[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2016]

Wildflowers of Ochoco Campground

T15S R21E S

Ochoco National Forest

May 27-30, 2016

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

* Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

Coyote Willow: Salix exigua ?

Horsetail: Equisetum laevigatum

* Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus pratensis

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* Orchard Grass: Dactylis glomerata

* Needle and Thread Grass: Heterostipa comata ssp. comata

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis

* Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

* Mountain Lady Slipper: Cypripedium montanum

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum - In bud.

* Sulphur Flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. ellipticum - Beginning to bloom.

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata

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

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

* Creeping Buttercup: Ranunculus repens

* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus

Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii

Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum - In bud.

* Pale Alyssum: Alyssum (alyssoides ?) - Fading out of bloom.

* Wild Candytuft: Noccaea fendleri ssp. glauca - Fading out of bloom.

Golden Currant: Ribes aureum var. aureum

* Greene's Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. reflexa

* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

* Large-leaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum

* Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum ssp. ciliatum

Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata

Sulphur Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta

* Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa - Fading out of bloom.

Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

* Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana

* Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus - Beginning to bloom.

* American Vetch: Vicia americana var. americana

* Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum var. incisum

* Elkhorns Clarkia: Clarkia pulchella

Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea

Tall Annual Evening-primrose: Epilobium brachycarpum

* Cow Parsnip: Heracleum lanatum

* Western Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium var. androsaemifolium

* Narrow-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale - Fading out of bloom.

* Yellow and Blue Scorpionweed: Myosotis discolor

* Eastside Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys hispidulus

* Narrowleaf Skullcap: Scutellaria angustifolia (ssp. angustifolia ?)

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Showy Penstemon: Penstemon speciosus

* English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

Common Plantain: Plantago major

* Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

Common Teasel: Dipsacus fullonum

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

Thistle: Cirsium sp. - Native.

* Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis

Showy Fleabane: Erigeron speciosus

* Least Tarweed: Hemizonella minima

Tall Butterweed: Senecio serra

Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Animals Seen At This Site:

Bat

Red Squirrel

Sandhill Crane - Flying at low altitude over the campground heading east towards Big Summit Prairie.

Red-tailed Hawks - Parents with fledglings?

Northern Flickers

White-headed Woodpeckers

Belted Kingfishers

Mourning Doves

Common Ravens

Steller's Jays

Brewer's Blackbirds

Black-headed Grosbeaks

Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Male

American Robins

Western Wood Peewees

Chipping Sparrows

Song Sparrows

MacGillivray's Warblers

Wilson's Warbler

Yellow Warblers

Red-breasted Nuthatches

House Wrens

Tree Swallows

Vaux's Swifts


Paul Slichter