[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2023]

Wildflowers of Big Creek Campground and Northern Logan Valley

Malheur National Forest

(includes vernally wet meadows, riparian areas, upland shrub-scrub and upland coniferous forest along Forest Service Road 16)

July 10, 2023

Spiked Larkspur: Delphinium stachydeum. We saw this large plant during this trip but the inflorescences had not had a chance to develop yet.

* indicates wildflowers currently in bloom.

Comprehensive Plant List for Logan Valley

* Meadow Foxtail: Alopecurus pratensis

* Smooth Brome: Bromus inermis

* Mountain Brome: Bromus sitchensis var. marginatus

Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

* Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

* Quackgrass: Elymus repens

* Bigpod Mariposa: Calochortus eurycarpus

* Parsnipflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides

* Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii

Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

* Tall Cinquefoil: Drymocallis arguta

* Fan-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis

* Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus var. tenuispicus

* Oregon Checkermallow: Sidalcea oregana (ssp. oregana ?)

* Diffuse Groundsmoke: Gayophytum diffusum (ssp. parviflorum ?)

* Gray's Lovage: Ligusticum grayii

* Narrow-leaved Collomia: Collomia linearis

Great Basin Nemophila: Nemophila breviflora

* Purple Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. alpina

* Slender Indian Paintbrush: Castilleja gracillima

* Hairy Paintbrush: Castilleja pilosa var. pilosa

* Elephant Heads: Pedicularis groenlandica - Fading out of bloom.

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

* Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale

Black Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Glaucous Agoseris: Agoseris glauca var. glauca

* Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria microphylla

* Showy Fleabane: Erigeron speciosus

* Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

* Blanketflower: Gaillardia aristata

* Long-leaved Aster: Symphyotrichum ascendens - Beginning to bloom.


Paul Slichter