[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2014]

Wildflower Bloom at Fish Lake

Steens Mountain National Recreation Area

July 8-12, 2014

Sunset at Fish Lake, Steens Mountain Recreation Area........July 9, 2014.

Sunset at Fish Lake, Steens Mountain Recreation Area........July 9, 2014.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

* Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus praetensis

* Timber Oatgrass: Danthonia (intermedia ?)

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides - Beginning to bloom.

* Alpine Timothy: Phleum alpinum

* Annual Bluegrass: Poa annua

False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum var. californicum

*White Bog Orchid: Platanthera leucostachys

* Wyeth Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracloides var. heracloides

* American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

Western Dock: Rumex occidentalis

* Mountain Sorrel: Rumex paucifolius

* Willow Dock: Rumex salicifolius var. triangulivalvis

* Red Sandspurry: Spergularia rubra

Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii

Baneberry: Actaea rubra

* Crimson Columbine: Aquilegia formosa

* American Wintercress: Barbarea orthoceras

* Sticky Cutleaf Tansymustard: Descurainia incisa ssp. viscosa

* Bog Saxifrage: Saxifraga oregana

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

Whitestem Gooseberry: Ribes inerme

* Large-leaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum

* Pink Pinwheels: Horkelia fusca ssp. capitata

* Elmer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri

* Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata

* Tailcup Lupine: Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus

* White-leaved Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus

Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea var. venosa

Upland Yellow Violet: Viola praemorsa spp. praemorsa

* Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum var. incisum

* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum ssp. parviflorum

Angelica: Angelica arguta

* Bolander's Yampah: Perideridia bolanderi ssp. bolanderi

* Green Gentian: Frasera speciosa

* Alpine Shooting Star: Dodecatheon alpinum

* Harkness' Linanthus: Leptosiphon harknessii

* Linanthastrum: Leptosiphon nuttallii

*  Purple Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. alpina

* Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha

* Broadleaf Bluebells: Mertensia ciliata

* Nettle-leaved Horsemint: Agastache urticifolia

* Wavyleaf Paintbrush: Castilleja applegatei var. pinetorum

* Narrow-leaved Paintbrush: Castilleja linarifolia

* Primrose Monkeyflower: Mimulus primuloides

* Elephant's Head: Pedicularis groenlandica -Fading bloom.

* Rydberg's Penstemon: Penstemon rydbergii var. rydbergii

* Broad-leaved Plantain: Plantago major

Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata - Fruits ripening.

* Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana - In bud.

* Steen's Mt. Thistle: Cirsium peckii

* Orange Sneezeweed: Dugaldia hoopesii (Hymenoxis hoopesii or Helenium hoopesii)

* Foreign Fleabane: Erigeron glacialis var. callianthemis

* Showy Fleabane: Erigeron speciosus

* Common Little Sunflower: Helianthella uniflora var. uniflora

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

* Butterweed Groundsel: Senecio serra


Animals Seen around Fish Lake Camp Ground:

Mule Deer

Belding Ground Squirrel (Both adults and many juveniles)

Sierra Nevada Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel

Least Chipmunks

Long-tailed Weasel

Osprey

Common Nighthawks

Killdeer

Rough-winged Swallows

Tree Swallows

Violet-green Swallows

American Robins

Mountain Bluebirds

Brewer's Blackbirds

Red-winged Blackbirds

House Wrens

White-crowned Sparrows

Mourning Doves

Yellow Warblers

Common Snipes

Northern Flickers

Red-naped Sapsucker

Western Wood Peewees

(Mountain ?) Chickadee

(Rufous ?) Hummingbird


Paul Slichter