[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2018]

Bingham Prairie and the Twin Pillars Trail #832

from the Twin Pillars North Trailhead

Ochoco National Forest & Mill Creek Wilderness

May 18, 2018

Moist meadows along the northern-most section of the Twin Pillars Trail #832, Mill Creek Wilderness.......May 18, 2018.

Moist meadows along the northern-most section of the Twin Pillars Trail #832, Mill Creek Wilderness.......May 18, 2018.

Weather: Temperatures in the low to mid 60s with mostly cloudy skies. No winds.


* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

California White Fir: Abies concolor x Abies grandis

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

Nebraska Sedge: Carex nebrascensis

Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus pratensis

* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Fading out of bloom.

American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides - In bud.

Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

* Western Springbeauty: Claytonia lanceolata - Beginning to bloom.

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

* Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis

Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus

Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum ssp. stenopetalum

Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens

* Bulblet Prairiestar: Lithophragma bulbifera

* Oregon Saxifrage: Micranthes oregana - Beginning to bloom.

* Three-toothed Mitrewort: Mitella trifida - Beginning to bloom.

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia

* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana var. platypetala

Largeleaf Avens: Geum macrophyllum (var. macrophyllum ?)

Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

Fanleaf Cinquefoil: Potentilla flabellifolia ?

Fan-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata

Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis

Western Burnet: Poteridium occidentale

Broadleaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius ?

Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus

Hansen's Clover: Trifolium longipes var. hansenii

False Mermaid: Floerkea proserpinacoides

Tinker's Penny: Hypericum anagalloides

* Hooked Spur Violet: Viola adunca

* Northern Bog Violet: Viola nephrophylla

* Marsh Violet: Viola palustris

* Upland Yellow Violet: Viola praemorsa ssp. linguifolia

* Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea var. venosa

Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum

Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi

* Wasatch Desertparsley: Lomatium leptocarpum

Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana

Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens

Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis

Dwarf Bilberry: Vaccinium caespitosum

* Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

Western Polemonium: Polemonium occidentale

* Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus

Ballheaded Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum (var. alpinum?)

Meadow Nemophila: Nemophila pedunculata

Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Rydberg's Penstemon: Penstemon rydbergii (var. ?) - In bud.

American Brooklime: Veronica americana

Mt. Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Pale Agoseris: Agoseris glauca var. glauca

Modoc Hawksbeard: Crepis modocensis

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus - Beginning to bloom.

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

Salsify: Tragopogon dubius

* White-rayed Mule's Ears: Wyethia helianthoides


Animals Observed During This Hike:

Northern Flicker

American Robins

Yellow-rumped Warblers

Red-breasted Nuthatches

Western Fence Lizard

Frogs - Heard


Paul Slichter