[Wildflower Bloom for Central and Eastern Oregon: 2012]
[Books About the Wildflowers of Central and Eastern Washington and Oregon]
The campground opened immediately after Memorial Day this year. Unfortunately, 10+ inches of fresh snowfall just before the holiday kept the North Loop Road closed for the many people who visited the area over the holiday weekend. The aspen are just leafing out and there only a few plant species in bloom.
Oregon Wood Fern: Woodsia oregana ?
Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides
Booth's Willow: Salix boothii ?
Variable Willow: Salix commutata ?
Drummond's Willow: Salix drummondiana ?
Lemmon's Willow: Salix lemmonii ?
Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana ?
* Willow: Salix (sp ?)
Liddon's Sedge: Carex petasata or Dunhead Sedge: Carex phaeocephala - Beginning to bloom. I will need to return and collect mature perigynia for positive ID. Both are possible.
* Raynold's Sedge: Carex raynoldsii
* Sedge: Carex sp.
Anceps Onion: Allium anceps ?
* Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica
White False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum var. californicum
Panicle Deathcamas: Zigadenus paniculatus
Wyeth Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides
Sulfurflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum (var. ?)
Heart-leaved Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia cordifolia
Prickly Sandwort: Eremogone aculeata - In bud.
Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii
* Dwarf Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunuculus alismifolius var. alismellus
* Sagebrush Buttercup: Ranunculus glaberrimus var. ellipticus
Meadow Rue: Thalictrum sp. - In bud.
* Steer's Head: Dicentra uniflora
* Holboell's Rockcress: Arabis holboellii (var. ?)
* Daggerpod: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides
* Smooth Woodland Star: Lithophragma glabrum
Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia (apetala or columbiana ?)
Bog Saxifrage: Saxifraga oregana - In bud.
Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum
Mountain Gooseberry: Ribes montigenum
Western Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. pumila ? - In bud.
Large-leaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum (var. perincisum?)
Old Man's Whiskers: Geum triflorum ssp. ciliatum
Freckled Milkvetch: Astragalus lentiginosus var. chartaceus - In bud.
Lupine: Lupinus sp.
* Upland Yellow Violet: Viola praemorsa ssp. linguifolia
* Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea var. venosa
Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum (var. ?)
Stemless Evening Primrose: Camissonia subacaulis
* Nevada Desert Parsley: Lomatium nevadense
Nuttall's Linanthus: Linanthus nuttallii
Diffuse Phlox: Phlox diffusa ?
* Hood's Phlox: Phlox hoodii ?
Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilis
* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum
Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha
* Sagebrush Bluebells: Mertensia oblongifolia var. nevadensis
Nettle-leaved Horsemint: Agastache urticifolia
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
Steen's Mountain Penstemon: Penstemon davidsonii var. praeteritus
Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus
Downy-fruited Valerian: Valeriana acutiloba var. pubicarpa - In bud.
Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana
Steen's Mt. Thistle: Cirsium peckii
* Orange Sneezeweed: Dugaldia hoopesii - Beginning to bloom.
* Cutleaf Daisy: Erigeron compositus var. glabratus
False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides
Thick-leaved Groundsel: Senecio crassulus
Belding Ground Squirrels
Golden Eagles
Ravens
Common Snipes
Mountain Bluebirds
Hermit Thrush
Western Wood Peewees
Tree Swallows
Brewer's Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbirds
Mountain Bluebirds
Yellow Warblers
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Rock Wrens
Mourning Cloak
Brown Elfin ?