[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2017]

Wildflowers of Ochoco Forest Camp

T15S R21E S35 NW1/4 of SW1/4

Ochoco National Forest

May 19-22, 2017

Cusick's Lungwort: Mertensia cusickii

Cusick's Lungwort: Mertensia cusickii

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

California White Fir: Abies concolor x Abies grandis

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

* Booth's Willow: Salix boothii

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis

* False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule

* Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata ssp. intermontana

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

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

* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium

* Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens

Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii

Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum ssp. stenopetalum - In bud.

* Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna

* Wild Candytuft: Noccaea fendleri ssp. glauca

* Golden Currant: Ribes aureum var. aureum

* Whitestem Gooseberry: Ribes inerme var. inerme - Fading out of bloom.

Greene's Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. reflexa

* Wood's Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata

* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

Graceful Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa - In bud.

Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana

Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus

Cow Parsnip: Heracleum lanatum

Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

* Western Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium var. pumilum - Leaves just arising from the ground.

* Annual Polemonium: Polemonium micranthum

* Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale - Beginning to bloom.

* Cusick's Lungwort: Mertensia cusickii

* Yellow and Blue Scorpionweed: Myosotis discolor

* Wavyleaf Paintbrush: Castilleja applegatei var. pinetorum

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

Common Plantain: Plantago major

* Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

Common Teasel: Dipsacus fullonum

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

Thistle: Cirsium sp. - Native.

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale


Animals Seen At This Site:

Bats

Northern Flickers

Belted Kingfisher

Common Ravens

Steller's Jays

Brewer's Blackbirds

Western Tanagers

American Robins

Western Wood Peewees

Cassin's Finches

Dark-eyed Junco

Song Sparrows

MacGillivray's Warblers

Wilson's Warbler

Yellow Warblers

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Tree Swallows

Hoary Commas


Paul Slichter