Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central Oregon
Idlewild Camp Ground: Malheur N.F.
Along US 395 north of Burns, OR
June 27, 2000
Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis var. occidentalis
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Common Camas: Camassia quamash ssp. breviflora - (in seed)
False Solomon's Plume: Maianthemum species (not in bloom)
Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides
*Sticky Laurel: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus
*Tall Buckwheat: Eriogonum elatum var. elatum
*Wyeth Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides
*Dock: Rumex species
*Big-leaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophyllum
Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens
Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii
*Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum
Curl-leaf Mountain-mahogany: Cercocarpus ledifolius (var. ledifolius?)
*Mountain Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala
*Large-leaved Avens: Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum
*Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum var. ciliatum
*Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa (var. ?)
*Fan-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis var. flabelliformis
*Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa
*Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata var. tridentata
Wild Rose: Rosa species
*Tailcup Lupine: Lupinus argenteus var. heteranthus
*Oregon Checker Mallow: Sidalcea oregana (ssp. ?)
Nine-leaved Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum (var. triternatum ?) - in seed
*Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea
*Western Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium occidentale
*Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata
*Rydberg's Penstemon: Penstemon rydbergii (var. oreocharis ?)
*Cleavers: Galium aparine var. echinospermum
*Northern Bedstraw: Galium boreale
*Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
*Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea
*Heart-leaved Arnica: Arnica cordifolia
Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata (ssp. tridentata ?)
*Elk Thistle: Cirsium scariosum (var. americanum ?)
*Fleabane: Erigeron species
*Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium
*Woolly Groundsel: Packera cana
Belding Ground Squirrel
Chipmunk (Least or Yellow-pine)
Red Squirrel
Sierra Nevada Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel
Gray Jay
Steller's Jay
Clarks Nutcracker
Common Nighthawk
Turkey Vulture
White-headed Woodpecker (pair)
Western Tanager
White-breasted Nuthatch
Mt. Chickadee
Dark-eyed Junco
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Solitary Vireo ?