Wildflower Bloom Reports for Central Oregon
Wildflower Bloom in Central Oregon

Kiger Gorge Viewpoint

July 15 & 17, 2000

Kiger Gorge

Other than the upper parts of the cliffs, the ground at the Kiger Gorge viewpoint is free of snow. Bloom within the confines of the upper cirques is just beginning.

* indicates flowers currently in bloom

*Mat Buckwheat: Eriogonum cespitosum

*Oval-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum ovalifolium var. depressum

*Sulfur-flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. dicrocephalum

*Mountain Sorrel: Rumex paucifolius

*Prickly Sandwort: Arenaria aculeata

*Nuttall's Sandwort: Arenaria nuttallii var. fragilis ?

*Pussypaws: Calyptridium umbellatum

*Rockcress: Arabis species

*Steens Draba: Draba cusickii var. cusickii - Very few left in bloom.

*Lance-leaved Stonecrop: Sedum lanceolatum

*Roundleaf Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica var. alpina

*Wax Currant: Ribes cereum

*Gordon's Ivesia: Ivesia gordonii

*Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa varieties nevadense & pseudorupestris

*Fan-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla gracilis

*Long-stalked Clover: Trifolium longipes var. shastense

*Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

*Prickly Phlox: Leptodactylon pungens

*Yellow-flowered Navarretia: Navarretia breweri

*Silky Phacelia: Phacelia sericea

*Alpine Cryptanth: Cryptantha sobolifera

*Broadleaf Blue bells: Mertensia ciliata

*Steens Mt. Paintbrush: Castilleja pilosa var. steenensis

*Little Elephant's Head: Pedicularis attolens

*Davidson's Penstemon: Penstemon davidsonii var. praeteritus

*Rydberg's Penstemon: Penstemon rydbergii

*Downy-fruited Valerian: Valeriana pubicarpa

*Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

*Rosy Pussytoes: Antennaria rosea

*Hairy Arnica: Arnica mollis

Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana (Forming the inflorescences.)

*Hayden's Aster: Aster alpigenus var. haydenii

*Dugaldia: Dugaldia hoopesii

Discoid Goldenweed: Ericameria disoidea var. discoidea (Almost in bloom.)

Sticky-flower Green Rabbitbrush: Ericameria viscidiflora ssp. viscidiflora (Almost in bloom.)

*Scabland Fleabane: Erigeron bloomeri var. bloomeri

*Cut-leaved Daisy: Erigeron compositus var. glabratus (Both discoid and with rays.)

*Woolly Groundsel: Senecio canus

*Dwarf Mountain Butterweed: Senecio fremontii

*Groundsel: Senecio serra or crassulus ?

Animals Seen at Kiger Gorge:

1. Horned Larks

2. Violet-green Swallows

3. Ravens

4. Red-tailed Hawks

5. Harrier

6. Belding Ground Squirrel

7. Sierra Nevada Ground Squirrel

8. Numerous butterfly species

Paul Slichter