[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2017]

Wildflowers of the Crooked River National Grasslands

Rimrock Springs Trail #850

Crook County, Oregon

May 20, 2017

A view southwest across the Crooked River National Grasslands towards the Cascade Range...........May 20, 2017.

A view southwest across the Crooked River National Grasslands towards the Cascade Range...........May 20, 2017.

Additional Information for those planning to hike the Crooked River National Grasslands:

Crooked River National Grasslands - Info about hiking trails, camping, access, etc.


* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis

Broadleaf Cattail: Typha latifolia - In the wetlands.

* Cheat Grass: Bromus tectorum

Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

* Desert Fescue: Vulpia microstachys ?

Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus - Leaves only.

Goose Lake Wild Buchwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. anserinum - Yellow flower buds.

* Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva

Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum - Past bloom.

Catchfly: Silene sp. - Very sticky. In bud.

Hornseed Buttercup: Ceratocephala testiculata - Past bloom.

Boechera - Pendant pods.

Boechera - spreading pods.

* Thread-stalk Cutleaf Tansymustard: Descurainia longipedicellata

Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Pods.

Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Mature fruits.

Tall Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum

* Golden Currant: Ribes aureum - Blooming around the edges of the small lake.

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Pearhip Rose: Rosa (woodsii var. ultramontana ?)

* Stiff Milkvetch: Astragalus conjunctus var. conjunctus

Threadstalk Milkvetch: Astragalus filipes - Only leaves.

* Pauper Milkvetch: Astragalus misellus var. misellus

* Woollypod Milkvetch: Astragalus purshii var. lagopinus

* Silvery Lupine: Lupinus argenteus var. argenteus - Beginning to bloom.

* Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. sellulus

Alfalfa: Medicago sativa

* Western Blue Flax: Linum lewisii var. lewisii

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Annual Evening Primrose: Epilobium brachycarpum

Canby's Desert Parsley: Lomatium canbyi - Only fruits.

* Large-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum - Fading out of bloom.

* Broad-fruit Lomatium: Lomatium triternatum ssp. platycarpum

Prickly Phlox: Linantuhs pungens

* Douglas' Phlox: Phlox cespitosa

* Common Fiddleneck: Amsinckia menziesii var. menziesii

* Cryptanth: Cryptantha sp. - Fading out of bloom.

* Blue Scorpon Grass: Myosotis micrantha

White Horehound: Marrubium vulgare - Between the parking and picnic areas.

Lowly Penstemon: Penstemon humilis - In bud.

Showy Penstemon: Penstemon speciosus

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

Cleavers: Galium aparine

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha -Fading out of bloom.

Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii var. - In bud.

Sticky-flowered Rabbitbrush: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (ssp. viscidiflorus ?)

Hawksbeard: Crepis sp.

Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia - In bud.

Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis

Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Fading out of bloom.

Showy Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa (var. speciosa ?)

* Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis - Beginning to bloom.

* Cushion Fleabane: Erigeron poliospermus

* Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

Prickly Lettuce: Lactuca serriola

* Woolly Groundsel: Packera cana - Beginning to bloom.

* Showy Townsendia: Townsendia florifer

Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Animals Observed During This Hike:

Cinnamon Teal

Mallards

Northern Flickers

Brewer's Blackbirds

Red-winged Blackbirds

Raven

Western Bluebirds

Chipping Sparrows

American Goldfinches

Cliff Swallows

Violet-green Swallows

Western Fence Lizards

Anise Swallowtails

Cedar Hairstreak

Ochre Ringlets

Sulphurs

Rancher's Moth larva on silver lupine


Paul Slichter