[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2017]

Wildflowers of Big Summit Prairie Along the North Fork Crooked River

Site is west of a butte at the north end of Antler Prairie and west of Road 4215 and north of the junction with FS Road 4215-100

T15S R21E S5 SW1/4 of SW1/4

Ochoco National Forest

May 9, 2017

A view east across a scabland meadow dominated by slender-fruited desert parsley (Lomatium leptocarpum) as seen along FS Road 4215 about 1.5 miles south of the junction with FS Road 42 (Ochoco National Forest).........May 09, 2017.

A view east across a scabland meadow dominated by slender-fruited desert parsley (Lomatium leptocarpum) as seen along FS Road 4215 about 1.5 miles south of the junction with FS Road 42 (Ochoco National Forest).........May 09, 2017.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. breviflora

* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum

Nevada Lewisia: Lewisia nevadensis - In bud.

* Linearleaf Montia: Montia linearis

Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens - In bud.

* Sagebrush Buttercup: Ranunculus glaberrimus var. ellipticus ?

* Sagebrush Buttercup: Ranunculus glaberrimus var. glaberrimus

* Large-flowered Swamp Buttercup: Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. platyphyllus

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera

* Common Western Saxifrage: Micranthes integrifolia

Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum - In bud.

Small-flowered Horkelia: Horkelia fusca ssp. parviflora - Only leaves.

Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana (ssp. ?)

* Northern Bog Violet: Viola nephrophylla

* Slender-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium leptocarpum

* Gray's Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum 

* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus

Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum

* Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata

Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata

* Longflower Bluebells: Mertensia longiflora

Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale

White-headed Wyethia: Wyethia helianthoides


Animals Seen At This Site:

Julia's Orange Tips


Paul Slichter