[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 19, 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

Common Duckweed: Lemna minor

* Douglas' Sedge: Carex douglasii

* Threadleaf Sedge: Carex filifolia

Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis

* Meadow Sedge: Carex praticola ?

* Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus pratensis - Beginning to bloom.

* Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda var. juncifolia

Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - In bud.

* Rock Onion: Allium macrum - Fading out of bloom.

* Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei var. tolmiei

Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. breviflora - In bud.

Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods forming.

Panicled Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum

* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum - Fading out of bloom.

* American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides - Beginning to bloom.

* Mountain Sorrel: Rumex paucifolius - Beginning to bloom.

* Linearleaf Montia: Montia linearis - Fading out of bloom.

Sandwort: Eremogone sp. - In bud.

Hornseed Buttercup: Ceratocephala testiculata

Slim Larkspur: Delphinium depauperatum or Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium distichum

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

* Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilus var. diffusus - Fading out of bloom.

* 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 - Fading out of bloom.

* Field Pennycress: Thlaspi arvense

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera - Fading out of bloom.

* Fleshy-leaved Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa- Fading out of bloom.

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

Small-flowered Horkelia: Horkelia fusca ssp. parviflora

Elmer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri

Fan-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis

Annual Burnet: Poteridium occidentale

Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

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

* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Fading out of bloom.

Western Blue Flax: Linum lewisii var. lewisii

Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana (ssp. ?)

* Northern Bog Violet: Viola nephrophylla

* Upland Yellow Violet: Viola praemorsa var. linguifolia

* Valley Yellow Violet: Viola vallicola var. major

Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

* Donnell's Lomatium: Lomatium donnellii

* Slender-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium leptocarpum

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

Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens - Past bloom.

* Darkthroat Shooting Star: Dodecatheon pulcherrimum ssp. monanthum

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus - Fading out of bloom.

* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum - Fading out of bloom.

* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata

* Oblong Bluebells: Mertensia oblongifolia ?

* Blue Scorpon Grass: Myosotis micrantha

* Cusick's Paintbrush: Castilleja cusickii

* Pale Paintbrush: Castilleja oresbia

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Red Besseya: Synthyris rubra - Fading out of bloom.

American Brooklime: Veronica (americana ?)

* Thyme-leaved Speedwell: Veronica serpyllifolia var. humifusa

Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.

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

Twin Arnica: Arnica sororia

Rough Eyelashweed: Blepharipappus scaber - In bud.

Elk Thistle: Cirsium scariosum

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa (var. speciosa ?)

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

Tall Butterweed: Senecio serra

* Woolly Goldenweed: Stenotus lanuginosus var. lanuginosus - Beginning to bloom.

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

* White-headed Wyethia: Wyethia helianthoides


Animals Seen At This Site:

Brewer's Blackbirds

Clark's Nutcrackers

Western Meadowlarks

American Robins


Paul Slichter