[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2017]

Wildflowers of the Crooked River National Grasslands

Gray Butte Trail #852

Crook County, Oregon

May 20, 2017

Gray Butte from the north, from the McCoin Orchard Trailhead, Crooked River National Grasslands.......May 20, 2017.

A view south towards Gray Butte from the McCoin Orchard Trailhead, Crooked River National Grasslands...........May 20, 2017.

View across wildflower meadows towards the Three Sisters Wilderness from the west side of Gray Butte, Crooked River National Grasslands.......May 20, 2017. - West face of Gray Butte, Crooked River National Grasslands........May 20, 2017. - Wildflower meadows viewed up the west side of Gray Butte, Crooked River National Grasslands.......May 20, 2017.

The photo at right shows a view west across wildflower meadows towards the Three Sisters Wilderness from the Gray Butte Trail. The photo at center shows a view up the west side of Gray Butte with stony ground lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus var. saxosus) in the foreground. The photo at right shows a different view of the western slope of Gray Butte, Crooked River National Grasslands.........May 20, 2017.

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* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis

* Cheat Grass: Bromus tectorum

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Cusick's Bluegrass: Poa (cusickii ?)

* Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

* Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei var. tolmiei

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

Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods.

* Panicled Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum

* Blue Dicks: Triteleia grandiflora - Blue form. Beginning to bloom.

* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum

Parsnipflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides

Snow Buckwheat: Eriogonum niveum

Rock Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sphaerocephalum - In bud.

Goose Lake Wild Buchwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. anserinum - In bud. yellow

Prostrate Knotweed: Polygonum aviculare - In parking area.

* Linear-leaf Montia: Montia linearis - Fading out of bloom.

* King's Sandwort: Eremogone kingii ssp. glabrescens

Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum - Past bloom.

Hornseed Buttercup: Ceratocephala testiculata - Past bloom.

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

* Desert Alyssum: Alyssum desertorum

Secund Rockcress: Boechera retrofracta ? - Pendant pods.

Hairystem Rockcress: Boechera pauciflora - spreading pods.

* Blue Mustard: Chorispora tenella

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera - Mature fruits.

* Daggerpods: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides - Fading out of bloom.

Leiberg's Stonecrop: Sedum leibergii - In bud.

* Bulblet Prairiestar: Lithophragma bulbifera

* Small-flowered Prairiestar: Lithophragma parviflora

* Pale Serviceberry: Amelanchier pallida ? or Utah Serviceberry: Amelanchier utahensis ?

* John Day Cinquefoil: Drymocallis campanulatum

Bush Ocean Spray: Holodiscus microphyllus var. glabrescens

* Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Beginning to bloom.

* Stiff Milkvetch: Astragalus conjunctus var. conjunctus

* Woollypod Milkvetch: Astragalus purshii var. lagopinus

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

* Stony Ground Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus var. saxosus

* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum

Alfalfa: Medicago sativa

* Fennel Cymopterus: Cymopterus terebinthinus var. foeniculaceus 

* Cous: Lomatium cous

* Donnell's Lomatium: Lomatium donnellii

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

* Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum 

* Broad-fruit Lomatium: Lomatium triternatum ssp. platycarpum

* Broad-sheath Desert Parsley: Lomatium vaginatum

* Cusick's Elkweed: Frasera albicaulis var. cusickii

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Matted Phlox: Phlox cespitosa

* Annual Polemonium: Polemonium micranthum

* Woolen Breeches: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum

* Threadleaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis

* Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia lycopsoides

* Blue Scorpon Grass: Myosotis micrantha

* Peck's Paintbrush: Castilleja peckiana

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Gairdner's Penstemon: Penstemon gairdneri var. gairdneri

Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii

Lowly Penstemon: Penstemon humilis - In bud.

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus - At trailhead.

Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos (oreophilus var. utahensis ?) - Only leaves.

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Fading out of bloom.

Low Sagebrush: Artemisia arbuscula (ssp. arbuscula ?)

Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana

Baker's Hawksbeard: Crepis bakeri

Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia - In bud.

Modoc Hawksbeard: Crepis modocensis - In bud.

Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis

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

Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis - In bud.

Scoulers Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

Pineapple Weed: Matricaria discoidea - In bud.

* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides

Woolly Groundsel: Packera cana - In bud.

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale


Animals Observed During This Hike:

Belding Ground Squirrels

California Quail

Raven

Spotted Towhee

Mountain Bluebirds

Brewer's Sparrows

Chipping Sparrows

Sulphurs


Paul Slichter