[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2023]

Wildflowers of Deep Creek Campground

Ochoco National Forest

A view upstream along the North Fork Crooked River at Deep Creek Campground, Ochoco National Forest......September 23, 2023.

A view upstream along the North Fork Crooked River at Deep Creek Campground, Ochoco National Forest......September 23, 2023.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Mountain Alder: Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia

Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens

Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis

Western Larch: Larix occidentalis

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri ?

Spikerush: Eleocharis sp. ?

Common Threesquare: Schoenoplectus pungens

Small-fruited Bulrush: Scirpus microcarpus

Smooth Brome: Bromus inermis

Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

Great Basin Wildrye: Leymus cinereus

Meadow Timothy: Phleum pratense

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

Illinois Pondweed: Potamogeton illinoensis ?

Common Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. breviflora

Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis

Parsnip-flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides

Water Smartweed: Persicaria amphibia

Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

Rockcress: Boechera sp. (B. retrofracta ?)

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

Cinquefoil: Drymocallis sp.

Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala

Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum

Slender Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata

Fan-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis

Annual Burnet: Poteridium occidentale

Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

Rose: Rosa sp.

Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus

Rydberg's Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum var. incisum

Norton's St. John's Wort: Hypericum scouleri

Large-fruit Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum

Purple Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. alpina

* Corn Mint: Mentha canadensis

* Narrowleaf Skullcap: Scutellaria angustifolia ssp. angustifolia

Penstemon: Penstemon sp.

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale

Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

Meadow Arnica: Arnica chamissonis

Gray Sagewort: Artemisia ludoviciana (ssp. candicans ?)

Western Wormwood: Artemisia ludoviciana (ssp. ludoviciana ?)

Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana

Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata (possibly B. careyana)

* Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense

Palouse Thistle: Cirsium brevifolium ?

Elk Thistle: Cirsium scariosum

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa (var. ?)

Showy Fleabane: Erigeron speciosus

* Western Goldenrod: Euthamia occidentalis

Gumweed: Grindelia sp.

Douglas' Helianthella: Helianthella uniflora var. douglasii

* Leafy Aster: Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi

Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale

Mule's Ears: Wyethia (amplexicaulis ?)


Paul Slichter