[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2019]

The Lick Creek Trail #1809 to the Imnaha Divide

Hells Canyon National Recreation Area

from the Trailhead to the Crossing of Lick Creek just north of the Eagle Cap Wilderness Boundary

July 17, 2019

Canby's lovage (Ligusticum canbyi in bloom along the Lick Creek Trail #1809, Hells Canyon National Recreation Area.....July 17, 2019.

Canby's lovage (Ligusticum canbyi) in bloom along the Lick Creek Trail #1809, Hells Canyon National Recreation Area.....July 17, 2019..

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen: Letharia columbiana

Fremont's Horsehair Lichen: Bryoria fremontii

California White Fir: Abies concolor x grandis

Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa

Mountain Maple: Acer glabrum (var. ?)

Mountain Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia

Western Larch: Larix occidentalis

Engelmann Spruce: Picea engelmannii

Whitebark Pine: Pinus albicaulis

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var.

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii (var. ?)

Scouler's Willow: Salix scouleriana

Buffalo Berry: Shepherdia canadensis

Lace Lip Fern: Cheilanthes gracillima

Common Horsetail: Equisetum arvense

* Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius - At Lick Creek crossing.

* Rush: Juncus sp. - Fine-leaved.

* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri

* Hood's Sedge: Carex hoodii

* Smallwing Sedge: Carex microptera

* Raynold's Sedge: Carex raynoldsii - Open slopes high above and NE of the Lick Creek crossing.

* Ross' Sedge: Carex rossii - Bare banks of Lick Creek at crossing.

* Kellogg's Sedge: Carex kelloggii var. kelloggii - At Lick Creek crossing.

* Mountain Brome: Bromus carinatus var. marginatus

* Smooth Brome: Bromus inermis

* Pinegrass: Calamagrostis rubescens ?

* Onespike Oatgrass: Danthonia unispicata

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides (ssp. brevifolius ?)

* Purple Oniongrass: Melica spectabilis ?

* Alpine Timothy: Phleum alpinum

Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

* American Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis

* Tapertip Onion: Allium accuminatum - Peak bloom.

* Swamp Onion: Allium madidum

* Big-pod Mariposa: Calochortus eurycarpus - Beginning to bloom.

* False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule - Fading out of bloom.

* Clasping Twisted Stalk: Streptopus amplexifolius - Along side streams.

False Hellebore: Veratrum sp. - No inflorescence.

Alaska Rein Orchid: Platanthera unalascensis  - In bud.

* White Bog Orchid: Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys - Meadows at Lick Creek.

* Slender Bog Orchid: Platanthera stricta - Meadows at Lick Creek.

* Pokeweed: Aconogonon phytolaccifolium (var. glabrum ?)

* Piper's Golden Buckwheat: Eriogonum flavum var. piperi

* Parsnip-flowered Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides

Sulphur Flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. ellipticum - In bud.

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

Least Knotweed: Polygonum minimum

Kellogg's Knotweed: Polygonum polygaloides ssp. kelloggii - In bud.

* Sheep Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

* Heartleaf Springbeauty: Claytonia cordifolia - At each creek crossing.

Threeleaf Lewisia: Lewisia triphylla - Past bloom.

* Prickly Sandwort: Eremogone aculeata

* Blunt-leaved Sandwort: Moehringia lateriflora - Fading out of bloom.

* Oregon Catchfly: Silene oregana - Fading out of bloom.

Columbia Monkshood: Aconitum columbianum ssp. columbianum - In bud.

* Yellow Columbine: Aquilegia flavescens

* Meadow Larkspur: Delphinium depauperatum ? - At Lick Creek.

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

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

* Blue Mountain Buttercup: Ranunculus populago

* Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus

Western Meadowrue: Thalictrum occidentale

* False Bugbane: Trautvetteria caroliniensis

Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii - Just past bloom.

Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens

* Spreadingpod Rockcress: Boechera divaricarpa - Erect fruits

* Secund Rockcress: Boechera retrofracta - Tightly pressed, downward oriented fruits maturing.

* Woody Rockcress: Boechera suffrutescens - Maturing fruits.

* Large Mountain Bittercress: Cardamine cordifolia - At Lick Creek crossing.

* Cutleaf Tansymustard: Descurainia incisa ssp. incisa 

* Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum - Beginning to bloom.

Bulblet Prairiestars: Lithophragma bulbifera - Bulbils on fading stems above Lick Creek crossing.

Nesting Saxifrage: Micranthes nidifica

* Brook Saxifrage: Micranthes odontoloma - Beginning to bloom at several side creek crossings.

* Alpine Mitrewort: Mitella pentandra

* Buttercup-leaved Suksdorfia: Suksdorfia ranunculifolia -

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum (var. ?)

* Northern Black Currant: Ribes hudsonianum var. petiolare - Along most of the small stream crossings along the trail.

Prickly Currant: Ribes lacustre

* Mountain Gooseberry: Ribes montigenum

Sticky Currant: Ribes viscosissimum

* Idaho Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glabrata

Wood's Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata

* Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

* Large-leaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum

* Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis (var. fastigiata ?)

Rocky Mountain Mountain Ash: Sorbus scopulina

Birchleaf Spiraea: Spiraea betulifolia var. lucida

Morton's Canadadian Milkvetch: Astragalus canadensis (var. mortonii ? )

* Utah Peavine: Lathyrus pauciflorus var. utahensis

* Kellogg's Spurred Lupine: Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus (L. caudatus)

* Silky Lupine: Lupinus sericeus

* Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Fading out of bloom high on ridges northeast of Lick Creek crossing.

* Western Blue Flax: Linum lewisii var. lewisii

* Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana

* Hooked Spur Violet: Viola adunca

Goosefoot Yellow Violet: Viola purpurea ssp. venosa

Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium var. canescens

* Common Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum

* Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum

* Willowherb: Epilobium sp. - Small, pink flowers. Restricted to wet areas.

* Nuttall's Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum var. parviflorum

Sharptooth Angelica: Angelica arguta

Cow Parsnip: Heracelum maximum

* Canby's Lovage: Ligusticum canbyi

Cusick's Desert Parsley: Lomatium cusickii

Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum - One plant spotted in open forest high above and NE of the Lick Creek crossing.

Purple Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza purpurea

* Western Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

* Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia gairdneri

* Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens

Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata

White-vein Pyrola: Pyrola picta - In bud.

Thinleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum

Grouseberry: Vaccinium scoparium

Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium

* Idaho Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. idahoensis

* Slender Rock-jasmine: Androsace filiformis - At some of the small creek crossings.

* Narrow-leaved Collomia: Collomia linearis

Yellow-staining Collomia: Collomia tinctoria - Near trailhead.

* Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. aggregata

* Harkness' Flaxflower: Leptosiphon harknessii

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Mountain Navarretia: Navarretia divaricata

* California Polemonium: Polemonium californicum - Still in bloom higher on the trail.

Dwarf Hesperochiron: Hesperochiron pumilis

Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum - Past bloom.

* Fendler's Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum fendleri var. fendleri

* Varied-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla ssp. virgata

* Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha ?

* Northern Bluebells: Mertensia paniculata var. borealis - Fading out of bloom. Corolla longer than tube.

* Nettleleaf Horsemint: Agastache urticifolia var. urticifolia

* Glandular Paintbrush: Castilleja glandulifera

* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata var. miniata

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Yakima Birdbeak: Cordylanthus capitatus

* Brewer's Monkeyflower: Erythranthe breweri

Lewis' Monkeyflower: Erythranthe lewisii - In bud along side streams.

Musk Monkeyflower: Erythranthe moschata - Common at all creek crossings.

* Coiled Lousewort: Pedicularis contorta

* Elephantheads: Pedicularis groenlandica - At meadows along Lick Creek.

* Sickletop Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa

Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus

* Globe Penstemon: Penstemon globosus

* Payette Penstemon: Penstemon payettensis

* Lovely Penstemon: Penstemon venustus - Nearing peak bloom.

* Wilcox's Beardtongue: Penstemon wilcoxii - Peak bloom.

* Naked Broomrape: Orobanche uniflora var. occidentalis

* Cleavers: Galium aparine

Twin-leaf Bedstraw: Galium bifolium

Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum

* Milky Kelloggia: Kelloggia galiodies

* Mountain Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis

Black Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata var. involucrata

Utah Twinberry: Lonicera utahensis - Fruits ripening.

Black Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. melanocarpa - In bud.

* Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus var. utahensis

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca

* Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea

* Tall Everlasting: Antennaria anaphaloides

* Woodrush Pussytoes: Antennaria luzuloides

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia

Longleaf Arnica: Arnica longifolia - At Lick Creek crossing.

Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis

Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana - In bud.

* Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata - Still a decent bloom higher on the trail.

Narrow-leaved Brickellia: Brickellia oblongifolia var. oblongifolia

Greene's Goldenweed: Ericameria greenei

* Eaton's Lavender Daisy: Erigeron eatonii var. villosus

* Wandering Daisy: Erigeron glacialis var. glacialis

Thickstem Aster: Eurybia integrifolia - In bud.

* Douglas' False Sunflower: Helianthella uniflora var. douglasii

* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum

Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - In bud.

* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans

Cusick's Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma carthamoides var. cusickii - In bud.

*American Sawwort: Saussurea americana - In bud.

* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus - Only blooming on slopes high above and NE of the Lick Creek crossing.

Tall Butterweed: Senecio serra - In bud.

Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis

* Common Dandylion: Taraxacum officinale


Animals Seen at this Location:

Sierra Nevada Golden-mantled Ground Squirrels

Columbian Ground Squirrels

Red Squirrels

Least Chipmunks

Clark's Nutcrackers

American Robins

Cassin's Finches

Chipping Sparrows

Dark-eyed Juncos

Winter Wrens

Tiger Beetles on Penstemon venutus flowers

Boisduval's Blues

Lilac-bordered Coppers ?

Fritillarys

Anglewings

Painted Ladys

California Tortoiseshells

Milbert's Tortoiseshells

Julia's Orangetip


Paul Slichter