[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2015]

Wildflowers of Cottonwood Canyon State Park: Pinnacles Trail

Sherman County, Oregon

April 6, 2015

Along the Pinnacles Trail, Cottonwood Canyon State Park...........April 6, 2015.

Along the Pinnacles Trail, Cottonwood Canyon State Park...........April 6, 2015.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

White Alder: Alnus rhombifolia

* Western Hackberry: Celtis reticulata

Walnut: Juglans sp.

Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis

Coyote Willow: Salix exigua var. exigua - Beginning to leaf out on the river banks.

Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

* Cheat Grass: Bromus tectorum

* Ripgut Brome: Bromus diandrus

Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

Basin Wildrye: Leymus cinereus

Reed Canarygrass: Phalaris arundinacea

* Annual Bluegrass: Poa annua

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

American Water Plantain: Alisma triviale

* Bicolored Cluster Lily: Triteleia grandiflora - Both white and blue varieties. This seems to be the zone of transition from one coloration to the other (white -west and blue-east).

* Pale Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata ssp. californica

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. proliferum ?) or Eriogonum niveum ?

Prickly Russian Thistle: Salsola tragus

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata var. perfoliata

* Rosetted Springbeauty: Claytonia rubra ssp. depressa

* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum - Fading out of bloom.

Western Clematis: Clematis ligusticifolia

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* Hornseed Buttercup: Ranunculus testiculatus - Fading out of bloom.

* Blue Mustard: Chorispora tenella

* Tansymustard: Descurainia sophia

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Fading out of bloom.

* Whitetop: Lepdium appellianum

* Clasping Pepperweed: Lepidium perfoliatum

* Tall Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum - Beginning to bloom.

* Cut-leaf Thelypody: Thelypodium laciniatum

* Thick-leaved Thelypodium: Thelypodium milleflorum

Fringepods: Thysanocarpus curvipes

* Alpine Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica (var. alpina or glabella ?)

Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera - Past bloom.

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Golden Currant: Ribes aureum

Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

* Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier cusickii ?

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa - In bud.

* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana

* Glabrous Sickle Milkevetch: Astragalus curvicarpus var. subglaber

Chick Lupine: Lupinus (microcarpus ?) - Small annual.

Alfalfa: Medicago sativa

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Poison Ivy: Toxicodendron rydbergii

* Common Mallow: Malva neglecta

* Whitestem Blazingstar: Mentzelia albicaulis

Poison Hemlock: Conium maculataum

* Fernleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum

* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi - Full bloom.

* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum (var. triternatum ?)

* Needle-leaved Phlox: Phlox aculeata

Variedleaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla ssp. virgata - In bud.

* Lineleaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis

Branching Phacelia: Phacelia ramosissima (var. ramosissima ?)

* Fiddleneck: Amsinckia lycopsoides

* Weakstem Cryptanth: Cryptantha flaccida ?

Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys sp. - Species of vernal pools.

* Henbit: Lamium amplexicaule

Jimson Weed: Datura (stramonium ?)

Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata

* Monkeyflower: Erythranthe jungermannoides

* Dalmatian Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica

Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. dentatus

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

* Cleavers: Galium aparine - Beginning to bloom amongst talus.

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

Common Teasel: Dipsacus fullonum

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - Beginning to bloom.

Western Wormwood: Artemisia ludoviciana (ssp. ?)

Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana

Diffuse Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa

Chicory: Cichorum intybus

Wavyleaf Thistle: Cirsium undulatum

* Goldstars: Crocidium multicaule - Fading out of bloom.

Showy Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa (var. speciosa ?)

Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa

Green Rabbitbrush: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. viscidiflorus ?

Threadleaf Fleabane: Erigeron filifolius - In bud.

* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum (var. integrifolium or lanatum ?)

Gumweed: Grindelia sp. (nana var. nana or squarrosa ?)

Matchbrush: Gutierrezia sarothrae

Hoary Goldaster: Heterotheca villosa (var. ?)

Scotch Thistle: Onopordum acanthium

Skeletonweed: Stephanomeria (tenuifolia ?)

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

Salsify: Tragopogon dubius

Common Cocklebur: Xanthium strumarium (var. ?)


Animals Observed During This Hike:

Bighorn Sheep - One dozen ewes spotted along the ridgeline above the Pinnacles Trail.

Mule Deer - Tracks

Kestrels

Red-tailed Hawks

Turkey Vultures

Common Mergansers

Canada Geese - Along the banks of the John Day River.

Ring-necked Pheasants - 2 males and 1 female

Killdeer

Mourning Doves

Rock Doves

Ring-necked Ducks

American Crows

Black-billed Magpies

Ravens

Red-winged Blackbirds

Western Meadowlarks

Starlings

Dark-eyed Juncos

Song Sparrows

Canyon Wrens

Rock Wrens

Common Bushtits

Cliff Swallows

Northern Rough-winged Swallows

Violet-green Swallows

White-throated Swifts - Bringing food to young in cracks in rocky overhangs on high cliffs.

Ant Lions

Carnivorous Ground Beetles

Acmon Blue ?

Anise Swallowtails - numerous

Indra Swallowtails - numerous

Mourning Cloaks - numerous

Pale Ochre

Red Admirable on pale bastard toadflax

Sara's Orangetips - numerous

Skippers

Tiger Moth caterpillar

Whites - numerous


Paul Slichter