Directions to Mud Creek Forest Camp:
From Lakeview, OR, drive east on Oregon Highway 140 headed towards Adel, OR. Pass the Warner Ski Area and cross over the crest of Warner Pass. Continue downhill for several miles and at the first 4-way paved road junction, turn left onto paved FS Road 3615. Drive uphill north into the forest, past the Walker Trailhead, past Bull Prairie and find Mud Creek Forest Camp (potable water) at the east end of Bull Prairie on the right side of the road.
The campground has one vault toilet, seven campsites complete with fire ring and picnic table, and potable water, located at the entrance to the campground. The campground is generally lightly used, although we had a Youth Conservation Corp crew staying in the campground (they used up all the TP and occupied up to 4 campsites) during the work week. The crew was performing light thinning operations on the adjacent forest, and potentially could stay here all summer long since there's plenty of thinning to do. You might call the ranger station in Lakeview to check to see whether a large group is staying in this campground before you go. Note that the mosquitoes can be bad during the morning and early evening hours, or if it's an overcast day with no wind.
* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.
Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen: Letharia columbiana
California White Fir: Abies concolor x Abies grandis
Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. latifolia
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides
* Smallwing Sedge: Carex microptera
* Whitney's Sedge: Carex whitneyi
Colorado Rush: Juncus confusus - In bud.
* Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus pratensis
* Small Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. breviflora
* Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum
Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina - In bud.
California False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum (var. ?)
* American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides
* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii
* Kellogg's Knotweed: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. kelloggii
* Mountain Dock: Rumex paucifolius
* Water Montia: Montia chamissoi
Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis - Past bloom.
* Sticky Starwort: Pseudostellaria jamesiana
* Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium depauperatum
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
* Hartwegg's Plantain-leaved Buttercup: Ranunculus alismifolius var. hartweggii
* White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis (var. ?)
* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus
* Fendler's Meadow-rue: Thalictrum fendleri ?
Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii - Past bloom.
* American Wintercress: Barbarea orthoceras
* Large Mountain Bittercress: Cardamine cordifolia
* Cutleaf Tansymustard: Descurainia incisa ssp. incisa
* Small-flowered Prairie Stars: Lithophragma parviflora
* Nesting Saxifrage: Micranthes nidifica
* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum
Gooseberry: Ribes sp.
* Sticky Currant: Ribes viscosissimum
Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?)
* Nevada Cinquefoil: Drymocallis lactea var. lactea
* Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum
* Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata
* Hansen's Clover: Trifolium longipes ssp. hansenii
Upland Yellow Violet: Viola praemorsa (ssp. praemorsa ?)
* Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana
* Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum var. incisum
False Mermaid: Floerkea proserpinacoides
Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium
* Small-flowered Evening Primrose: Epilobium minutum
* Spreading Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum - Beginning to bloom.
* Dwarf Groundsmoke: Gayophytum humile
* Long-leaved Evening Primrose: Taraxia subacaulis
Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi - In bud.
Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi
* Tall Mountain Shooting Star: Dodecatheon jeffreyi
* Harkness' Flaxflower: Leptosiphon harknessii
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Fading out of bloom.
Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron sp. - Past bloom. Only leaves.
Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum - Past bloom.
Austin's Small-flowered Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. austiniae
* Purple Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla var. alpina
* Leafy Bluebells: Mertensia oblongifolia
Nettleleaf Horsemint: Agastache uricifolia var. urticifolia - In bud.
* Hairy Owl Clover: Castilleja tenuis
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
* Elephantheads: Pedicularis groenlandica
* Rydberg's Penstemon: Penstemon rydbergii var. oreocharis
Cleavers: Galium aparine
Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum
* Cascade Downingia: Downingia yina
* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
Silvery Arnica: Arnica chamissonis (var. incana ?)
* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Fading out of bloom.
Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana
Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense
Elk Thistle: Cirsium scariosum (var. ?)
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - In bud.
* Sweet Marsh Butterweed: Senecio hydrophiloides
Bats - Numerous, fairly large sized
Belding's Ground Squirrels
Chipmunks
Red Squirrels ?
Sierra Nevada Golden-mantled Ground Squirrels
Coyotes - hunting in Bull Prairie
Sandhill Cranes (at least 2 pairs)
Wilson's Snipe
Great Horned Owl
Turkey Vulture
Common Nighthawk
Hairy Woodpeckers
Northern Flickers
Red-naped Sapsuckers
Williamson's Sapsuckers or White-breasted Woodpeckers ?
Brewer's Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbirds
Gray Jays
Steller's Jays
Western Tanagers
American Robins
Hermit Thrushes
Western Wood Peewees
Cassin's Finches
Chipping Sparrows
Dark-eyed Juncos
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Vaux's Swifts
Brown Creepers
House Wrens
Mountain Chickadees
Red-breasted Nuthatches
Rufous Hummingbird