Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central & Eastern Oregon: 2012

Wildflower Bloom in Central Oregon: June 30, 2012

Lake Creek Trail #3073 & Umatilla Rim Trail #3080 onto High Ridge Shoulder

Umatilla National Forest

Botany Washington: A Washington Native Plant Society Hike

The photo above shows the attractive inflorescence and an upper stem leaf of Fendler's waterleaf as seen along the Umatilla Rim Trail #3080....................June 24, 2007.

* indicates flowers currently in bloom

 

Puffball: Lycoperdon perlatum ?

Yellow Coral Fungus: Ramaria rasilispora

Scented Liverwort: Conocephalum conicum or Common Liverwort: Marchantia polymorpha, or both ?

Polytrichum Moss: Polytrichum sp.

Common Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum

Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens

White Fir: Abies concolor x grandis

Grand Fir: Abies grandis

Western Larch: Larix occidentalis

Engelmann Spruce: Picea engelmanii

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii (var. glauca ?)

Douglas Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii

Sitka Alder: Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana

Common Woodrush: Luzula multiflora ssp. multiflora - Past bloom.

* Hood's Sedge: Carex hoodii

* Small-wing Sedge: Carex microptera

* Kellogg's Sedge: Carex lenticularis var. lipocarpa - No spots of brown on the green perigynia.

* Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus (pratensis ?)

* Orchard Grass: Dactylis glomerata

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Queen's Cup, Blue Bead: Clintonia uniflora

* False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule

* Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

*Fairy Bells: Prosartes trachycarpum

* Large Twisted Stalk: Streptopus amplexifolius

California False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum

* Fairy Slipper Orchid: Calypso bulbosa

* Spotted Coralroot: Corallorhiza maculata

* Merten's Coralroot: Corallorhiza mertensiana

* Striped Coralroot: Corallorhiza striata

* Early Coralroot: Corallorhiza trifida

* Mountain Lady Slipper: Cypripedium montanum

Rattlesnake Plantain: Goodyera oblongiflora

* Western Twayblade: Listera caurina

* Slender Bog Orchid: Platanthera stricta (Habenaria saccata)

* Stinging Nettle: Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

* Kellogg's Knotweed: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. kelloggii

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

* Broad-leaved Claytonia: Claytonia cordifolia

* Candy Flower, Siberian Spring Beauty: Claytonia sibirica

* Three-leaved Lewisia: Lewisia triphylla

* Sticky Chickweed: Cerastium glomeratum

* Large-leaved Sandwort: Moerhingia macrophylla

Columbia Monkshood: Aconitum columbianum ssp. columbianum - In bud.

* Baneberry: Actaea rubra

* Piper's Windflower: Anemone piperi

* Crimson Columbine, Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

* Straightbeak Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. platyphyllus

* Blue Mt. Buttercup: Ranunculus populago

* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus unciniatus var. parviflorus

* Western Meadow-rue: Thalictrum occidentale

* False Bugbane: Trautvettaria caroliniensis - Beginning to bloom.

* Bittercress: Cardamine cordifolia var. lyallii

* Tansy Mustard: Descurainia (richardsonii ssp. viscosa?)

* Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Mountain Mitrewort: Mitella pentandra

* Pacific Mitrewort: Mitella trifida

* Stream Saxifrage: Saxifraga odontoloma (Saxifraga arguta)

* Foamflower: Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata

* Stinking Currant, Black Currant: Ribes hudsonianum var. petiolare

* Prickly Currant: Ribes lacustre

* Sticky Currant: Ribes viscosissimum

* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. alnifolia ?)

* Suksdorf's Hawthorn: Crataegus douglasii var. suksdorfii (20 stamens)

* Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca var. bracteata

* Rydberg's Large-leaf Avens: Geum macrophyllum (var. perincisum ?)

* Mallow-leaved Ninebark: Physocarpus malvaceus

* Nevada Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa var. nevadensis (Drymocallis lactea var. lactea)

* Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa

* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflora

Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba annua

* Rowan Tree, Cascade Mt. Ash: Sorbus scopulina var. scopulina

Canada Milkvetch: Astragalus canadensis - In bud.

* Golden Pea, Common thermopsis: Thermopsis rhombifolia (var. ovata?)

* White Clover: Trifolium repens

* Long-spurred Violet: Viola adunca

* Woodland Violet, Stream Violet: Viola glabella

Evergreen Violet: Viola sempervirens

* Buck Brush: Ceanothus sanguineus

Oregon Boxwood: Pachistima myrsinites

Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium (Epilobium angustifolium)

Enchanter's Nightshade: Circaea alpina

Pacific Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum (ssp. watsonii ?)

* White-flower Willowherb: Epilobium lactiflorum

Sharptooth Angelica: Angelica arguta ? - Not in bloom. (Angelica dawsonii was recently reported about 20 miles north of here).

Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maximum

* Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Little Pipsissewa: Chimaphila menziesii - In bud.

Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata - In bud.

Sidebells Pyrola, One-sided Wintergreen: Orthilia secunda (Pyrola secunda) - In bud.

Pinedrops: Pteraspora andromedea - Last year's stalks.

Big Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum

* Narrow-leaved Collomia: Collomia linearis

* Yellow-staining Collomia: Collomia tinctoria

Harkness' Linanthus: Linanthus harknessii

* Mountain Navarretia: Navarretia divaricata

* Prickly Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta ssp. propinqua

* Midget Phlox: Phlox gracilis

* California Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium californicum (Polemonium pulcherrimum var. calycinum)

* Fendler's Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum fendleri var. albifrons

* Small-flowered Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. austiniae

* Varileaf Phacelia, Varied-leaved Scorpion Weed: Phacelia heterophylla

* Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha

* Tall bluebells, Pancile Bluebells: Mertensia paniculata var. borealis

* Eastside Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys hispidulus

Selfheal: Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Bracted Lousewort: Pedicularis bracteosa var. pachyrhiza

* White Sickletop Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa

Tapertip Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus var. attenuatus - Blue form, in bud.

* Tapertip Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus var. attenuatus - Yellow form.

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

* American Brooklime: Veronica americanum

* Thyme-leaved Speedwell: Veronica serpyllifolia (var. serpyllifolia ?)

Broad-leaved Plantain: Plantago major

* Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine var. echinospermum

Twinleaf Bedsraw: Galium bifolium - Fruits forming.

* Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

* Sitka Valerian: Valeriana sitchensis

Twinflower: Linnaea borealis - In bud.

* Black Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata

Black Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. melanocarpa

Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis

Pathfinder: Adenocaulon bicolor

Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea

* Heart-leaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense

* Coulter's Fleabane: Erigeron coulteri

* Subalpine Fleabane: Erigeron glacialis (Erigeron peregrinus)

* White Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum - Beginning to bloom.

Little Tarweed: Madia exigua or Least Tarweed: Hemizonella minima ?

* Black Head: Rudbeckia occidentalis var. occidentalis - Beginning to bloom.

Sweet Marsh Butterweed: Senecio foetidus - In bud.

Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale


Additional Plants Seen on Forest Service Road #31 between Highway 204 and FS Rd #3150

Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum - In bud.

Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor - In bud.

* Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. aridus

* Sabin's Lupine: Lupinus sabinii

* Western Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida (var. ?)

* Tapertip Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus var. attenuatus - Blue form, beginning to bloom.

* Hotrock Penstemon: Penstemon deustus (var. variabilis ?)

* Lovely Penstemon: Penstemon venustus - In bud.


Animals Seen Along This Trail:

Red Squirrels

Western Tanager

Swainson's Thrush

Dark-eyed Juncos

Mt. Chickadee

Townsend's Warbler

Milbert's Tortoiseshell

Checkerspot

Fritillary

White


Paul Slichter