Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central Oregon: 2016

Columbia & Great Basins of Central Oregon

Meadows and Uplands on North Side of Johnson Creek Along FS Road #42

T14S R20E S14 NE1/4 of the SE1/4

Big Summit Prairie, Ochoco National Forest

April 29, 2016

Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

Weather: Mostly cloudy with mixed light rain and snow. Temperatures in the mid-to upper 30s with winds 10-15 mph.


* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Mountain Alder: Alnus (incana ssp. tenuifolia ?)

Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis

* Willow: Salix sp.

Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis

* Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei var. tolmiei

Green-banded Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus - Leaves only.

Common Camas: Camassia quamash (ssp. breviflora ?) - In bud.

* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Fading out of bloom.

Panicled Death Camas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum - Leaves only.

Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis - Leaves only.

* Inflated Grass Widow: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum

Parsnipflower Buckwheatt: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides

Mountain Sorrel: Rumex paucifolius

* Narrow-leaved Montia: Montia linearis

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* Sagebrush Buttercup: Ranunculus glaberrimus var. glaberrimus

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

Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum

* Bulblet Prairiestar: Lithophragma bulbifera

Bog Saxifrage: Micranthes oregana - In bud.

* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana var. platypetala

* Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

Small-flowered Horkelia: Horkelia fusca (ssp. parviflora ?) - Basal leaves.

Fan-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis - Basal leaves.

Annual Burnet: Poteridium occidentale - Basal leaves.

Bushy Peavine: Lathyrus (rigidus ?) - Leaves only.

* Hansen's Clover: Trifolium longipes (var. hansenii ?) or Many-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes (var. multipedunculatum ?) - Sorry, I did not confirm which one this was!

* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum

* Hooked Spur Violet: Viola adunca

* Upland Yellow Violet: Viola praemorsa ssp praemorsa

Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana (var. ?) - Basal leaves.

Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maximum - Leaves only.

* Slender-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium leptocarpum

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

Piper's Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - Fruiting. Stem leaf.

* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus

* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum

* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata

* Small Bluebells: Mertensia longiflora

* Cusick's Paintbrush: Castilleja cusickii

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus - Basal leaves.

* Edible Valerian: Valeriana edulis - Beginning to bloom.

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Sagebrush Agoseris: Agoseris parviflora - In bud.

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Beginning to bloom.

Twin Arnica: Arnica sororia - Basal leaves.

Low Sagebrush: Artemisia arbuscula

Sticky-flowered Rabbitbrush: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (var. viscidiflorus ?)

Low Gumweed: Grindelia(nana var. nana ?)

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - Leaves only.

False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - Leaves only.

* Yellow Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

* Mule's Ears: Wyethia amplexicaulis - Beginning to bloom.

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


Animals Observed at this Location:

Common Snipe - Heard.

Sandhill Cranes - Heard.

American Robins

Chipping Sparrows

Dark-eyed Juncos

White-crowned Sparrows

Yellow-crowned Warblers


Photo above of white-rayed wyethia at Big Summit Prairie, Ochoco N.F..........May 23, 1998.

Paul Slichter