[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2020]

Wildflowers Along the Fremont National Recreation Trail #160

from the South Fork Crooked Creek Trailhead north to the saddle between Twelvemile and McDowell Peaks

Fremont-Winema National Forest

August 2, 2020

A view south from the Fremont National Recreation Trail #160 on the southeastern corner of Twelvemile Peak across the upper drainage of South Fork Crooked Creek towards Light Peak, Fremont-Winema National Forest...........August 2, 2020.

A view south from the Fremont National Recreation Trail #160 on the southeastern corner of Twelvemile Peak across the upper drainage of South Fork Crooked Creek towards Light Peak, Fremont-Winema National Forest...........August 2, 2020.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Common Liverwort: Marchantia polymorpha - South Fork Crooked Creek

California White Fir: Abies concolor x Abies grandis

Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis

Whitebark Pine: Pinus albicaulis

Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. latifolia

Western White Pine: Pinus monticola

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

Booth's Willow: Salix boothii

Water Sedge: Carex aquatilus var. aquatilus - Hank's Spring

Jone's Sedge: Carex jonesii - Hank's Spring

Woodrush Sedge: Carex luzulina - Hank's Spring

* Sierra Rush: Juncus nevadensis var. nevadensis - Hank's Spring

* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Achnatherum lemmonii var. lemmonii

* Smooth Brome: Bromus inermis

* Mountain Brome: Bromus sitchensis var. marginatus

* Tufted Hairgrass: Deschampsia cespitosa - Hank's Spring.

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

* Blue Wildrye: Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus

* Alpine Timothy: Phleum alpinum - Hank's Spring

* Timothy: Phleum pratense

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

Nevada Bluegrass: Poa secunda var. juncifolia

Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda var. secunda

* American Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis 

Mission Bells: Fritillaria atropurpurea - Maturing fruits.

* California False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum (var. ?)

* White Bog Orchid: Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys - Fading out of bloom at Hank's Spring.

Rein Orchid: Platanthera unalascensis - Past bloom.

American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides - Past bloom. South Fork Crooked Creek.

* Mat Buckwheat: Eriogonum cespitosum - Fading out of bloom.

* Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum

* Parsnipflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides - Past peak bloom.

* Goose Lake Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. anserinum ?) - Leaves very much like those of E. ovalifolium.

* Modoc Sulfur Flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. modocense

Common Knotweed: Polygonum aviculare (var. ?)

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

Western Dock: Rumex occidentalis

* Chamisso's Water Montia: Montia chamissoi

Mountain Sandwort: Eremogone capillaris var. americana ? Past bloom.

* Sticky Starwort: Pseudostellaria jamesiana - Only one plant observed still in bloom.

* Goldie's Starwort: Stellaria longipes ssp. longipes

Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii

Lanceleaf Stonecrop: Sedum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum

Secund Rockcress: Boechera retrofracta - Past bloom.

Sicklepod Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora ?

Large Mountain Bittercress: Cardamine cordifolia - Along South Fork Crooked Creek.

Tansymustard: Descurainia sp.

Daggerpods: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides

* Jim Hill Mustard: Sisymbrium altissimum

Oregon Saxifrage: Micranthes oregana - Past bloom at Hank's Spring.

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

Mountain Currant: Ribes montigenum

Sticky Gooseberry: Ribes viscosissimum

* Nevada Cinquefoil: Drymocallis lactea var. lactea

* Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

* Rock Spiraea: Holodiscus microphyllus var. glabrescens

Brewer's Cinquefoil: Potentilla breweri - Past bloom near Hank's Spring.

* Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata - Hank's Spring

Western Burnet: Poteridium occidentale

Bittercherry: Prunus emarginatus var. emarginatus - Fruits several weeks from ripening.

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa

Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Bladder Milkvetch: Astragalus whitneyi var. confusus - Long past bloom.

* Kellogg's Spurred Lupine: Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus

* Wormskjold's Clover: Trifolium wormskjoldii - Hank's Spring

* American Vetch: Vicia ameriana

Upland Yellow Violet: Viola praemorsa (ssp. praemorsa ?)

Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea ssp. venosa

* Tinker's Penny: Hypericum anagalloides

Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus

* Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana var. oregana

* Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum var. incisum

* Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium

Tall Annual Eveningprimrose: Epilobium brachycarpum

* Common Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. glandulosum - At Hank's Spring.

* Spreading Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi

Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

Western Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis - Fruits maturing.

* Gairdner's Yampah: Perideridia montana

Siera Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens

* Ranger's Buttons: Sphenosciadium capitellatum

Explorer's Gentian: Gentiana calycosa ?- Near Hanks Springs.

Tall Mountain Shooting Star: Dodecatheon jeffreyi - Just past bloom at Hanks Spring.

* Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora - Fading out of bloom.

Narrowleaved Collomia: Collomia linearis

* Scarlet Gilia: Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. aggregata - Past peak bloom.

Harkness' Flaxflower: Leptosiphon harknessii

Granite Phlox: Linanthus pungens

Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

Hood's Phlox: Phlox hoodii ?

Moss Phlox: Phlox muscoides

* Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata

* Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha

Northern Bluebells: Mertensia (paniculata var. borealis ?) - Long past bloom.

* Nettleleaf Horsemint: Agastache uricifolia var. urticifolia

* Wavy-leaf Paintbrush: Castilleja applegatei var. pinetorum

Hairy Paintbrush: Castilleja pilosa var. pilosa - Past bloom.

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - A few plants in bloom at Hanks Spring.

* Yakima Birdsbeak: Cordylanthus capitatus ?

* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata - At trailside springs.

Lewis' Monkeyflower: Erythranthe lewisii - Past bloom. South Fork Crooked Creek.

* Musk Monkeyflower: Erythranthe moschata

* Flat-topped Broomrape: Orobanche corymbosa

* Pinewoods Broomrape: Orobanche pinorum

* Mountain Owlclover: Orthocarpus imbricatus ?

Elephantheads: Pedicularis groenlandica - Past bloom at several trailside springs.

* Blue Elderberry: Sambucus mexicana ssp. cerulea

Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus

Large-flowered Agoseris: Agoseris grandiflora

* Mountain Agoseris: Agoseris monticola

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria pulvinata - Fading out of bloom.

* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - One plant found still in bloom.

* Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis - Hank's Spring.

Low Sagebrush: Artemisia arbuscula ssp. arbuscula

Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata

Serrate Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza serrata

* Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii - Fading out of bloom.

Truckee Green Rabbitbrush: Chrysothamnus humilis - In bud.

* Green Rabbitbrush: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (var. ?) - Beginning to bloom.

* Peregrine Thistle: Cirsium cymosum var. cymosum - Fading out of bloom at South Fork Crooked Creek Trailhead

* Tapertip Hawksbeard: Crepis acuminata - Fading out of bloom.

* Modoc Hawksbeard: Crepis modocensis - Fading out of bloom.

Greene's Goldenweed: Ericameria greenei - In bud.

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa (var. ?)

* Plantain-leaved Daisy: Erigeron eatonii (var. plantagineus ?) - Still in bloom on east-facing slopes between McDowell and Twelvemile Peaks.

* Threadleaf Fleabane: Erigeron filifolius

Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis - Past bloom.

* Yarrow-leaved Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. achilleoides

* Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - Past their peak bloom.

Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata - Near South Fork Crooked Creek Trailhead.

* Slender Tarweed: Madia gracilis

Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus

* Arrowleaf Groundsel: Senecio triangularis - Fading out of bloom at trailside springs.

Stemless Goldenweed: Stenotus acaulis - Past bloom.

* Western Mountain Aster: Symphyotrichum spathulatum (var. ?) - This could be Symphyotrichum ascendens.

* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

Salsify: Tragopogon dubius


Animals Observed During This Hike:

Coyotes - Howling

American Kestrels

Turkey Vulture

Great Horned Owl

Northern Flicker

Pileated Woodpecker

Clark's Nutcrackers

Evening Grosbeaks

Green-tailed Towhees

American Robins

Western Wood Peewees

Brewer's Sparrows

Dark-eyed Juncos

Mountain Chickadees

Red-breasted Nuthatches

House Wrens

Rock Wrens

Northern Cloudywing

Rancher's Moth ?


Paul Slichter