[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2018]

Wildflower Bloom at the Antelope Flat Reservoir Campground Day Use Area

Maury Mountains, Ochoco National Forest

Crook County, Oregon

April 27, 2018

View east across Antelope Flat Reservoir from the day use area at Antelope Flat Reservoir Campground, Maury Mountains, Ochoco National Forest.......April 27, 2018.

The view east across Antelope Flat Reservoir from the day use area at Antelope Flat Reservoir Campground, Maury Mountains, Ochoco National Forest.......April 27, 2018. There are lithosol plant communities at this location with the possibility to explore bunchgrass flats, coniferous forest and lakefront habitats (as the water recedes later in the season).

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Comprehensive Plant List for the Maury Mountains Region

 

Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus

* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum

Parsnipflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides

Sulfurflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. ? - Upper leaves green, lower are gray.

* Sagebrush Buttercup: Ranunculus glaberrimus var. glaberrimus

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

* Daggerpods: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides

* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata - Beginning to leaf out.

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilus

Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

Twin Arnica: Arnica sororia

Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata (ssp. vaseyana ?)

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa (var. speciosa ?)

Yellow Desert Dasiy: Erigeron linearis

Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus


Animals Seen At This Site:

Mule Deer

Bald Eagle

Red-tailed Hawks

American Coots

Buffleheads

Cinammon Teals

Ring-necked Ducks

Northern Flicker

Red-naped Sapsuckers

American Robins

Red-breasted Nuthatches - Heard

White-breasted Nuthatches - Heard and seen.

Yellow-rumped Warblers

Frogs - Croaking


Paul Slichter