Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central and Eastern Oregon: 2012

Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon

Idlewild Campground

Malheur National Forest

June 3, 2012

 

 


* indicates the wildflower is in bloom.

Semi-comprehensive plant list for Idlewild Campground

Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis

Bull Pine: Pinus ponderosa

* Lemmon's Willow: Salix lemmonii ?

* Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis ?

Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha

Basin Wildrye: Leymus cinereus

* Common Camas: Camassia quamash (ssp. breviflora ?)

* Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellata

Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis - In bud.

Parsnip-flowered Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides

Hoary Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea

* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis

Blunt-leaved Sandwort: Moehringia (lateriflora ?)

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis

* Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens

* Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

* Western Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?)

Mountain Mahogany: Cercocarpus ledifolius (var. ledifolius ? )

* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana var. platypetala

* Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa (var. ? )

* Elmer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri

Fan-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis (var. flabelliformis ?)

* Common Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana (var. melanocarpa ? )

Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Lupine: Lupinus sp.

Snow Brush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus - In bud.

Hooked Spur Violet: Viola adunca

Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium

Common Houndstongue: Cynoglossum officinale

Penstemon: Penstemon laetus ? - In bud.

* Rydberg's Penstemon: Penstemon rydbergii var. oreocharis

Common Mullein: Verascum thapsus

Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale

Pussytoes: Antennaria sp.

Narrowleaf Pussytoes: Antennaria (stenophylla ?)

* Heart-leaved Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense

* Elk Thistle: Cirsium scariosum

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale


Animals Seen at Idlewild Campground During this Visit:

Red Squirrel

Belding Ground Squirrel

Hairy Woodpecker ?

Stellers Jay

Black-headed Grosbeaks

Evening Grosbeaks

American Robins

Swainson's Thrush ?

House Finch

Chipping Sparrows

Chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Western Tiger Swallowtail

Pale Swallowtail

Pine Elfin

Hairstreak


Paul Slichter