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.
California White Fir: Abies concolor x Abies grandis
Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. latifolia
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides
Booth's Willow: Salix boothii
Geyer's Willow: Salix geyeriana
Greenleaf Willow: Salix lasiandra var. caudata
Duckweed: Lemna sp.
* Smallwing Sedge: Carex microptera
* Raynold's Sedge: Carex raynoldsii
* Daggerleaf Rush: Juncus ensifolius
* Nevada Rush: Juncus nevadensis var. nevadensis
* Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus pratensis
* Smooth Brome: Bromus inermis
* Mountain Brome: Bromus sitchensis var. marginatus
California Oatgrass: Danthonia californica
* Blue Wildrye: Elymus glaucus var. glaucus
* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Eriocoma lemmonii ssp. lemmonii
* Common Western Needlegrass: Eriocoma occidentalis (ssp. pubescens ?)
* Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha
* Alpine Timothy: Phleum alpinum
* Timothy: Phleum pratense
Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum
* Hyacinth Cluster Lily: Triteleia hyacinthina
* California False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum (var. californicum ?)
* Blue-eyed Grass: Sisyrinchium idahoense (var. ?)
* Modoc Sulfur Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. modocense
* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii
Western Dock: Rumex occidentalis
Mountain Dock: Rumex paucifolius
* Sticky Starwort: Pseudostellaria jamesiana - Fading out of bloom.
Lineleaf Montia: Montia linearis
* Goldie's Starwort: Stellaria longipes
* Blue Mountain Larkspur: Delphinium depauperatum - Fading out of bloom.
* White Water Buttercup: Ranunculus aquatilis var. diffusus
Little Buttercup: Ranunculus uncinatus - Past bloom.
Fendler's Meadow-rue: Thalictrum fendleri ? - Maturing fruits.
Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii - Past bloom.
Large Mountain Bittercress: Cardamine cordifolia
* Oregon Saxifrage: Micranthes oregana
Large-leaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum
Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum - Fruits forming.
* Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata
* Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana
* Lanszwert's Peavine: Lathyrus lanszwertii var. lanszwertii
* Kellogg's Spurred Lupine: Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus
* Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus var. tenuispicus - Past its peak.
* Hansen's Clover: Trifolium longipes ssp. hansenii - Fading out of bloom.
* American Vetch: Vicia americana
* Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana (var. ?)
* Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum var. incisum
* Tinker's Penny: Hypericum anagalloides
* Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium - Beginning to bloom.
* Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum
* Purple-leaved Willowherb: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum
* Hall's Willowherb: Epilobium hallianum ?
* Slimstem Willowherb: Epilobium oregonense
* Spreading Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum
* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayi
Mountain Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza occidentaleis - Past bloom.
* Ranger's Buttons: Sphenosciadium capitellatum
* Alpine Shooting Star: Dodecatheon alpinum - Fading out of bloom along Mud Creek.
* Harkness' Flaxflower: Leptosiphon harknessii
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Fading out of bloom along the creek.
* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa - Fading out of bloom where shaded.
* Western Polemonium: Polemonium occidentale
Bluebells: Mertensia sp. - Past bloom.
Cusick's Bluebells: Mertensia cusickii ? - Past bloom.
* Nettleleaf Horsemint: Agastache uricifolia var. urticifolia - Past its peak bloom.
* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata var. miniata
* Hairy Paintbrush: Castilleja pilosa var. pilosa
* Annual White Paintbrush: Castilleja tenuis
* Common Monkeyflower: Erythranthe guttata
* Elephantheads: Pedicularis groenlandica - Fading out of bloom.
* Rydberg's Penstemon: Penstemon rydbergii var. oreocharis - Fading out of bloom.
* American Brooklime: Veronica americana
* Rough Bedstraw: Galium mexicanum var. asperulum
Black Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata - Past bloom.
Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus
* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
* Orange Agoseris: Agoseris aurantiaca var. aurantiaca
* Silvery Arnica: Arnica chamissonis (var. incana ?)
* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Fading out of bloom.
* Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis
Gray Sagewort: Artemisia ludoviciana (var. candicans ?) - In bud.
Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana
Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense - In bud.
* Elk Thistle: Cirsium scariosum (var. ?) - Fading out of bloom.
* Yarrow-leaved Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. achilleoides
* Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri - Beginning to bloom.
* Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata
* Streambank Butterweed: Packera pseudaurea var. pseudaurea
* Rocky Mountain Goldenrod: Solidago lepida
* Western Aster: Symphyotrichum ascendens ?
* Leafybract Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi
* Western Mountain Aster: Symphyotrichum spathulatum (var. ?)
Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale
Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
Sierra Nevada Golden-mantled Ground Squirrels
Chipmunks
Douglas' Squirrels
Mule Deer
Coyotes - howling
Wilson's Snipe
Great Horned Owls
Turkey Vultures
Sandhill Cranes
Northern Flickers
Red-naped Sapsuckers
Brewer's Blackbirds
Steller's Jays
Western Tanagers
American Robins
Western Wood Peewees
Cassin's Finches
Warbling Vireos
Dark-eyed Juncos
Song Sparrows
Yellow-rumped Warblers
House Wrens
Mountain Chickadees
Red-breasted Nuthatches
Rufous Hummingbirds ?