[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2017]

Wildflowers of Big Summit Prairie Along the North Fork Crooked River

Site is a bald along FS Road 22 east of FS Road 22-300 and opposite the junction with FS Road 4210

T13S R20E S36 SW1/4 of NW1/4

Ochoco National Forest

May 10, 2017

A view across a bald along FS Road 22 east of FS Road 22-300 and opposite the junction with FS Road 4215 (Ochoco National Forest).........May 10, 2017.

A view across a bald along FS Road 22 east of FS Road 22-300 and opposite the junction with FS Road 4210 (Ochoco National Forest).........May 10, 2017. The yellow carpet of flowers is slender-fruited desert parsley (Lomatium leptocarpum).

A view across a bald along FS Road 22 east of FS Road 22-300 and opposite the junction with FS Road 4215 (Ochoco National Forest).........May 10, 2017. - A view to the east side of Round Mountain from near the junction of FS Roads 22 and 4215 (Ochoco National Forest)......May 10, 2017.

Another view (at left) across a bald along FS Road 22 east of FS Road 22-300 and opposite the junction with FS Road 4210 (Ochoco National Forest).........May 10, 2017. The photo at right shows a view from near this location up to the east slope of Round Mountain on the same date.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Doug Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii (var. glauca ?)

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

* Rock Onion: Allium macrum

* Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei var. tolmiei

* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum

* Linearleaf Montia: Montia linearis

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum

* Sagebrush Buttercup: Ranunculus glaberrimus var. glaberrimus

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

* Daggerpods: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides

* Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens - Beginning to bloom.

Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera

* Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum ?

* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum

* Slender-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium leptocarpum

* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - Stem leaf. Fading out of bloom.

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus

* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum

* Blue Scorpion Grass: Myosotis micranthus

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Gairdner's Penstemon: Penstemon gairdneri var. gairdneri

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida

Baker's Hawksbeard: Crepis bakeri

* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale


Animals Seen At This Site:

Cassin's Finches

Townsend's Solitaire


Paul Slichter