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

Wildflower Bloom in the Siskiyou Region of Southwestern Oregon

Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside

Medford District BLM and Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest

April 22, 2021

Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside.....April 22, 2021. - Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside.....April 22, 2021.

Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside.....April 22, 2021.

Scenes from Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside, south of Cave Junction, OR.....April 22, 2021.

Indian's Dream: Aspidotis densa

Incense-cedar: Calocedrus decurrens

Box-leaved Garrya: Garrya buxifolia - Past bloom.

Brewer's Oak: Quercus garryana var. breweri - Leafing out.

Jeffrey Pine: Pinus jeffreyi

Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum

California Bay Laurel: Umbellularia californica - Past bloom.

Incense Cedar Mistletoe: Phoradendron libocedri

* Large-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macrantha - Beginning to bloom.

* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum

Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda

* Sickle-leaf Onion: Allium falcifolium

Suksdorf's Camas: Camassia leichtlinii ssp. suksdorfii - In bud.

* Bluedicks: Dipterostemon capitatus ssp. capitatus

Pale Fawn Lily: Erythronium citrinum var. citrinum - Past bloom.

* Checker Lily: Fritillaria affinis - Mostly past bloom.

* Small-flowered Death Camas: Toxicoscordion micranthum ?

Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Past bloom.

Barestem Buckwheat: Eriogonum nudum var. nudum - In bud.

* Field Chickweed: Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum

* Hairy Pink: Petrohagia dubia

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis

* Dwarf Western Oregon Grape: Berberis pumila

* California Poppy: Eschscholzia californica

* Waldo Rockcress: Arabis aculeolata

* Shrubby Rockcress: Boechera koehleri

* Western Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum

Fringepod: Thysanocarpus (radians ?)

* Western Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. semiintegrifolia

Birchleaf Mountain Mahogany: Cercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides - Past bloom.

* Shaggy Horkelia: Horkelia congesta ssp. nemorosa

* White-leaved Lupine: Lupinus albifrons var. albifrons

* Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus - Beginning to bloom.

* Hall's Violet: Viola hallii

* Buckbrush: Ceanothus cuneatus var. cuneatus

* Siskiyou Mat: Ceanothus pumilus

California Coffeeberry: Rhamnus californica ssp. occidentalis

* Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum

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

* Large-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum

* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Whiteleaf Manzanita: Arctostaphylos viscida

* Henderson's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon hendersonii - Fading out of bloom.

* Bolander's Babystars: Leptosiphon bolanderi

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis - Past bloom.

* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa

* Whiteleaf Phacelia: Phacelia corymbosa

Yerba Santa: Eriodictyon californicum

* Popcornflower: Plagiobothrys sp.

Mountain Balm: Mondardella odoratissima

* Frosted Paintbrush: Castilleja pruinosa

* Douglas' Monkeyflower: Diplacus douglasii

Gay Penstemon: Penstemon laetus var. sagittatus - In bud.

Siskiyou Bedstraw: Galium ambiguum var. siskiyouense

Hairy Honeysuckle: Lonicera hispidula

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

* Deltoid Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea

* Hybrid Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea X sericea

* Silky Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sericea

Showy Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa

* Bloomer's Fleabane: Erigeron bloomeri var. nudatus

* Common Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum -Beginning to bloom.

Puget Butterweed: Packera macounii - In bud.

* Pineappleweed: Matricaria discoidea

* Howell's Microseris: Microseris howellii


Animals Observed at This Site:

Turkey Vultures

Common Ravens

Acorn Woodpeckers

Spotted Towhee

Brewer's Blackbirds

White-crowned Sparrows

Anise Swallowtails

Sara's Orangetips


Paul Slichter