Access via a trail at the east end of the Interstate 84 bridge spanning the John Day River. Area covered includes from the bridge to the sand piles approximately 1/3 mile upstream.
April 23, 2000
Access via a trail at the east end of the Interstate 84 bridge spanning the John Day River. Area covered includes from the bridge to the sand piles approximately 1/3 mile upstream.
April 23, 2000
Plants with an asterisk (*) in front of them are currently in bloom.
1. White Alder: Alnus rhombifolia
2. Russian Olive: Elaeagnus angustifolia
*3. Bicolored Cluster Lily: Brodieaea howellii
*4. Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum Yellow-flowered form
5. Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum var. proliferum
6. Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata (formerly Montia perfoliata)
7. Tumble (Jim Hill) Mustard: Sisymbrium altissimum
8. Fringe Pod: Thysanocarpus curvipes
*9. Bitter Brush: Purshia tridentata
10. Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus discolor
11. Woolly-pod Milk-vetch: Astragalus purshii
*12. Lupine: Lupinus sulphureus var. subsaccatus ?
*13. Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
*14. Slender Evening-primrose: Oenothera contorta
15. Pale Evening-primrose: Oenothera pallida - Leaves only
*16. Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi
*17. Silver-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata
*18. Fiddleneck: Amsinckia species
*19. White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera
*20. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium Almost in bloom.
21. Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata
*22. Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana ?(multiple flower heads per stem)
23. Tumble Knapweed: Centaurea diffusa Fairly widespread.
*24. Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii
25. Wavy-leaf Thistle: Cirsium undulatum
26. Thread-leaf Fleabane: Erigeron filifolius - Almost in bloom
*27. Cushion Fleabane: Erigeron poliospermus var. poliospermus
28. Match Brush: Gutierrezia sarothrae
29. Columbia Cut Leaf: Hymenopappus filifolius Almost in bloom
30. Common Cocklebur: Xanthium strumarium