THE STEENS MOUNTAIN VEGETATION

MILEPOST 5.5 ON STEENS MOUNTAIN RD

1. Oenothera tanacetifolia Tansy-leaved Evening-primrose

2. Lupinus caudatus Kellogg's Spurred Lupine (spur, hairy leaves (white) both sides, seed pods , 1")

3. Erigeron linearis Yellow Desert Daisy

4. Collomia

5. Achillea millefolium Yarrow

6. Allium acuminatum Taper-tip Onion

7. Calochortus macrocarpum Green-banded Mariposa LIly

MILEPOST 9.5 (south side of road near ditch & boulders)

1. Lupinus caudatus Kellogg's Spurred Lupine

2. Erigeron (basal leaves olbanceolate?, blue rays)

3. Eriogonum heracloides (lvs thinnly elliptical, flowers cream/red color)

MILEPOST 11.5 (About .5 mile below Lily Lake)

1. Dugaldia hoopseii Orange Sneezeweed

2. Artemisia arbuscula (low form)

3. Castilleja applegatei var. fragilis (yellow- orange/red- linear to trifurcate leaves wavy margins)

4. Castilleja linaraefolia Narrow-leaved Paintbrush (red- long,linear leaves

5. Cirsium peckii Peck's Thistle

6. Cirsium ?

7. Erigeron (as above)

8. Phacelia

9. Lupinus caudatus Kellogg's Spurred Lupine

10. Rumex acetosella Red Sorrel

THE AREA BELOW FISH LAKE ALONG THE STEENS MT NORTH LOOP ROAD

1. Artemisia tridentata Big Sagebrush

2. Artemisia arbuscula Low Sagebrush

3. Calochortus macrocarpus Green-banded Mariposa Lily

4. Lupinus caudatus Kellogg's Spurred Lupine

5. Nuphar polysepalum Yellow Water-lily (Lily Lake)

6. Oenothera tanacetifolia Tansy-leaf Evening-primrose

7. *Sidalcea oregana Oregon Checker-mallow

8. *Erigeron sp. (same as below)

9. *Eriogonum heracloides Wyeth Buckwheat

THE AREA DIRECTLY AROUND JACKMAN CAMPGROUND

ALSO EXTENDING DIRECTLY SOUTH TO THE NORTH RIM OF THE LITTLE BLITZEN GORGE

1. Collinsia parvifora Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary

2. *Mimulus breweri Brewer's Monkey Flower

3. *Polygonum kelloggii C.F.

4. *Lewisia triphylla

5. *Delphinium burkei Meadow Larkspur

6. *Frasera speciosa Giant Frasera

7. *Sidalcea oregana Oregon Checker-mallow

8. *Potentilla glandulosa Sticky Cinquefoil

9. Rumex acetosella Red Sorrel

10. *Microseris nutans C.F. Nodding Microseris

11. Agoseris aurantiaca

12. Oenanthe sarmentosa Water Parsley

13. Artemisia tridentata Big Sagebrush

14. *Pedicularis attolens Little Elephant's Head

15. *Potentilla breweri Brewer's Cinquefoil

16. Trifolium

17. Rumex

18. Castilleja linaraefolia Narrow-leaved Paintbrush:scarlet, linear leaves

19. Achillea millefolium Yarrow

20. Hieracium sp. (not in bloom)

21. Sibbaldia procumbens

22. Mimulus primuloides Primrose Monkeyflower

23. Arnica mollis Hairy Arnica

24. Epilobium alpinum var. lactiflorum White-flowered Willow Herb

25. Ranunculus alismaefolius Plantain-leaf Buttercup

26. Dugaldia hoopseii Orange Sneezeweed

27. Veronica serpyllifolia

28. *Potentilla gracilis

29. Oenothera subacaulis

30. *Potenilla diversifolia var. diversifolia Diverse-leaved Cinquefoil

31. *Heuchera cylindrica var. alpina Round-leaved Alumroot

32. Lupinus caudatus C.F. (spurred)

33. *Dodecatheon jeffreyi

34. Potentilla many sm. pinnate leaflets (herb) P. breweri from above?

35. *Potentilla fruticosa Shrubby Cinquefoil

36. *Camassia quamash var. breviflora Common Camas

37. *Ribes montigenum Alpine Prickly Currant

38. *Linanthastrum nuttallii Nuttall's Linanthastrum

39. *Allium tolmie Tolmie's Onion

40. Allium acuminatum Taper-tip Onion

41. *Erigeron (tall-1 1/2 ft, lavendar rays)

42. *Symphoricarpos oreophilus Mountain Snowberry

43. Veratrum californicum var. californicum White False Hellebore

44. Penstemon (lavendar/ blue flowers, large bluish-green leaves)

45. Eriogonum heracleoides cream flowers

46. Eriogonum umbellatum Sulfur Buckwheat

47. Hesperochiron pumilus Dwarf Hesperochiron

48. Spraguea umbellatum Pussy Paws

49. Phacelia (lvs entire, simple)

50. Silene oregana Oregon Silene

51. Silene douglasii var. douglasii ??? Douglas' Silene

52. Arenaria aculeata

53. *Navarretia breweri Yellow-flowered Navarretia

54. *Geum triflorum var. ciliatum Prairie Smoke

55. *Horkelia fusca var. capitata Pink Pinwheels

56. Castilleja applegatei var. fragilis Wavy-leaved Paintbrush (very yellow)

57. Lupinus lepidus var lobbii

58. Crepis (short, < 1 ft tall, small flowers)

59. Pedicularis groenlandica Elephant-head Lousewort

60. Valeriana occidentalis ??? mostly entire lvs.

61. Viola purpurea var. venosa Goosefoot Violet (purple leaves)

62. Saxifraga arguta ???

63. Mimulus lewisii Lewis' Monkeyflower

64. Zigadenus venonosus Meadow Death-camas

65. Unknown composite, somewhat spiny leaf margins rayless, (Grindelia?)

66. Holodiscus dumosus

67. Penstemon (subshrub, not in bloom, ovate leaves?)???

68. Senecio canus

69. Senecio integerrimus Western Groundsel (Not in bloom-is it yellow?)

70. Collomia linearis

71. Iliamna rivularis

72. Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum ??? not in bloom

73. *Perideridia bolanderi Bolander's Yampah

74. Orthocarpus

75. Thalictrum

76. *Aquilegia formosa Red Columbine

77. Populus tremuloides Quaking Aspen

78. Polygonum bistortoides American Bistort

79. *Mertensia ciliata var. ciliata C.F. Broad-leaf Bluebells

80. *Geranium viscosissimum var. viscosissimum Sticky Geranium

81. *Cirsium peckii Peck's Thistle

82. Lithophragma bulbifera Rocketstar

83. Streptanthus cordatus C.F. Streptanthus

84. Hackelia micrantha C.F. Blue Stickseed

THE TOP OF THE STEENS MOUNTAIN

EXTENDING FROM THE HEAD OF THE KIGER GORGE SOUTH TO THE RIM TO THE WEST OF WILDHORSE LAKE

1. *Ranunculus eschscholtzii Snow Buttercup

2. Dodecatheon jeffreyi ???

3. *Artemisia arbuscula C.F. Low Sagebrush (very small, hugging ground, 3 cleft leaves that are small, at 9000')

4. *Saxifraga oregana var. montanensis Bog Saxifrage

5. *Phacelia sericea var. ciliosa Silky Phacelia

6. *Potentilla fruticosa Shrubby Cinquefoil

7. *Senecio fremontii Dwarf Mt. Buterweed

8. *Polemonium pulcherrimum var. pulcherrimum

9. Lupinus lyallii ssp minutifolius Small-leaved Lupine

10. *Dugaldia hoopesii Orange Sneezeweed

11. *Penstemon rydbergii ???

12. Castileja pilosa var. steenensis (C. longispica) Steens Mt Paintbrush grey to green-gray

13. Spraguea umbellata

14. *Erigeron compositus var. glabratus Cut-leaved Daisy (both forms with rays & discoid)

15. *Sedum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum Lance-leaved Stonecrop

16. Antennaria sp Pussy Toes

17. *Potentilla diversifolia Diverse-leaved Cinquefoil

18. *Frasera speciosa Giant Frasera

19. Achillea millefolium Yarrow

20. *Geum triflorum var. ciliatum Prairie Smoke

21. *Heuchera cylindrica var. alpina Round-leaf Alumroot

22. *Ribes montigenum Alpine Prickly Currant

23. Antennaria rosea (<---rename???) Rosy Pussytoes

24. Arenaria aculeata

25. Ribes cereum Squaw Currant

26. Microseris (tiny, glaucus leaves)

27. Ivesia gordonii

28. Astragalus whitneyi

29. Oxyria digyna

30. Potentilla voina ???

31. Potentilla breweri ??? Brewer's Cinquefoil

32. Lewisia triphylla

33. Polygonum viviparum ???

34. Cerastium beeringianum Alpine Chickweed

35. Penstemon davidsonii (or fruiticosis) ???

36. Eriogonum (larger, white flowers, gray leaves)

37. Eriogonum (sm, yellow encrusting)

38. Eriogonum (sm, white-pink encrusting)

39. Parsley family- Umbel, very tiny, pinnate leaves, white flowers

40. *Haplopappus C.F. Composite, pungent, resinous-sticky, thin yellow heads with few rays

41. Leptodactylon pungens

42. Valeriana acutiloba

43. Silene douglasii Douglas' Silene

44. Polygonum bistortoides American Bistort

45. Draba sphaeroides var. cusickii Cusick's Draba

46. Lloydia serotina Alpine Lily

Rare & Endangered Plants from the Steens Mt Region.

These plants were not necessarily seen unless noted above.

1. Castilleja pilosa var. steenensis Steen's Mt. Paintbrush

2. Cirsium peckii Steen's Mt. Thistle

3. Claytonia nevadensis Sierra Spring Beauty

4. Allium macrum????? or is it found west of the Steen's Mt.

5. Claytonia umbellata???? or is it found further to the south of Steen's Mt.

6. Cymopterus bipinnatus Hayden's Cymopteris

7. Dimeresia howellii Dimeresia or Doublet

8. Draba sphaeroides var. cusickii Cusick's Draba

9. Eriogonum chrysops ????? Golden Buckwheat or is it found 45 mi. NE of the Steens

10. Eriogonum cusickii Cusick's Buckwheat

11. Eriogonum umbellatum var. hausknechtii Hausknecht's Sulfur Buckwheat

12. Gentiana prostrata Moss Gentian

13. Haplopappus uniflorus ssp linearis One-flowered Goldenweed

14. Ivesia baileyi (Horkelia baileyi) Bailey's Ivesia

15. Lloydia serotina Alpine Lily

16. Lupinus lyallii ssp minutifolius Small-leaved Lupine

17. Penstemon davidsonii var. praeteritus Davidson's Penstemon

18. Penstemon seorsus Narrow-leaved Penstemon

19. Salix drummondiana Drummond's Willow

20. Swertia albicaulis var. idahoensis (Frasera albicaulis) White-stemmed Swertia

Animals Seen:

1. Mountain Bluebird

2. Golden Eagle C.F.

3. Pronghorn Antelope

4. *Ground Squirrel

5. *Sapsucker

6. Robin

7. *Rock Wren male & Female

8. Raven

9. *Rough-legged Hawk (light areas on underside of wings outboard of wrists)

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Paul Slichter