[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2014]

Summit Prairie

Malheur National Forest

May 28, 2014

White-headed wyethia (Wyethia helianthoides) beginning to bloom in Summit Prairie, Malheur National Forest.........May 28, 2014.

White-headed wyethia (Wyethia helianthoides) beginning to bloom in Summit Prairie, Malheur National Forest.........May 28, 2014. Mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana is in the foreground.

* indicates wildflowers currently in bloom.

Comprehensive Plant List for Summit Prairie

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

* Geyer's Willow: Salix geyeriana

* Lemmon's Willow: Salix lemmonii ?

Spring Water-starwort: Callitriche (verna ?)

* Threadleaf Sedge: Carex filifolia var. filifolia

* Needle Spikerush: Eleocharis acicularis

* Marsh Spikerush: Eleocharis (palustris ?)

* Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda var. juncifolia ?

* Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei var. tolmiei

* Common Camas: Camassia quamash var. quamash

* American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides

* Alpine Sorrel: Rumex paucifolius

* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis

* Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii

* Sugar Bowls: Clematis hirsutissima

* Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. hartweggii

Sagebrush Buttercup: Ranunculus glaberrimus var. ellipticus - Past bloom.

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis

* Straightbeak Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. platyphyllus

* Secund Rockcress: Arabis holboellii (var. retrofracta ?)

* Bulblet Prairiestar: Lithophragma bulbifera - Fading out of bloom.

* Smooth Prairiestar: Lithophragma glabrum ?

* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

* Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

* Elmer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri - Beginning to bloom.

Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis - In bud.

Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus (former variety tenuispicus)

* Hansen's Clover: Trifolium longipes var. hansenii

Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana (ssp. oregana ?)

* Hooked Spur Violet: Viola adunca

Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea ssp. venosa - Past bloom.

* Violet: Viola sp.

* Long-leaved Willowherb: Camissonia subacaulis

* Dark-throated Shooting Star: Dodecatheon pulchellum var. pulchellum

Pleated Gentian: Gentiana affinis

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis (both varieties gracilis & humilior)

Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus - Past bloom.

* Purple Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. alpina

* Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha - Beginning to bloom.

* Small Bluebells: Mertensia longiflora

Red Besseya: Besseya rubra - Past bloom.

* Cusick's Paintbrush: Castilleja cusickii

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Mudwort: Limosella aquatica

* Dwarf Purple Monkeyflower: Mimulus nanus

* Elephant Heads: Pedicularis groenlandica

* Tapertip Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus var. palustris - Beginning to bloom.

* Edible Valerian: Valeriana edulis

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea

Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense

* Elk Thistle: Cirsium scariosum

* Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

Hairy Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma hirta var. hirta

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

* White-headed Wyethia: Wyethia helianthoides - Beginning to bloom.


Animals Observed in the Summit Prairie:

Red-tailed Hawk hazed by Harrier

Kestrel hazed by blackbirds

Curlews

Killdeer

Wilson's Snipes

Ravens

Brewer's Blackbirds

Red-winged Blackbirds

American Robins

Mountain Bluebirds

Western Meadowlarks

Chipping Sparrows

Vesper Sparrows ?

Dark-eyed Juncos

White-breasted Nuthatches


Paul Slichter