[Wildflower Bloom in the Siskiyou Region of Southwestern Oregon: 2022]

Wildflower Bloom in the Siskiyou Region of Southwestern Oregon

Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside

Medford District BLM and Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest

April 5, 2022

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.

Brown-eyed Sunshine Lichen: Vulpicida canadensis

Indian's Dream: Aspidotis densa

Licorice Fern: Polypodium glycyrrhiza

Common Swordfern: Polystichum munitum

Incense-cedar: Calocedrus decurrens

Box-leaved Garrya: Garrya buxifolia

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

Jeffrey Pine: Pinus jeffreyi

Doug Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii

* Del Norte Willow: Salix delnortensis

Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum

California Bay Laurel: Umbellularia californica

Incense Cedar Mistletoe: Phoradendron libocedri

* Large-anthered Woodrush: Luzula macrantha

* Lemmon's Needlegrass: Eriocoma lemmonii ssp. lemmonii - Beginning to bloom.

* Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis - Beginning to bloom.

* Geyer's Oniongrass: Melica geyeri var. geyeri

Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda

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

Wavyleaf Soap Plant: Chlorgalum pomeridianum var. pomeridianum - Only leaves.

* Checker Lily: Fritillaria affinis

Serpentine Rush Lily: Hastingsia alba ? - Dry, serpentine soils. Leaves only.

* Small-flowered Death Camas: Toxicoscordion micranthum ?

Iris: Iris sp.

* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii

Barestem Buckwheat: Eriogonum nudum var. nudum

Curly Dock: Rumex crispus

* Red Maids: Calandrinia ciliata

* Small-leaved Springbeauty: Claytonia parviflora ssp. parviflora

* Field Chickweed: Cerastium arvense ssp. strictum

* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis

* Dwarf Western Oregon Grape: Berberis pumila

California Poppy: Eschscholzia californica ?

Mossy Pygmyweed: Crassula tillaea

* German Knotgrass: Scleranthus annuus ssp. annuus

* Waldo Rockcress: Arabis aculeolata

* Western Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum

* Siskiyou Pennycress: Noccaea fendleri ssp. siskiyouense

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum var. parviflorum

* Western Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. semiintegrifolia

Western Lady's Mantle: Aphanes occidentalis

* Shaggy Horkelia: Horkelia congesta ssp. nemorosa

Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana var. demissa

Himalayan Blackberry: Rubus bifrons

Douglas' Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii var. douglasii

Spanish Clover: Acmispon americanus var. americanus - Leaves only.

Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus (now L. bicolor) - Leaves forming.

* Few-flowered Clover: Trifolium oliganthum

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

* Hall's Violet: Viola hallii

* Buckbrush: Ceanothus cuneatus var. cuneatus

* Siskiyou Mat: Ceanothus pumilus

California Coffeeberry: Rhamnus californica ssp. occidentalis

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

* Cook's Desert Parsley: Lomatium cookii

* Large-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum

* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Purple Sanicle: Sanicula bipinnatifida

Western Snakeroot: Sanicula crassicaulis var. crassicaulis

* Whiteleaf Manzanita: Arctostaphylos viscida

* Henderson's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon hendersonii

Linear-leaved Collomia: Collomia linearis - In bud.

Bolander's Babystars: Leptosiphon bolanderi - Leafy stems are up.

* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa

* Whiteleaf Phacelia: Phacelia corymbosa - Beginning to bloom.

Yerba Santa: Eriodictyon californicum

* Frosted Paintbrush: Castilleja pruinosa

* Large-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia grandiflora

* Douglas' Monkeyflower: Diplacus douglasii

English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata

Hairy Honeysuckle: Lonicera hispidula

* Shortspur White Plectritis: Pectritis brachystemon

* Seablush: Plectritis congesta

* Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla

* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

* Deltoid Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea

* Hybrid Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea X sericea

* Silky Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza sericea

* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule

Showy Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. speciosa

Common Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum

* Woolly Groundsel: Packera cana

* Puget Butterweed: Packera macounii - A few plants beginning to bloom.

Narrowleaf Mule's Ears: Wyethia angustifolia


Animals Observed at This Site:

Turkey Vultures

Common Ravens

Northern Flicker

Spotted Towhee

Scrub Jays

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Rufous Hummingbird - Male

Anise Swallowtails

Brown Elfins

California Tortoiseshells

Propertius Duskywings

Sara's Orangetips

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Paul Slichter