Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central Oregon


Wildflower Bloom in Central Oregon

Idlewild Camp Ground: Malheur N.F.

Along US 395 north of Burns, OR

June 27, 2000

Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii

Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii

* indicates flowers currently in bloom

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


Animals Seen:

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 ?


Paul Slichter