[Central Oregon Wildflower Bloom Reports]

Indian Rock

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

July 2, 2001

Meadows, forested slopes, and rock gardens around Indian rock.

Piper's Golden Buckwheat: Eriogonum flavum var. piperi

Piper's Golden Buckwheat: Eriogonum flavum var. piperi

Elevation: 5718'------- N45*27.951'------- W118*05.851'------- (+/ - 21')

* Indicates the wildflower is in bloom.

 

1. Douglas Fir Pseudotsuga menziesii (var. menziesii?)

2. Onion Allium species

3. Tolmies Onion Allium tolmiei

*4. Douglas' Brodiaea Triteleia grandiflora ssp. grandiflora

*5. Elegant Star Tulip Calochortus elegans

6. Glacier Lily Erythronium grandiflorum var. grandiflorum

7. Yellow Bells Fritillaria pudica

*8. Star-flowered False Solomon Plume Maianthemum stellatum

9. Grass Widow Sisyrinchium (douglasii ?)

*10. Common Bastard Toadflax Commandra umbellata var. californica

*11. Douglas' Buckwheat Eriogonum douglasii var. douglasii

*12. Piper's Golden Buckwheat Eriogonum flavum var. piperi

*13. Wyeth Buckwheat Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides

*14. Strict Buckwheat Eriogonum strictum ssp. strictum

*15. Sulphur Flower Eriogonum umbellatum var. umbellatum

*16. Ballhead Sandwort Eremogone congesta var. congesta

*17. Bigleaf Sandwort Moehringia macrophylla

*18. Brown's Peony Paeonia brownii

*19. Upland Larkspur Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

*20. Sicklepod Rockcress Arabis sparsiflora var.

21. Dagger Pod Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides

*22. Wild Candytuft Thlaspi fendleri var. glaucum

23. Creeping Oregon Grape Berberis repens

*24. Worm-leaf Stonecrop Sedum stenopetalum

*25. Roundleaf Alumroot Heuchera cylindrica var. cylindrica

26. Wax Currant Ribes cereum var. cereum

27. Curl-leaf Mountain-mahogany Cerocarpus ledifolius (var. ledifolius ?)

28. Prairie Smoke Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

*29. Sticky Cinquefoil Potentilla glandulosa (var. ?)

30. Bitter Cherry Prunus emarginata var. emarginata

*31. Annual Burnet Sanguisorba occidentalis

32. Cascade Mountain-ash Sorbus scopulina

*33. Prairie Lupine Lupinus lepidus var. aridus

*34. Sulphur Lupine Lupinus sulphureus var. sulphureus

35. Tobacco-brush Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus

*36. Oregon Checker-mallow Sidalcea oregana (ssp. oregana ?)

37. Goosefoot Violet Viola purpurea spp. venosa

*38. Turpentine Cymopterus Cymopterus terebinthinus var. foeniculaceus

*39. Slender-fruit Desert Parsley Lomatium leptocarpum

40. Desert Parsley Lomatium species

*41. Narrow-leaved Collomia Collomia linearis

*42. Midget Phlox Microsteris gracilis

43. Phlox Phlox species

*44. Silverleaf Phacelia Phacelia hastata var. hastata

*45. Blue Stickseed Hackelia micrantha

*46. Harsh Paintbrush Castilleja hispida var. acuta

*47. Dwarf Purple Monkey Flower Mimulus nanus var. nanus

*48. Taper-leaved Penstemon Pentsemon attenuatus var. attenuatus (Both blue- and yellow-flowered forms.)

*49. Shrubby Penstemon Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus

*50. Gairdner's Penstemon Penstemon gairdneri var. oreganus

*51. Blue Mt. Penstemon Penstemon pennellianus

52. Lovely Penstemon, Blue Mt. Penstemon Penstemon venustus (Almost in bloom.)

53. Mountain Kittentails Synthyris missurica

*54. Sitka Valerian Valeriana sitchensis

*55. Yarrow Achillea millefolium

56. Annual Agoseris Agoseris heterophylla

*57. Silvery Pussy-toes Antennaria argentea ?

*58. Heart-leaved Arnica Arnica cordifolia

59. Big Sagebrush Artemisia tridentata (ssp. vaseyana ?)

*60. Arrowleaf Balsamroot Balsamorhiza sagittata

*61. Golden Daisy Erigeron chrysopsidis var. chrysopsidis

*62. Western Groundsel Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus


Animals seen at Indian Rock:

1. Numerous butterflies

2. harrier

3. Red-tailed hawks

4. Dark-eyed juncos

5. Flicker

6. Robin

7. Sierra Nevada Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel


Other wildflowers found along Grandview Road north of Indian Rock:

*1. Meadow Death Zigadenus venenosus

*2. Blue Mt. Milkvetch Astragalus reventus

*3. Gray's Lovage Ligusticum grayi ?

*4. Giant Frasera Frasera speciosa

*5. Scarlet Gilia Ipomopsis aggregata

*6. Broadleaf Bluebells Mertensia ciliata

*7. Nettle-leaf Horse-mint Agastache urticifolia

*8. Common Paintbrush Castilleja miniata

*9. Hairy Balsamroot Balsamorhiza hirsuta


Paul Slichter