List for Logan Valley

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

* Threadleaf Sedge: Carex filifolia var. filifolia

* Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis

* Short-bead Sedge: Carex simulata

Path Rush: Juncus tenuis ? - In bud.

* Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus (pratensis ?)

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.

* Mountain Swamp Onion: Allium madidum

* Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei

Bigpod Mariposa: Calochortus eurycarpus

* Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. breviflora

* Douglas' Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. grandiflora

Parsnipflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides - In bud.

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

* Kellogg's Knotweed: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. kelloggii

* Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva

* Water Montia: Montia chamissoi

Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis

Ballhead Sandwort: Eremogone congesta var. congesta - In bud.

* Sugarbowls: Clematis hirsutissima

* Anderson's Larkspur: Delphinium andersonii ? - Fading out of bloom.

* Dwarf Larkspur: Delphinium depauperatum - Beginning to bloom.

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

* Rocky Mountain Larkspur: Delphinium stachydeum

* Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. hartweggii - Fading out of bloom.

* Sagebrush Buttercup: Ranunculus glaberrimus var. ellipticus - Fading out of bloom.

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis - Fading out of bloom.

Western Meadowrue: Thalictrum (occidentale ?)

Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii

* Holboell's Rockcress: Arabis holboellii var. pinetorum

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Fading out of bloom.

Daggerpods: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera

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

* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

* Western Black Currant: Ribes hudsonianum var. petiolare

Rydberg's Largeleaf Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum

* Big-headed Horkelia: Horkelia fusca ssp. capitata - Blooming in the south valley.

Nevada Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa var. nevadensis ?

* Elmer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri

Fan-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis

Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba occidentalis - In bud.

Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus ?

* Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus (var. aridus ?)

* Stony Ground Lupine ?: Lupinus polyphyllus var. saxosus ?- Fading out of bloom.

* False-mermaid: Floerkea proserpinacoides

* Upland Yellow Violet: Viola praemorsa ssp. linguifolia

* Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea var. venosa - Fading out of bloom.

Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana (ssp. oregana ?) - In bud.

* Long-leaved Willowherb: Camissonia subacaulis

* Purple-leaved Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum

* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum (ssp. parviflorum ?)

* Racemose Groundsmoke: Gayophytum racemosum - Beginning to bloom in the south valley.

* Glaucous Desert Parsley: Lomatium donnellii

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

* Slender-fruit Desert Parsley: Lomatium leptocarpum

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum

Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea

* Cusick's Elkweed: Frasera columbiana var. cusickii - A few plants beginning to bloom.

Harkness' Linanthus: Linanthus harkenessii - In bud.

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 - Beginning to bloom.

* Torrey's Cryptanth: Cryptantha (torreyana ?) - Small with small white flowers.

Small Bluebells: Mertensia longiflora

Red Besseya: Besseya rubra

* Cusick's Paintbrush: Castilleja cusickii

* Slender Indian Paintbrush: Castilleja gracillima

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Dalmatian Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica

* Dwarf Purple Monkeyflower: Mimulus nanus var. nanus

* Elephant Heads: Pedicularis groenlandica

* Tapertip Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus var. palustris

Edible Valerian: Valeriana edulis

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Fading out of bloom.

* Flagellate Pussytoes: Antennaria flagellaris

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea

Little Sagebrush: Artemisia arbuscula (ssp. arbuscula ?) - Inflorescences forming.

Western Wormwood: Artemisia ludoviciana (ssp. candicans ?)

Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

* Hairy Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hirsuta - Fading out of bloom.

* Elk Thistle: Cirsium scariosum

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

* Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum

Tacky Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma hirta var. hirta

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

* Woolly Goldenweed: Stenotus lanuginosus var. lanuginosus - Blooming in the south valley.

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius

* Northern Mule's Ears: Wyethia amplexicaulis - Fading out of bloom.

* White-headed Wyethia: Wyethia helianthoides - Fading out of bloom.

Mule Deer - Numerous.

Pronghorn Antelope - Moderately numerous.

Large Bats

Red Squirrels

Beldings Ground Squirrels

Chipmunks

Turkey Vultures

Red-tailed Hawks

Kestrels

Sandhill Cranes

Long-billed Curlews

Killdeer

Snipe

Mallards

Lewis' Woodpecker

Northern Flickers

Hairy Woodpecker

Ravens

Brewer's Blackbirds

Red-winged Blackbirds

Western Tanagers

Robins - Numerous

Mountain Bluebirds

Western Bluebirds

Starlings

Western Meadowlarks

Horned Larks

Chipping Sparrows

Vesper Sparrows ?

Dark-eyed Juncos

Mountain Chickadees

White-breasted Nuthatches

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Mosquites