[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2016]

Wildflowers of Big Summit Prairie Along the North Fork Crooked River

Site is west of Road 4215 and north of the junction with FS Road 4215-100

T15S R21E S5 SW1/4 of SW1/4

Ochoco National Forest

May 27, 2016

A view south through vernally moist meadows on the west side of FS Road 4215 about two miles south of FS Road 42 (Ochoco National Forest).........May 27, 2016.

A view south through vernally moist meadows on the west side of FS Road 4215 about two miles south of FS Road 42 (Ochoco National Forest).........May 27, 2016.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Least Dwarf Rush: Juncus hemiendytus var. abjectus - Tiny annual

Needlegrass: Achnatherum sp.

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* Tufted Hairgrass: Deschampsia cespitosa ?

Fescue: Festuca sp.

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. breviflora

* Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

* Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis

* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum - Fading out of bloom.

* American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides

* Modoc Sulphur Flower: Eriogonum umbellatum var. modocense

* Kellogg's Knotweed: Polygonum polygaloides var. kelloggii

* Mountain Sorrel: Rumex paucifolius

* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. depressa

* Linearleaf Montia: Montia linearis - Fading out of bloom.

Ballhead Sandwort: Eremogone congesta (var. congesta ?) - In bud.

Menzie's Campion: Silene menziesii

Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* Large-flowered Swamp Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. platyphyllus

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

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Slender Woodland Star: Lithophragma tenellum

* Common Western Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia - Fading out of bloom.

* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

* Cream Cinquefoil: Drymocallis convallaria

* Nevada Cinquefoil: Dryomocallis lactea var. lactea

Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

* Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

Small-flowered Horkelia: Horkelia fusca ssp. parviflora - Only leaves.

Elmer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri - In bud.

* Fan-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis

* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

* Lanszwert's Peavine: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. lanszwertii

* Hanson's Clover: Trifolium longipes var. hansenii

* Rydberg's Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum var. incisum

Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana (ssp. ?)

* Hooked-spur Violet: Viola adunca

Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium

* Fringed Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum var. ciliatum

* Dwarf Groundsmoke: Gayophytum humile

* Long-leaved Evening Primrose: Taraxia subacaulis

Gorman's Salt and Pepper: Lomatium gormanii ? - Fruits ripening.

* Slender-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium leptocarpum

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens - Past bloom.

* Dark-throat Shooting Star: Dodecatheon pulchellum var. monanthum

Harkness' Linanthus: Leptosiphon harknessii

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

Mountain Navarretia: Navarretia divaricata

* Near Navarretia: Navarretia intertexta ssp. propinqua

Least Navarretia: Navarretia leucocephala (ssp. minima ?) - Only leaves.

* Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus - Fading out of bloom.

Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum

* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata

* Leafy Bluebells: Mertensia oblongifolia - Fading out of bloom.

* Eastside Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys hispidulus

* Cusick's Paintbrush: Castilleja cusickii

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Rydberg's Penstemon: Penstemon rydbergii var. oreocharis

Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale - In bud.

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

Pale Agoseris: Agoseris glauca var. glauca - In bud.

Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides - In bud.

Leafy Arnica: Arnica chamissonis ssp. incana

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

Twin Arnica: Arnica sororia

Silver Sagebrush: Artemisia cana ssp. bolanderi

Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

Sticky-flowered Rabbitbrush: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus var. viscidiflorus

* Smallhead Tarweed: Hemizonella minima

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

Tacky Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma hirta

* Alkali Marsh Butterweed: Senecio hydrophilus

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

Salsify: Tragopogon dubius

* White-headed Wyethia: Wyethia helianthoides - Fading out of bloom.


Animals Seen At This Site:

Turkey Vulture

American Robins

Dark-eyed Juncos

Checkerspots


Paul Slichter