Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central Oregon

Columbia & Great Basins of Central Oregon

Page Springs Campground & Vicinity: BLM

(SE of Frenchglen, OR)

June 22, 1999

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Photo at right of Donner und Blitzen River as it flows through Page Springs Campground......6/22/99.

Creek Dogwood: Cornus stolonifera

Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus

Large-leaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum

Poison Hemlock: Conium maculatum

Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

Oyster Plant: Tragopogon dubius

Chick Lupine: Lupinus microcarpus

Buttercup: Ranunculus species

Water Speedwell: Veronica anagallis-aquatica

Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea

Pale Agoseris: Agoseris glauca ?

Blepharipappus: Blepharipappus scaber

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. anserinum

Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis

Madia species ?

Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

Thick-leaved Thelypodium: Thelypodium laciniatum var. laciniatum

Spiny Hopsage: Atriplex spinosa

Hotrock Penstemon: Penstemon deustus var.

Woolly Groundsel: Senecio canus

Willow: Salix species

Miner's Lettuce: Montia perfoliata

Cleavers (Bedstraw): Galium aparine

Golden Currant: Ribes cereum

Elkhorns Clarkia: Clarkia pulchella

Butterweed Groundsel: Senecio serra

Menzie's Silene: Silene menziesii

 

Animals Seen:

Northern Flicker

Cottontail

Chipping Sparrow

Northern Oriole

Bushtits

Swallowtail

Blue Damselflies

Many Caddisflies

Some Mosquitoes

Yellow Warbler

House Wren

Say's Phoebe

Yellow-bellied marmot

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrels

4 Long-tailed Weasels

Barn Swallows

Common Nighthawks

House Sparrow

Lesser Goldfinch

Common Goldfinch

Turkey Vulture

Cliff Swallow


P Ranch & Vicinity

Cow Parsnip: Heracleum lanatum

White Clover: Trifolium repens

Cleavers (Bedstraw): Galium aparine

Poison Hemlock: Conium maculatum

Box-elder: Acer negundo (in seed)

Pineapple Weed: Matricaria matricarioides

Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana

Blue Elderberry: Sambuccus cerulea

Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana

 

Animals Seen:

Turkey Vultures

Harrier

Cedar Waxwing

Eastern Kingbird

Spotted Sandpiper?

2 Virginia Rails

Bobolinks

Rough-winged Swallows

Violet-green Swallows

Mallards

2 Sandhill Cranes

Black-headed Grosbeaks

Many Caddisflies


Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Loop Road

(from P Ranch to Krumbo Reservoir)

Photo of wetland meadows along the Malheur NWR loop road, viewed towards Gunsight Notch above Kiger Gorge............6/22/99.


Round-leaved Thermopsis: Thermopsis rhombifolia

Rydberg's Penstemon: Pensemon rydbergii var. oreocharis

Milk-vetch: Astragalus agrestis

Oregon Checker-mallow: Sidalcea oregana

Cow Parsnip: Heracleum lanatum

Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica

Thick-leaved Thelypodium: Thelypodium laciniatum var. laciniatum

Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii

Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis

Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium species

 

Animals Seen:

Gadwalls

American Coots (and babies)

Black-billed Magpies

Short-eared Owl

Eastern Kingbird

Trumpeter Swans

Red-winged Blackbirds

Brewers Blackbirds

Mourning Cloak Butterfly

Red Admiral Butterfly

Northern Shoveler

Raven

Redhead Ducks

Pied-billed Grebes


Paul Slichter