Wildflowers of Cottonwood Creek
Cottonwood Creek, the Pueblo Mountains
June 28, 1997
Directions:
Cottonwood Creek is about 9 miles south of Fields, Oregon, or about 9 miles north of Denio, Nevada. It is a small creek on the west side of the highway which descends from the Pueblo Mts.
2. Hoary False-yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii
3. Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis
4. Kellogg's Spurred Lupine: Lupinus caudatus
5. Narrow-leaved Paintbrush, Wyoming Paintbrush: Castilleja linariaefolia
6. Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata- Plants forming flower buds, but not yet in bloom.
7. Oval-leaved Buckwheat: Eriogonum ovalifolium
8. Buckwheat: Eriogonum species
9. Green Rabbit-brush: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
10. Little-leaf Horse-brush: Tetradymia glabrata
11. Bud-sage: Artemisia spinescens
12. Clasping Pepperweed: Lepidium perfoliatum
13. Gooseberry-leaved Globe Mallow: Sphaeralcea grossulariaefolia
14. Star-flowered False Solomon's Seal: Smilacina stellata
1. Northern Flicker
2. Song Sparrow
3. Red-tailed hawk
4. Turkey Vulture
5. Rufous-sided Towhee
6. Lazuli Bunting