[Central Oregon Wildflower Bloom Reports]

Bakeoven Road

Between Maupin, OR and Shaniko, OR

Slopes above eastbank of Deschutes River

May 12, 2001

 


Elevation- 1601' N 45*10.921' W 121*03.874'

1. Western Juniper Juniperus occidentalis var. occidentalis

*2. Douglas' Buckwheat Eriogonum douglasii var. (tenue ?)

*3. Howell's Milk-vetch Astragalus howellii

*4. Weak-stem Cryptantha Cryptantha flaccida

*5. Yarrow Achillea millefolium (Nearly in bloom)

*6. Blepharipappus Blepharipappus scaber


Summit of highway between Maupin and Shaniko

Elevation- 3515' N 45* 01.139' W 120* 48.634'

*1. Douglas' Onion Allium douglasii var. nevii ?

*2. Scalepod Idahoa scapigera (pods only)

*3. Lineleaf Montia Montia linearis

*4. Upland Larkspur Delphinium nuttallianum

*5. Bulblet Prairie Star Lithophragma glabrum (formerly Lithophragma bulbifera)

*6. Small-flowered Prairie Star Lithophragma parviflora

*7. Kellogg's Spurred Lupine Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus (formerly L. caudatus)- (beginning bloom)

*8. Bighead Clover Trifolium macrocephalum

*9. Cous Lomatium cous

*10. Barestem Desert Parsley Lomatium nudicaule

*11. John Day Desert Parsley Lomatium minus

*12. Nine-leaf Desert Parsley Lomatium triternatum

*13. Midget Phlox Microsteris gracilis

*14. Tarweed Fiddleneck Amsinckia lycopsoides

*15. Yellow and Blue Forget-me-not Myosotis discolor

*16. Slender Popcorn Flower Plagiobothrys tenellus

*17. Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary Collinsia parviflora

*18. Annual Bedstraw Galium aparaine var. echinospermum

19. Yarrow Achillea millefolium

*20. Gold Stars Crocidium multicaule

21. Gray Rabbitbrush Ericameria nauseosa (formerly Chrysothamnus nauseosus)

*22. False Agoseris Microseris troximoides


Paul Slichter