Page Springs Campground, Steens Mountain

May 30 to June 2, 2012

The following list encompasses plants and animals seen at Page Springs Campground, including the access road and the nature trail loop the extends eastward from the campground.

Pelt Lichen: Peltigera (collina ?) - milk chocolate brown color

Common Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Ferriss' Horsetail: Equisetum x ferrissii

Oregon Wood Fern: Woodsia oregana

Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis

Mountain Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia

Russian Olive: Elaeagnus angustifolia

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

Coyote Willow: Salix exigua ssp. exigua

Whiplash Willow: Salix lasiandra var. caudata

Yellow Willow: Salix lutea ?

Duckweed: Lemna minor

Cattails: Typha latifolia

* Douglas' Sedge: Carex douglasii

* Black Creeper Sedge: Carex praegracilis

* Southern Beaked Sedge: Carex utriculata

* Hardstem Bulrush: Scirpus acutus var. americanus

* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii var. lemmonii ?

* Crested Wheatgrass: Agropyron cristatum

* Ripgut: Bromus diandrus

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* One-spike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

* Foxtail Barley: Hordeum jubatum

* Prairie Junegrass: Koehleria macrantha

Basin Wild Rye: Leymus cinereus

* Annual Bluegrass: Poa annua

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda

* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

* Desert Fescue: Vulpia microstachys

Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis

Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea

Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus

* Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. ?) - In bud.

* Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

Spiny Saltbush: Atriplex (confertifolia ?)

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana

* Water Montia: Montia chamissoi

*Menzie's Catchfly: Silene menziesii

Virgin's Bower: Clematis ligusticifolia

Hornseed: Ranunculus testiculatus

* Macoun's Buttercup: Ranunculus macounii

* Pale Alyssum: Alyssum alyssoides

* Sicklepod Rockcress: Arabis sparsiflora (var. ?)

* American Wintercress: Barbarea orthoceras

* Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum

* Thick-leaved Thelypody: Thelypodium laciniatum var. laciniatum

Pennycress: Thlaspi arvense

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum - Fruits forming

Large-leaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum (var. perincisum ?)

* Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana

* Threadstalk Milkvetch: Astragalus filipes

* Tailcup Lupine: Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus

* Chick Lupine: Lupinus microcarpus

* Silky Lupine: Lupinus sericeus

* Golden Pea: Thermopsis rhombifolia var. montana

* American Vetch: Vicia americana

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

* Blue Garden Flax: Linum (perenne ?)

Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

* Ciliate Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum (var. ciliatum ?)

Poison Hemlock: Conium maculatum

* Cow Parsnip: Heracleum lanatum

* Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

* Variedleaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla ssp. virgata

Common Houndstongue: Cynoglossum officinale

* Small-flowered Skullcap: Scutellaria angustifolia ssp. micrantha

* Bittersweet Nightshade: Solanum dulcamara

* Hairy Paintbrush: Castilleja pilosa var. pilosa

* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus

* Showy Penstemon: Penstemon speciosus

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

* American Brooklime: Veronica americana

Common Plantain: Plantago major

* Cleavers: Galium aparine var. echinospermum

* Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

Common Teasel: Dipsacus fullonum

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

Western Wormwood: Artemisia ludoviciana (ssp. ?)

Basin Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata var. tridentata

Sticky-flower Green Rabbitbrush: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (ssp. viscidiflorus ?)

Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa (var. ?)

* Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis

* Philadelphia Fleabane: Erigeron philadelphicus

Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola

* Hareleaf: Lagophylla ramosissima

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides

* Stemless Goldenweed: Stenotus acaulis

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

Littleleaf Horsebrush: Tetradymia glabrata

* Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius

Mule Deer

Coyote

Cottontail Rabbits

Belding Ground Squirrels

Sierra Nevada Golden-mantled Ground Squirrels

Bat

Turkey Vultures

Red-tailed Hawk

Osprey

Harriers

Kestrels

Western Screech Owl

Caspian Terns

Canada Geese

Mallards

Cinammon Teal

Pheasants

California Quail

Long-billed Curlews

Mourning Doves

Common Nighthawks

Northern Flickers

Ravens

Crows

Magpies

Robins

Western Wood Peewees

Violet-green Swallows

Brewer's Blackbirds

Red-winged Blackbirds

Starlings

Orioles

Chipping Sparrows

Song Sparrows

Pine Siskins

Yellow-breasted Chats

Yellow Warblers

Canyon Wrens

House Wrens

Bushtits

Hummingbirds

Large Blue Dragonflies

Fritillary

Western Tiger Swallowtail

Ochre Ringlets

Purple Copper

Marbled White

Woolly Bear Caterpillars

Carnivorous Ground Beetles

Ant Lions

Water Striders