Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central Oregon: 2016

Columbia & Great Basins of Central Oregon

Rocky Balds North of FS Rd #050 and Southeast of Long Prairie

T15S R21E S4 SE1/4 of SE1/4

Ochoco National Forest

April 30, 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: Partly cloudy. Temperatures in the mid-40s to low 50s with winds 5-10 mph.


* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Cliff Fern: Woodsia sp.

Henderson's Needlegrass: Achnatherum hendersonii - Only leaves.

Onespike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

North African Grass: Ventenata dubia

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.

* Rock Onion: Allium macrum

* 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

Panicled Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum

* Inflated Grass Widow: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum

Parsnipflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides

Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva

Narrow-leaved Montia: Montia linearis

Sandwort: Eremogone sp. - Not. E. aculeata.

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum ?

* Sagebrush Buttercup: Ranunculus glaberrimus var. glaberrimus

* Secund Rockcress: Boechera retrofracta

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

Scalepod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods already have dropped seeds.

* Daggerpod: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides - Blooming on north-facing slopes.

Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum

* Bulblet Prairiestar: Lithophragma bulbifera

* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

Mountain Mahogany: Cercocarpus ledifolius var. ledifolius

Common Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa - In bud.

* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum

* Cous: Lomatium cous

* Slender-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium leptocarpum

* Large-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

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

Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens - Past bloom.

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus

* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum

* Small Bluebells: Mertensia longiflora

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

* Pale Paintbrush: Castilleja oresbia ?

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Gairdner's Penstemon: Penstemon gairdneri var. gairdneri

Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Stoloniferous Pussytoes: Antennaria flagellaris

Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides ssp. luzuloides

Foothills Arnica: Arnica sororia - Basal leaves.

Low Sagebrush: Artemisia arbuscula

Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida

Desert Yellow Daisy: Erigeron linearis

* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides

* Yellow Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus


Animals Observed at this Location & Nearby:

Mule Deer

Pronghorns

Mountain Bluebird

Flying Grasshopper

Hooverflies

Sara's Orangetips


Paul Slichter