Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central & Eastern Oregon: 2012

Wildflower Bloom in Central Oregon: June 29, 2012

Bald Mountain

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

 

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii (var. glauca ?)

Douglas Maple: Acer glabrum var. douglasii

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum (lemmonii var. lemmonii ?) or Western Needlegrass: Achnatherum occidentale ?

* Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus pratensis

* Mountain Brome: Bromus carinatus var. marginatus ?

* Smooth Brome: Bromus (inermis ?) - rhizomatous

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Swamp Onion: Allium fibrillum ?

* Tolmie's Onion: Allilum tolmiei

Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. grandiflorum - Seed pods forming.

* Douglas' Brodiaea: Triteleia grandiflora ssp. grandiflora

* Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum douglasii

* Parsnipflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides - Beginning to bloom.

Sulphur Flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. ellipticum ? - In bud.

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

* Broad-leaved Knotweed: Polygonum minimum

* Red Sandspurry: Spergularia rubra

Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii - Past flowering.

Crimson Columbine, Red Columbine: Aquilegia (formosa ?)

* Low Larkspur: Delphinium bicolor ssp. bicolor ?

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

* Hairystem Rockcress: Boechera pauciflora (Arabis sparsiflora (var. subvillosa?))

Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens

Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum - In bud.

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

Creambush Oceanspray: Holodiscus discolor

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

* Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emaginata

Annual Burnet: Sanguisorba annua

* Bird's-foot Trefoil: Lotus corniculatus

* Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidius var. aridus

* Bingen Lupine: Lupinus sulphureus var. subsaccatus

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

Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Past bloom.

Klamath Weed: Hypericum perforatum

Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana var. procera

* Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus

* Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea

* Dwarf Groundsmoke: Gayophytum humile or Racemose Groundsmoke: Gayophytum racemosum ?

* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi

* Slender-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium leptocarpum

Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens

* Narrow-leaved Collomia: Collomia linearis

* Skyrocket: Ipomopsis aggregata

Harkness' Linanthus: Linanthus harknessii - In bud.

* Mountain Navarretia: Navarretia divaricata

* Midget Phlox: Phlox gracilis

Phlox: Phlox sp.

Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum - Past bloom.

* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata

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

* Cryptanth: Cryptantha sp. - Small flowered.

* Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha

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

* Eastside Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys hispidulus

Nettleleaf Horsemint: Agastache urticifolia

Mountain Beebalm: Monardella odoratissima

* Hairy Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. acuta

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Dwarf Purple Monkeyflower: Mimulus nanus

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

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

* Hotrock Penstemon: Penstemon deustus (var. variabilis ?) - Beginning to bloom.

* Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus

* Blue Mountain Penstemon: Penstemon pennellianus

* Lovely Penstemon: Penstemon venustus

* Purslane Speedwell: Veronica peregrina var. xalpensis

* Black Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. melanocarpa

Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria (luzuloides?)

Western Wormwood: Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. candicans

Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana

* Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii var. glandulosa

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa (var. nana ?) - Narrow leaves.

* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum (var. ?)

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri (old var. cynoglossum) - In bud.

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

Black Head: Rudbeckia occidentalis var. occidentalis


Animals Seen At This Site:

American Robins

Towsend's Solitaire

Mountain Bluebirds

House Finches

Western Wood Peewee

Boidsuval's Blue


Paul Slichter