View southwest from Domingo Pass.........6/25/99.

Domingo Pass road is a jeep trail that ascends westward from OR SR 205, eventually crossing the summit of the Pueblo Mts, and then continuing westward towards Lone Mt. Where it meets the main highway, the road is signed, which is unusual for the BLM roads in this area.

The roadbed at first is in good shape, easy for most vehicles, but the road, at least in the winter & spring, becomes tougher to navigate for low slung cars (like mine) with about 2 miles to go to the summit of the pass. The road becomes rutted, and the area between the 2 tire paths becomes full of baby sagebrush and other plants, scraping the the heck out of the bottom of low slung cars. The last mile and a half also become pretty steep. The top of the pass features several interesting, lichen-encrusted outcrops of rock, with numerous early season wildflowers. There is room to park at the top, and the pass itself is pretty easy to explore, with possibilities to roam outward (both north and south) along the crest of the Pueblo Mts.

This is an interesting sidetrip from the Alvord Basin, but anyone travelling the full length of the road should accept (and be prepared for) the consequences of any mishaps that could be encountered along the way. It is not a frequently travelled road ( I saw no other vehicles or people in the 5 hours I explored it), so be prepared for anything, including lots of solitude, beautiful scenery, and many interesting plants and animals!

Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica

Mat Buckwheat: Eriogonum caespitosum

Buckwheat: Eriogonum

Oval-leaved Buckwheat: Eriogonum ovalifolium var.

Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. anserinum

Wyeth Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracloides

Sheepfat: Atriplex confertifolia

Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva (not in bloom yet)

Catchfly: Silene sp.

Daggerpod: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides (seed pods only)

Watercress: Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum

Golden Currant: Ribes aureum (ripe berries only)

Wild Rose: Rosa species

Milk-vetch: Astragalus (large, arched, woolly pod only)

Milk-vetch: Astragalus (C-shaped, wide glabrous seedpod)

Specklepod Milk-vetch: Astragalus lentiginosus

Woolly-pod Milk-vetch: Astragalus purshii

Kellogg's Spurred Lupine: Lupinus caudatus

Tansy-leaved Evening Primrose: Oenothera tanacetifolia

Lomatium dissectum (in seed)

Large-flowered Collomia: Collomia grandiflora

Ballhead Gilia: Gilia congesta

Leptodactylon: Leptodactylon pungens

Threadleaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis

Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla

Monardella: Monardella odoratissima

Gray Ball Sage: Salvia dorii

Desert Paintbrush: Castilleja chromosa

Hotrock Penstemon: Penstemon deustus var.

Showy Penstemon: Penstemon speciosus

Water Speedwell: Veronica anagallis-aquatica

Broomrape: Orobanche species

Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus

Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale ?

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Thistles: Cirsium species (purple)

Thistles: Cirsium species (white)

Crag (Lava) Aster: Aster scopulorum

Tapertip Hawksbeard: Crepis acuminata ?

Daisy: Erigeron species (rayless)

Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis

Woolly Groundsel: Senecio canus

Gray Horse-brush: Tetradymia canescens

Little-leaf Horsebrush: Tetradymia glabrata

Green Mormon Tea: Ephedra viridis