[Wildflower Bloom in the Siskiyou Region of Southwestern Oregon: 2021]

Wildflower Bloom in the Siskiyou Region of Southwestern Oregon

Eight Dollar Mountain Botanical Wayside

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest

April 21, 2021

Eight Dollar Mountain Botanical Wayside.......April 21, 2021. - Eight Dollar Mountain Botanical Wayside.......April 21, 2021.

Eight Dollar Mountain Botanical Wayside.......April 21, 2021.

Some photos from the Eight Dollar Mountain Botanical Wayside.......April 21, 2021.

Indian's Dream: Aspidotis densa

Incense-cedar: Calocedrus decurrens

Jeffrey Pine: Pinus jeffreyi

* California Bay Laurel: Umbellularia californica

* California Pitcher Plant: Darlingtonia californica

* Sickle-leaf Onion: Allium falcifolium

* Tolmie's Mariposa: Calochortus tolmiei

* Suksdorf's Great Camas: Camassia leichtlinii ssp. suksdorfii

* Small Camas: Camassia quamash var. breviflora - Not in bloom (in damp meadows) ?

* Meadow Death Camas: Toxicoscodion (venenosum ?)

* Opposite-leaved Lewisia: Lewisia oppositifolia

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis

* Waldo Rockcress: Arabis aculeolata

* Western Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. semiintegrifolia

Great Burnet: Sanguisorba officinalis

* White-leaved Lupine: Lupinus albifrons var. albifrons

* Wedge-leaf Violet: Viola cuneata

* Buckbrush: Ceanothus cuneatus var. cuneatus

* Siskiyou Mat: Ceanothus pumilus

California Coffeeberry: Rhamnus californica ssp. occidentalis

* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium brevifolium/ Lomatium triternatum

* Whiteleaf Manzanita: Arctostaphylos viscida

* Western Azalea: Rhododendron occidentale

* Henderson's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon hendersonii

* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa

* Whiteleaf Phacelia: Phacelia corymbosa

Yarrow: Achilea millefolium - In bud.

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

* Silky Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sericea

* Howell's Microseris: Microseris howellii

* Siskiyou Butterweed: Packera hesperia


Animals Observed at This Site:

Western Gray Squirrel

Turkey Vulture

Scrub Jay

Steller's Jay

Spotted Towhee

House Wren

Western Fence Lizard ?

Tree Frog


Paul Slichter