Ray Ridge (Umatilla NF Road #020)
N46 06.721' ---- W117 28.744' +/-27' ---- Elevation: ~6135'
1. Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa
2. Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii
*3. Jone's Onion: Allium fibrillum
4. Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica
5. Piper's Golden Buckwheat, Piper's Wild Buckwheat: Eriogonum flavum var. piperi
6. Sulfur Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. ellipticum (formerly var. croceum) - In bud.
*7. Douglas' Knotweed: Polygonum douglasii
*8. Wiry Knotweed: Polygonum majus
*9. Three-leaved Lewisia: Lewisia triphylla
*10. Mountain Sandwort ? : Eremogone capillaris var. capillaris? Arenaria capillaris var. americana
*11. Ballhead Sandwort: Eremegone congesta var. congesta (formerly Arenaria congesta var. congesta)
12. Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla
13. Douglas' Campion: Silene douglasii - In bud.
*14. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
15. Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens
16. Lanceleaf Stonecrop: Sedum lanceolatum
*17. Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum -
18. Brown's Peony: Paeonia brownii - Forming fruits.
*19. Hairystem Rockcress, Sicklepod Rockcress: Arabis sparsiflora var. subvillosa
20. Holboell's Rockcress, Second Rock Cress: Arabis holboellii var. retrofracta - Going to seed.
*21. Rough Wallflower, Prairie Rocket: Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum (formerly Erysimum asperum)
*22. Glaucous Penny Cress: Thlaspi montanum (formerly Thlaspi fendleri)
*23. Alpine Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica var. alpina
*24. Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora
*25. Wax Currant: Ribes cereum
*26. Stinking Currant, Black Currant: Ribes hudsonianum var. petiolare
*27. Dry Ground Lupine, Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. aridus
*28. Bingen Lupine: Lupinus bingensis var. subsaccatus or Lupinus sulphureus ssp. subsaccatus
*29. Bighead Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum
30. Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea
31. White-stemmed Mentzelia: Mentzelia albicaulis - In bud.
*32. Canby's Lovage: Ligusticum canbyi
*33. Slender-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium leptocarpum
34. Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi
*35. Western Sweet-cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis
36. Sierra Snakeroot: Sanicula graveolens
*37. Narrow-leaved Collomia: Collomia linearis
*38. Nuttall's Linanthus: Leptosiphon nuttallii ssp. nuttallii (formerly Linanthastrum nuttallii)
*39. Midget Phlox: Phlox gracilis (formerly Microsteris gracilis)
*40. California Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium californicum
41. Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. capitatum
*42. Great Basin Nemophila, Short-flowered Nemophila: Nemophila breviflora
*43. Austin's Small-flowered Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. austiniae
*44. Varileaf Phacelia, Virgate Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla ssp. virgata
*45. Blue Stickseed: Hackelia micrantha
*46. Nettle-leaf Horsemint: Agastache urticifolia
47. Mountain Monardella, Western Mountain Balm: Monardella odoratissima -
*48. Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida
*49. Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
50. Hotrock Penstemon: Penstemon deustus (var. ?)
*51. Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus
*52. Blue Mt. Penstemon: Penstemon pennellianus
53. Mountain Kittentails: Synthyris missurica ssp. missurica
*54. Cleavers, Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine var. echinospermum
*55. Black Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. melanocarpa
*56. Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus
*57. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis
*58. Heart-leaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia
59. Vasey Sagebrush, Mountain Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana
*60. Hawksbeard: Crepis sp.
*61. Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis
*62. Eaton's Shaggy Fleabane, Eaton's Shaggy Daisy: Erigeron eatonii var. villosus
63. Showy Fleabane: Erigeron speciosus
*64. Woolly Sunflower, Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum (var. lanatum ?)
*65. Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans
*66. Narrowleaf Goldenweed: Pyrrocoma carthamoides var. cusickii - Beginning to bloom.
*67. Woolly Groundsel: Packera cana (formerly Senecio canus)
*68. Woolly Haplopappus, Woolly Goldenweed: Stenotus languinosus (formerly Haplopappus languinosus) -
Yellow-bellied Marmot
Ravens
Northern Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Townsend's Solitaires
Robin
Chipping Sparrows
Mt. Parnassians?
Anise Swallowtails
- View west across the Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness towards Oregon Butte and Twin Buttes from Ray Ridge.
- View south down First Creek along the eastern edge of the Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness from Ray Ridge.
- View east across the southern arm of Ray Ridge with the Wallowa Mts. in the far distance.