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

Wildflower Bloom in the Siskiyou Region of Southwestern Oregon

Star Flat

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest

April 22, 2021

Star Flat and Deer Creek, northwest corner of Eight Dollar Mountain.....April 22, 2021. - Star Flat and Deer Creek, northwest corner of Eight Dollar Mountain.....April 22, 2021.

Scenes from Star Flat and Deer Creek, northwest corner of Eight Dollar Mountain.....April 22, 2021.

Indian's Dream: Aspidotis densa

White Alder: Alnus rhombifolia

Incense-cedar: Calocedrus decurrens

Port Orford Cedar: Chamaecyparis lawsoniana

Oregon Ash: Fraxinus latifolia

Jeffrey Pine: Pinus jeffreyi

Sugar Pine: Pinus lambertiana

Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

Willow: Salix sp. - Banks of Deer Creek.

Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum

California Bay Laurel: Umbellularia californica - In bud.

* Fringed Cottongrass: Calliscipus criniger

* Klamath Sedge: Carex klamathensis

* Naked Sedge: Carex nudata

* Slough Sedge: Carex obnupta

* Bluedicks: Dipterostemon capitatus ssp. capitatus

* Pale Fawn Lily: Erythronium citrinum var. citrinum - Only in bloom under the shade of conifers at Star Flat.

* Brook Trillium: Trillium rivale - Most are past bloom except in the coolest, wettest places.

* Siskiyou Iris: Iris bracteata or * Slender-tubed Iris: Iris chysophylla ?

* Fairy Slipper Orchid: Calypso bulbosa var. occidentalis

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

* Field Chickweed: Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis

* Waldo Rockcress: Arabis aculeolata

* Ashy Rockcress: Boechera subpinnatifida - Fading out of bloom.

* California Toothwort: Cardamine californica - Fading out of bloom.

* Western Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum

* Siskyou Pennycress: Noccaea fendleri ssp. siskiyouensis - Fading out of bloom.

* Great Shieldleaf, Indian Rhubarb: Darmera peltata

* Western Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. semiintegrifolia

* Sticky Cinquefoil: Drymocallis glandulosa var. glandulosa

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. demissa - In bud.

Rose: Rosa sp.

Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus bifrons

* Wedge-leaf Violet: Viola cuneata

* Hall's Violet: Viola hallii

* Buckbrush: Ceanothus cuneatus var. cuneatus

Siskiyou Mat: Ceanothus pumilus - Past bloom.

California Coffeeberry: Rhamnus californica ssp. occidentalis

* Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum

Sharptooth Angelica: Angelica arguta

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

* Fern-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum

Howell's Desert Parsley: Lomatium howellii

* Large-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum

* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Purple Sanicle: Sanicula bipinnatifida

* Madrone: Arbutus menziesii

* Whiteleaf Manzanita: Arctostaphylos viscida

* Western Azalea: Rhododendron occidentale

Pale Morning Glory: Calystegia occidentalis ssp. occidentalis

Henderson's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon hendersonii - Past bloom.

* Darkthroat Shooting Star: Dodecatheon pulchellum var. monanthum

Broadleaf Starflower: Lysimachia latifolia

* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa

* Whiteleaf Phacelia: Phacelia corymbosa

* Clearwater Cryptanth: Cryptantha grandiflora (or C. intermedia ?)

Mountain Balm: Mondardella odoratissima

Self-heal: Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata

* Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia linearis

* Small-leaf Monkeyflower: Erythranthe microphylla

Siskiyou Bedstraw: Galium ambiguum var. siskiyouense

* Rosy Plectritis: Plectritis congesta

Yarrow: Achilea millefolium - In bud.

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

* Deltoid Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea


Animals Observed at This Site:

Downy/ Hairy Woodpecker - Heard

Northern Flicker

Pileated Woodpecker

Checkerspots

Sara's Orangetips


Paul Slichter