Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central Oregon: 2016

Columbia & Great Basins of Central Oregon

Riparian Meadows & Rocky Balds in the Vicinity of Ochoco Ranger Station

T13S R19E S35 NW 1/4 of SW1/4, NE1/4 of SW1/4, SW1/4 of NW1/4

Ochoco National Forest

April 29-30, 2016

Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens

View of the eastern edge of Big Summit Prairie, Ochoco N.F........May 23, 1998.

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis ?

Scouring Rush: Equisetum hyemale var. affine ?

Cliff Fern: Woodsia sp.

Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

* Bulbous Blue Grass: Poa bulbosa

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

* False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule - Beginning to bloom.

Death Camas: Toxicoscordion sp. - Leaves only.

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. ?)

Sulphur Flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. ellipticum

Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

Erubescent Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra

* Narrow-leaved Montia: Montia linearis

Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum

Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* Sagebrush Buttercup: Ranunculus glaberrimus var. glaberrimus

* Secund Rockcress: Boechera retrofracta

* Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna

Tower Mustard: Turritis glabra

* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

* Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens

* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

Snow Currant: Ribes niveum ? - No flowers.

* Mountain Mahogany: Cercocarpus ledifolius var. ledifolius

Valley Cinquefoil: Drymocallis convallaria or Montana Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. reflexa - Leaves only.

* Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

Erect Cinquefoil: Potentilla recta

* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

* Lanszwert's Peavine: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. lanszwertii

* Utah Peavine: Lathyrus (pauciflorus var. utahensis ?)

American Vetch: Vicia americana var. americana

Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum var. incisum

* Hooked Spur Violet: Viola adunca

* Upland Yellow Violet: Viola praemorsa ssp. lingulifolia

Diamond Clarkia: Clarkia rhomboidea - Leaves only.

Cow Parsnip: Heracleum maximum - Leaves only.

Henderson's Desert Parsley: Lomatium hendersonii - Leaves only.

* Slender-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium leptocarpum

Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza depauperata or Osmorhiza purpurea ? - Leaves only.

* Mountain Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum

Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale

* Toiyabe Bluebells: Mertensia cusickii

* Applegate's Paintbrush: Castilleja applegatei (var. applegatei ?)

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus - Basal leaves.

Cleavers: Galium aparine

Common Teasel: Dipasacus fullonum - Leaves only.

Edible Valerian: Valeriana edulis - In bud.

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

Gray Sagewort: Artemisia ludoviciana (ssp. candicans ?) - Only leaves.

* Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata

Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia

White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum - Leaves only.

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

Tall Butterweed: Senecio serra var. serra


Animals Observed at this Location:

Feral Horse

Mule Deer

Killdeer

Raven

Brewer's Blackbirds

Red-winged Blackbirds

American Robins

Yellowthroat


Paul Slichter