[Central Oregon Wildflower Bloom Reports]
Forest Road 24

Umatilla National Forest

June 17, 2001

View east towards the middle & north forks of the John Day River from near Ant Hill.........June 17, 2001.
Open slopes on both sides of road near Ant Hill

Elevation- 4602' -- N 44*52.645' -- W 119*34.309' -- (+/-24')

* Indicates the wildflower is in bloom.

1. Rock-brake Cryptogramma crispa

2. Brittle Bladder Fern Cystopteris fragilis

3. Sword Fern Polystichum munitum var. imbricans

4. Willow Salix species

*5. Taper-tip Onion Allium accuminatum

*6. Douglas' Brodiaea Triteleia grandiflora ssp. grandiflora

*7. Heart-leaf Buckwheat Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

*8. Wyeth Buckwheat Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides

*9. Sulphur Flower Eriogonum umbellatum (var. ?)

*10. Wiry Knotweed Polygonum majus ?

*11. Peony Paeonia brownii

12. Creeping Oregon Grape Berberis repens

13. Wax Currant Ribes cereum

14. Curl-leaf Mountain-mahogany Cerocarpus ledifolius (var. ledifolius?)

*15. Woods Strawberry Fragaria vesca var. bracteata

*16. Ocean Spray Holodiscus discolor

*17. Sticky Cinquefoil Potentilla glandulosa (var. ?)

*18. Peavine Lathyrus species

*19. Tailcup Lupine Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus

*20. Richardson's Geranium Geranium richardsonii ?

*21. Wild Blue Flax Linum perenne var. lewisii

22. Redstem Ceanothus Ceanothus sanguineus

23. Yellow Prairie Violet Viola nuttallii

*24. White-stemmed Mentzelia Mentzelia albicaulis

*25. Ragged Robin Clarkia pulchella

*26. Common Clarkia Clarkia rhomboidea

*27. Dwarf Groundsmoke Gayophytum humile ?

28. Biscuitroot Lomatium macrocarpum

*29. Western Sweet Cicely Osmorhiza occidentalis

*30. Large-flowered Collomia Collomia grandiflora

*31. Weak-stemmed Cryptantha Cryptantha flaccida ?

32. Common Mullein Verbascum thapsus

*33. Annual Bedstraw Galium aparine

*34. Large-flowered Agoseris Agoseris grandiflora

*35. Arrowleaf Balsamroot Balsamorhiza sagittata

*36. Blepharipappus Blepharipappus scaber

*37. Bull Thistle Cirsium vulgare ?

38. Gray Rabbitbrush Ericameria nauseosa

*39. Oregon Sunshine Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

*40. Microseris Microseris species ? Basal leaves long, thin & entire.

Additional plants found blooming atop Ant Hill.

View southeast from Ant Hill towards Kimberley, OR...........June 17, 2001.

*1. Elegant mariposa Lily Calochortus elegans

*2. Meadow Death Camas Toxicoscordion venenosum

3. Glaucous Desert Parsley Lomatium donnellii

*4. Slender-fruit Desert Parsley Lomatium leptocarpum

*5. Varileaf Phacelia Phacelia heterophylla ssp. virgata

6. Puccoon Lithospermum ruderale

*7. Cusick's Sunflower Helianthus cusickii

Paul Slichter