[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2013]

Saddle Camp Trail #3035

From Olive Lake to Meadows at the Old Upper Reservoir

Umatilla National Forest

July 28, 2013

Meadows at an old reservoir about one mile upstream from Olive Lake, Umatilla National Forest.......July 28, 2013.

A view across the wet meadows at the old reservoir above Olive Lake, Umatilla National Forest........July 28, 2013.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

This list includes plants seen from the trailhead at the east side of Oliver Lake to the meeadows at the old reservoir about one mile above the hill to the east of the lake.

The trail has not been logged out in 2013. If you hike the trail, plan on climbing over, under or around large logs draped over the trail.

California White Fir: Abies concolor x Abies grandis ?

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa

Western Larch: Larix occidentalis

Engelmann Spruce: Picea engelmannii

Red Alder: Alnus rubra ? - Rolled under leaf margins but out of range? or Mountain Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia

Puffballs: tiny.

Albatrellis sp.

Suillus sp.

Horsehair Lichen: Bryoria sp.

Liverwort

Water Moss: Fontinalis sp.

Polytrichum Moss: Polytrichum pilferum ?

Duckweed: Lemna minor

Pondweed: Potamogeton sp.

* European Bur-reed: Sparganium emersum ?

Leather Grapefern: Sceptridium multifidum

* Baltic Rush: Juncus balticus ssp. ater ?

* Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius

* Regel's Rush: Juncus regelii ?

* Parry's Rush: Juncus parryi

* Small-flowered Woodrush: Luzula parviflora

* Water Sedge: Carex aquatilis var. aquatilis

* Brown Bog Sedge: Carex buxbaumii

* Star Sedge: Carex echinata var. echinata

* Veined Sedge: Carex neurophora

* Mountain Shore Sedge: Carex lenticularis var. lipocarpa

* Small-winged Sedge: Carex microptera

Ross' Sedged: Carex rossii

* Blister Sedge: Carex vesicaria

* Small-fruited Bulrush: Scirpus microcarpus

* Needlegrass: Achnatherum sp.

* Bordered California Brome: Bromus carinatus var. marginatus

* Columbia Brome: Bromus vulgaris

* Mannagrass: Glyceria sp.

* Alpine Timothy: Phleum alpinum

* Timothy: Phleum pratense ?

* Swamp Onion: Allium validum

Queen's Cup: Clintonia uniflora

* Clasping Twisted Stalk: Streptopus amplexicaulis

Green False Hellebore: Veratrum viride

* Western Blue-eyed Grass: Sisyrinchium idahoense var. occidentale

* White Bog Candle: Platanthera dilatata (var. dilatata ?)

* Slender Bog Orchid: Platanthera stricta

* Hooded Ladie's Tresses: Spiranthes romanzoffiana

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

* Dock: Rumex sp.

* Chickweed: Cerastium sp.

* Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

* Alpine Pearlwort: Sagina saginoides ?

* Red Sandspurry: Spergularia rubra

* Longstalk Starwort: Stellaria longipes ssp. longipes

* Columbia Monkshood: Aconitum columbianum ssp. columbianum

* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus - Fading out of bloom.

Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens

* Western Yellowcress: Rorippa curvisiliqua

* Five-stamen Mitrewort: Mitella pentandra - Fading out of bloom.

* Fringed Grass-of-Parnassus: Parnassia fimbriata var. fimbriata - Beginning to bloom.

* Brook Saxifrage: Saxifraga odontoloma

One-leaf Foamflower: Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata

Prickly Currant: Ribes lacustre

Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana var. platypetala

* Large-leaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum

* Fan-leaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia - Fading out of bloom.

Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus

* Sitka Burnet: Sanguisorba stipulata

* Birchleaf Spiraea: Spiraea betulifolia

* Spanish Clover: Lotus unifoliolatus

* Kellogg's Spurred Lupine: Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus

* Cusick's Clover: Trifolium eriocephalum ssp. cusickii

* Longstalk Clover: Trifolium longipes var. multiovulatum

White Clover: Trifolium repens

Oregon Boxwood: Pachistima myrsinites

* Mountain Hollyhock: Iliamna rivularis

* Tinker's Penny: Hypericum anagalloides - Fading out of bloom.

* Hookedspur Violet: Viola adunca

Small White Violet: Viola mackloskeyi var. mackloskeyi or Marsh Violet: Viola palustris var. palustris - Violets of very moist places.

Roundleaf Violet: Viola orbiculata

Soapberry: Shepherdia canadensis

* Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium var. canescens

* Purple-leaved Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum

* White Willowherb: Epilobium lactiflorum ?

* Nuttall's Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum var. parviflorum

* Sharptooth Angelica: Angelica arguta

* Cow Parsnip: Heracleum lanatum

Common Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens - Hooked fruits present.

Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

* Prince's Pine: Chimaphila umbellata

One-flowered Wintergreen: Moneses uniflora - Past bloom.

* Sidebells Pyrola: Orthilia secunda

* Grouseberry: Vaccinium scoparium

* Autumn Dwarf Gentian: Gentianella amarella

* Fringed Gentian: Gentianopsis simplex

* Felwort: Swertia perennis

* Tall Mountain Shooting Star: Dodecatheon jeffreyi - Four Petals. Broad basal leaves. Fading out of bloom.

* Harkness' Linanthus: Leptosiphon harknessii ? - Fading out of bloom.

* California Polemonium: Polemonium californicum - Fading out of bloom.

* Western Polemonium: Polemonium occidentale

* Northern Bluebells: Mertensia paniculata var. borealis

* Eastside Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys hispidulus

* Brewer's Monkeyflower: Mimulus breweri

* Lewis' Monkeyflower: Mimulus lewisii

* Musk Monkeyflower: Mimulus moschatus

* Primrose Monkeyflower: Mimulus primuloides

* Elephant Heads: Pedicularis groenlandica - Fading out of bloom.

* Sickletop Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa

Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus - Past bloom.

* Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

* American Brooklime: Veronica americanum

Purslane Speedwell: Veronica peregrina ssp. xalpensis

Marsh Speedwell: Veronica scutellata

* American Alpine Speedwell: Veronica wormskjoldii

* Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

* Twinflower: Linnaea borealis

Black Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata - Black berries evident.

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca - Fading out of bloom.

* Pale Agoseris: Agoseris glauca (var. agrestis ?)

* Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

* Howell's Pussytoes: Antennaria howellii ssp. howellii - Fading out of bloom.

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea

* Narrowleaf Arnica: Arnica chamissonis ssp. foliosa

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

* Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis

Giant Mountain Aster: Canadanthus modestus - In bud.

Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense - In bud. Way too much of this noxious weed in this lovely meadow!

* Elk Thistle: Cirsium scariosum

* Peregrine Fleabane: Erigeron glacialis var. glacialis

Showy Aster: Eurybia conspicuua - In bud.

* Thick-stemmed Aster: Eurybia integrifolia

* Lowland Cudweed: Gnaphalium palustre

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

* Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

* Little Tarweed: Madia exigua

* Alpine Meadow Groundsel: Packera subnuda var. subnuda

* Western Coneflower: Rudbeckia occidentalis

Arrowleaf Butterweed: Senecio triangularis - In bud.

* Goldenrod: Solidago lepida (var. ?) - Beginning to bloom.

* Leafybract Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. apricum

* Cusick's Leafy Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. cusickii

* Western Mountain Aster: Symphyotrichum spathulatum

Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

* Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Animals Seen at this Location:

Black-tailed Deer

Elk beds in meadow

Red Squirrels

Red-tailed Hawk

Clark's Nutcrackers

American Robin

Olive-sided Flycatcher - Calling.

Belted Kingfisher

Soras - Calling.

Mountain Chickadees

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Yellow-rumped Warblers

Rough-winged Swallows ?

Tree Swallows

Violet-green Swallows

Vaux's Swifts

Spotted Frog

Pacific Tree Frogs

Anise Swallowtails

Lorquin's Admirals

Melissa's Blues ?

Western Tailed Blues

Fritillaries

Wood Nymph

Sulphurs

Whites

Copper

Skippers


Paul Slichter