State park at the mouth of the John Day River
April 9, 2000
A Native Plant Society of Oregon Field Trip
Plants with an asterisk (*) in front of them are currently in bloom.
1. Horsetail: Equisetum species
2. Brittle Bladder-fern: Cystopteris fragilis
3. Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Sitanion hystrix
*4. Bicolored Cluster Lily: Brodiaea howellii
5. Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum
6. Russian Thistle: Salsola kali
*7. Chickweed: Stellaria media
*8. Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata (formerly Montia perfoliata)
*9. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
10. Tansymustard: Descurainia richardsonii
*11. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna var. boerhaavii
12. Rough Wall Flower: Erysimum asperum
13. Thick-leaf Thelypody: Thelypodium laciniatum var. laciniatum
*14. Fringe Pod: Thysanocarpus curvipes
15. Stonecrop: Sedum species
*16. Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera
*17. Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora
*18. Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia
19. Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii
*20. Golden Currant: Ribes aureum
*21. Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia
22. Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana
*23. Bitterbrush: Purshia tridentata
*24. Woolly-pod Milk-vetch: Astragalus purshii
*25. Yakima Milk-vetch: Astragalus reventiformis
26. The Dalles Milk-vetch: Astragalus sclerocarpus ? (not quite in bloom)
*27. Columbia Gorge Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus
*28. Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophyllus
*29. Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
30. Chervil: Anthriscus scandina
*31. Fern-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum
*32. Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi
*33. Nine-leaved Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum
*34. Desert Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens
*35. Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
*36. Long-leaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia
37. Phacelia: Phacelia species (probably hastata or heterophylla)
*38. Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia lycopsoides
39. Branching Stickseed: Hackelia diffusa var. cottonii (white-flowered variety)
*40. Puccoon: Lithospermum ruderale
41. Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida
*42. Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
43. Cut-leaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii
*44. White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera
45. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium
46. Dragon Wormwood (Tarragon): Artemisia dracunculus
47. Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata
*48. Arrowleaf Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sagittata
49. Diffuse Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa
50. Yellow Star Thistle: Centaurea sostitialis
51. Green Rabbitbrush: Chrysothamnus visidiflorus
52. Gray Rabbitbrush: Chrysothamnus nauseousus
53. Wavy-leaf Thistle: Cirsium undulatum
54. Hawksbeard: Crepis species
55. Bearded Hawksbeard: Crepis barbigera
*56. Goldstar: Crocidium multicaule
57. Thread-leaf Fleabane: Erigeron filifolius ? (almost in bloom)
58. Hawkweed: Hieracium species
*59. False Agoseris: Microseris troximoides
1. Rattlesnake
2. male Pheasant
3. Starlings
4. Canyon Wren?
5. Say's Phoebe (nest in cliff?)