Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central Oregon: 2016

Columbia & Great Basins of Central Oregon

Riparian Meadows & Rocky Balds at the Junction of FS Road #42 & FS Rd #3010

T14S R22E S19 SE1/4 of SW1/4

Big Summit Prairie, Ochoco National Forest

April 29, 2016

View west across the eastern edge of Big Summit Prairie from near the junction of FS Roads #42 & #3010, Ochoco National Forest.......April 29, 2016.

View of the eastern edge of Big Summit Prairie, Ochoco N.F........April 29, 2016. The yellow flowers are mostly slender-fruited desert parsley (Lomatium leptocarpum).

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.

Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

* Threadleaf Sedge: Carex filifolia

Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum

* 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 - Leaves only.

* Bluedicks: Tritelia grandiflora

Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis - Leaves only.

* Inflated Grass Widow: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum

Parsnipflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides

Mountain Sorrel: Rumex paucifolius

Erubescent Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra (ssp. rubra ?)

Narrow-leaved Montia: Montia linearis

* Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

Sagebrush Buttercup: Ranunculus glaberrimus var. glaberrimus

* Secund Rockcress: Boechera retrofracta

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

Scalepod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods ripening.

* Daggerpod: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides - Fading out of bloom.

Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum

* Bulblet Prairiestar: Lithophragma bulbifera

* Small-flowered Prairiestar: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Nesting Saxifrage: Micranthes nidifica

* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

* Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

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

Annual Burnet: Poteridium occidentale - Basal leaves.

Dry Ground Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. aridus

* Hansen's Clover: Trifolium longipes (var. hansenii ?)

* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum

Perennial Flax: Linum (perenne ?)

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

* Hooked Spur Violet: Viola adunca

* Upland Yellow Violet: Viola praemorsa ssp praemorsa

* Valley Yellow Violet: Viola vallicola var. major

* Donell's Desert Parsley: Lomatium donnellii

* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi

* Slender-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium leptocarpum

* Large-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum

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

* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens

Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. formosissima - Basal leaves.

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus - Leaves only.

* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum

* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata

Purple Phacelia: Phacelia hastata (var. alpina ?) - Leaves only.

Common Houndstongue: Cynoglossum (officinale ?)

* Small Bluebells: Mertensia longiflora

* Toiyabe Bluebells: Mertensia cusickii

* Pale Paintbrush: Castilleja oresbia ?

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Gairdner's Penstemon: Penstemon gairdneri var. gairdneri - In bud.

Roezl's Penstemon: Penstemon roezlii - In bud.

* Red Besseya: Synthyris rubra - Fading out of bloom.

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus - Basal leaves.

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides ssp. luzuloides

Foothills Arnica: Arnica sororia - Basal leaves.

Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagitatta

Tumble Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa - Basal leaves.

Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii - Basal leaves.

Dinnerplate Thistle: Cirsium scariosum (var. americanum ?) - Basal leaves.

Tapertip Hawksbeard: Crepis acuminata ?

Baker's Hawksbeard: Crepis bakeri

* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - Leaves only.

Woolly Groundsel: Packera cana - Leaves only.

* Yellow Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

Salsify: Tragopogon dubius

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


Animals Observed at this Location:

Mallards

Killdeer

Raven

Brewer's Blackbirds

Red-winged Blackbirds

American Robins

Yellowthroat


Paul Slichter