Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central Oregon

Wildflower Bloom in Central Oregon:

Cut bank on north side of OR 218, MP 31

(along Pine Creek)

April 30, 2000

 


* indicates flowers currently in bloom

1. Juniper: Juniperus species

*2. Antelope Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata

*3. Thread-stalk Milk-vetch: Astragalus filipes

*4. Pungent Desert-parsley: Lomatium grayii

*5. Fiddleneck: Amsinckia species

*6. Yellow-hairy Indian Paintbrush: Castilleja xanthotricha

*7. Crested Tongue Penstemon: Penstemon eriantherus var. argillosus

8. Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata

*9. Match Brush: Gutierrezia sarothrae


Small hill on south side of OR 218 overlooking the John Day River at MP 24.3.

*1. Rock Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum

*2. Hopsage or Saltbush: Atriplex species

*3. Thread-stalk Milk-vetch: Astragalus filipes

*4. Rock-rose, Desert Evening-primrose: Oenothera caespitosa

*5. Gray Ball Sage: Salvia dorii

*6. Yellow-hairy Indian Paintbrush: Castilleja xanthotricha

*7. Match Brush: Gutierrezia sarothrae


OR 218, Milepost 22.1

Golden Spiderflower: Cleome platycarpa

John Day Chaenactis: Chaenactis nevii


Paul Slichter