[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2017]

Wildflowers of the Crooked River National Grasslands

Gray Butte Trail #852

Crook County, Oregon

June 24, 2017

A view south along the Gray Butte Trail #852, Crooked River National Grasslands..........June 24, 2017.

A view south along the Gray Butte Trail #852, Crooked River National Grasslands..........June 24, 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

* Cheat Grass: Bromus tectorum - Fruits ready to travel in socks!

* One-spike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

* Barley: Hordeum sp.

* Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha

Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. juncifolia

Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda

* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

* Medusaehead: Taeniatherum caput-medusae

* North African Grass: Ventenata dubia

Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus - In bud.

* Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

* Parsnipflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides

Snow Buckwheat: Eriogonum niveum - In bud.

* Rock Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sphaerocephalum

* Goose Lake Wild Buchwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. anserinum

Prostrate Knotweed: Polygonum aviculare - In parking area.

* Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva

* Douglas' Catchfly: Silene douglasii

Desert Alyssum: Alyssum desertorum - In fruit.

Hairystem Rockcress: Boechera pauciflora - spreading pods.

Daggerpods: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides - Fruits maturing.

* Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum var. stenopetalum

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

* Stiff Milkvetch: Astragalus conjunctus var. conjunctus - Past peak bloom.

* Silvery Lupine: Lupinus argenteus var. argenteus

* Alfalfa: Medicago sativa

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

* Elkhorns Clarkia: Clarkia pulchella

* Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum - Beginning to bloom.

* Fennel Cymopterus: Cymopterus terebinthinus var. foeniculaceus 

Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum 

Broad-fruit Lomatium: Lomatium triternatum ssp. platycarpum (Lomatium simplex)

Cusick's Elkweed: Frasera albicaulis var. cusickii

Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa - Several plants with a few flowers still on them.

* Branching Phacelia: Phacelia ramosissima (var. ramosissima ?)

* Gromwell: Lithospermum arvense

* Peck's Paintbrush: Castilleja peckiana

* Bushy Birdbeak: Cordylanthus ramosus

* Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii

* Lowly Penstemon: Penstemon humilis

Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus var. utahensis - Only leaves.

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Low Sagebrush: Artemisia arbuscula (ssp. arbuscula ?)

Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana - Past its peak.

* Rough Eyelashweed: Blepharipappus scaber - Mostly past bloom.

Wavyleaf Thistle: Cirsium undulatum

* Tapertip Hawksbeard: Crepis acuminata

* Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis intermedia

* Scabland Fleabane: Erigeron bloomeri ? - Rayless, or rayless E. linearis?

* Threadleaf Fleabane: Erigeron filifolius

* Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis

Scoulers Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

* Pineapple Weed: Matricaria discoidea

False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - Fruits nearly ripe.

* Woolly Groundsel: Packera cana

Cusick's Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma carthamoides var. cusickii - In bud.


Animals Observed During This Hike:

Ravens

Spotted Towhee

Brewer's Sparrows

Chipping Sparrows

Vesper Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrows

Cedar Hairstreaks

Ochre Ringlets

Pale Swallowtails

Western Swallowtails


Paul Slichter