Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central Oregon: 2016

Columbia & Great Basins of Central Oregon

Balds and Meadows into Coniferous Forest Along FS Road #42 at the Junction with FS Road #42-300

T14S R20E S25 NE1/4 of the NE1/4

Big Summit Prairie, Ochoco National Forest

April 30, 2016

Sandberg's Blue Grass: Poa secunda var. secunda

Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda var. secunda

Weather: Partly cloudy. Temperatures in the upper 40s with winds 5-10 mph.


* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis ?

* Sandberg's Blue Grass: Poa secunda var. secunda

* Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei var. tolmiei

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

* Inflated Grass Widow: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum

* Narrow-leaved Montia: Montia linearis

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* Sagebrush Buttercup: Ranunculus glaberrimus var. glaberrimus

Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum

* Secund Rockcress: Boechera retrofracta

* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum

* Wavy-leaf Violet: Viola praemorsa ssp linguifolia

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

* 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

Great Basin Nemophila: Nemophila breviflora - Fruits forming.

* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata

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

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Tapertip Hawksbeard: Crepis acuminata ?

Baker's Hawksbeard: Crepis bakeri

* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - Leaves only.

* Yellow Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

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


Animals Observed at this Location:

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Mountain Bluebirds

Chipping Sparrows

Vaux' Swifts


Paul Slichter