[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2017]

Wildflowers of Big Summit Prairie

Balds and riparian areas adjacent to Road 30 and south of the junction with FS Road 3000-100, near the old Cold Springs Guard Station

T14S R22E S18 SW1/4 of SW1/4

Ochoco National Forest

May 10, 2017

Wildflower bald near Cold Springs Guard Station, Ochoco National Forest.......May 10, 2017.

Wildflower bald near Cold Springs Guard Station, Ochoco National Forest.......May 10, 2017.

Riparian area near Cold Springs Guard Station, Ochoco National Forest.......May 10, 2017. - Sagebrush and wildflower bald near Cold Springs Guard Station, Ochoco National Forest.......May 10, 2017.

A typical riparian area (with nebraska sedge in the creek) and a sagebrush uplands near the Cold Springs Guard Station, Ochoco National Forest..........May 10, 2017.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

* Booth's Willow: Salix boothii ?

* Threadleaf Sedge: Carex filifolia

Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis

* Meadow Sedge: Carex praticola ?

* Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus pratensis - Beginning to bloom.

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

* Rock Onion: Allium macrum

* Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei var. tolmiei

Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. breviflora

Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica

Panicled Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum

Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis

* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum

* American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides - Beginning to bloom.

Parsnipflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides

* Red Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. depressa

* Linearleaf Montia: Montia linearis

Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum

Hornseed Buttercup: Ceratocephala testiculata

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

* Large-flowered Swamp Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. platyphyllus

* Secund Rockcress: Boechera retrofracta

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

Scalepod: Idahoa scapigera - Pods ripening.

* Daggerpods: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera

* Slender Woodland Star: Lithophragma tenellum

* Fleshy-leaved Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa

* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

Small-flowered Horkelia: Horkelia fusca ssp. parviflora

Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata

Fan-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis

Annual Burnet: Poteridium occidentale

Lupine: Lupinus sp. - Leaves with numerous spreading hairs.

* Hanson's Clover: Trifolium longipes var. hansenii ? or Many-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. multipedunculatum ? - Beginning to bloom in wetlands.

* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum

Western Blue Flax: Linum lewisii var. lewisii

Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana (ssp. ?)

* Northern Bog Violet: Viola nephrophylla

* Cous: Lomatium cous

* Donnell's Lomatium: Lomatium donnellii

* Slender-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium leptocarpum

* Large-fruit Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum

* Barestem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana

* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens - Fading out of bloom.

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Annual Polemonium: Polemonium micranthum

* Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus

* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum

* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata

* Cusick's Bluebells: Mertensia cusickii

* Long-flowered Bluebells: Mertensia longiflora

* Cusick's Paintbrush: Castilleja cusickii

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata

Gairdner's Penstemon: Penstemon gairdneri var. gairdneri

* Red Besseya: Synthyris rubra

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Pale Agoseris: Agoseris glauca var. glauca

* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides ssp. luzuloides - In bud.

Twin Arnica: Arnica sororia

Silver Sagebrush: Artemisia cana ssp. bolanderi

Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida

Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

Elk Thistle: Cirsium scariosum

Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis ? or Modoc Hawksbeard: Crepis modocensis ?

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa (var. speciosa ?)

Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis

* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides

Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

Tall Butterweed: Senecio serra

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale


Animals Seen At This Site:

Raven

Northern Flicker

Western Bluebirds

Chipping Sparrows

Anise Swallowtails

Mourning Cloak

Painted Lady ?


Paul Slichter