[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2018]

Lick Creek Campground

Hells Canyon National Recreation Area

July 16-20, 2019

 


* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Hybrid Fir: Abies concolor x grandis ? (or A. grandis ?)

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa

Mountain Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia

Engelmann Spruce: Picea engelmannii

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

Common Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

* Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius

* Smallwing Sedge: Carex microptera

* Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus pratensis

* Mountain Brome: Bromus sitchensis var. marginatus

* Orchard Grass: Dactylis glomerata

American Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis

* Bigpod Mariposa: Calochortus eurycarpus

Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

* California False-hellebore: Veratrum californicum var. caudatum

* Long-spurred Bog Orchid: Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys

* Western Dock: Rumex occidentalis

* Menzie's Campion: Silene menziesii

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

* False Bugbane: Trautvetteria caroliniensis

* Cutleaf Tansymustard: Descurainia incisa (ssp. viscosa)

Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum ssp. stenopetalum

Northern Black Currant: Ribes hudsonianum var. petiolare

* Large-leaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum

* Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata

Western Burnet: Poteridium annuum

Rocky Mountain Mt. Ash: Sorbus scopulina

* Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus var. tenuispicus

* American Vetch: Vicia americana var. americana

* Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum var. viscosissimum

* Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana var. spicata

Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium var. canescens - In bud.

* Common Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum

* Nuttall's Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum var. parviflorum

* Sharptooth Angelica: Angelica arguta

* Cow Parsnip: Heracleum lanatum

Grouseberry: Vaccinium scoparium

* Harkness' Flaxflower: Leptosiphon harknessii

California Polemonium: Polemonium californicum

* Western Polemonium: Polemonium occidentale

* Northern Bluebells: Mertensia paniculata var. borealis

* Lewis' Monkeyflower: Erythranthe lewisii

Globe Penstemon: Penstemon globosus

* Rydberg's Penstemon: Penstemon rydbergii (var. ?)

* Broad-leaved Plantain: Plantago major

Black Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata

Utah Honeysuckle: Lonicera utahensis - Fruits forming.

* Mountain Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca

* Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

* Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense - In bud.

* Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata

* Pineappleweed: Matricaria discoidea

* Streambank Butterweed: Packera pseudaurea var. pseudarea

Tall Butterweed: Senecio serra - In bud.

Cusick's Aster: Symphyotrichum cusickii - In bud.

* Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Animals Seen at this Location:

Chipmunks

Columbian Ground Squirrels

Bats - Numerous

Ravens

Steller's Jays

Western Tanagers

Red Crossbills

Yellow-rumped Warblers

Winter Wren


Paul Slichter