[Central Oregon Wildflower Bloom Reports]
Antelope to Ashwood Rd

Between Antelope, OR and Ashwood, OR

May 12, 2001

 

Cold Camp Road

Elevation- 3613' N 44*49.671' W 120*39.277' (+/-20')

* Indicates the wildflower is in bloom.

1. Western Juniper Juniperus occidentalis (loaded with berries)

2. Strict Buckwheat Eriogonum strictum

3. Hornseed Buttercup Ranunculus testiculatus

*4. Prairie Smoke Geum triflorum

*5. Stiff Milk Vetch Astragalus conjunctus

*6. Howell's Milkvetch Astragalus howellii

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

8. Chick Lupine Lupinus microcarpus ? (lvs only)

*9. Filaree Erodium cicutarium

*10. Donnell's Desert Parsley Lomatium donnellii

*11. Barestem Desert Parsley Lomatium nudicaule

*12. Unidentified Desert Parsley, possibly Nine-leaf Desert Parsley Lomatium triternatum

*13. Midget Phlox Microsteris gracilis

*14. Phlox Phlox species

15. Yarrow Achillea millefolium

*16. Low Pussytoes Antennaria dimorpha

17. Hawksbeard Crepis species

*18. Dwarf Yellow Fleabane Erigeron chrysopsidis var. chrysopsidis ?

Divide Road at Microwave Tower

Near Wasco & Jefferson County Line

Elevation- 3774' -- N 44*49.152' -- W 120*39.297' -- (+/- 29')

View southwest from this site.

*1. Miner's Lettuce Claytonia perfoliata

*2. Dagger Pod Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides

*3. Wax Currant Ribes cereum

*4. Serviceberry Amelanchier alnifolia

*5. Barestem Desert Parsley Lomatium nudicaule

*6. Unidentified Desert Parsley, possibly Nine-leaf Desert Parsley Lomatium triternatum

*7. Phlox Phlox species (longifolia or speciosa?)

*8. Puccoon Lithospermum ruderale

*9. Wavy-leaf Paintbrush Castilleja applegatei

*10. Desert Paintbrush Castilleja chromosa

*11. Harsh Paintbrush Castilleja hispida

*12. Yellow-leaved Paintbrush Castilleja xanthotricha

*13. Low Pussytoes Antennaria dimorpha

*14. Carey's Balsamroot Balsamorhiza careyana

Divide Road: Ridgetop between John Day River & Deschutes River Watersheds

Elevation- 3720' -- N 44*48.810' -- W 120*38.689' -- (+/- 24')

View north along the divide.

*1. Capitate Sandwort Arenaria congesta var. prolifera

*2. Cusick's Rockcress Arabis cusickii

*3. Howell's Milkvetch Astragalus howellii

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

*5. Donnell's Desert Parsley Lomatium donnellii

*6. Barestem Desert Parsley Lomatium nudicaule

*7. Hood's Phlox Phlox hoodii

*8. Phlox Phlox species (longifolia or speciosa?)

*9. Yarrow Achillea millefolium

*10. Dwarf Yellow Fleabane Erigeron chrysopsidis var. chrysopsidis

Paul Slichter