[Wildflower Bloom in Central and Eastern Oregon: 2018]

Wildflowers of the Lower Crooked Wild and Scenic River

Chimney Rock Trail

Bureau of Land Management

Crook County, Oregon

April 28, 2018

Bunchgrass slopes along the Chimney Rock Trail about a quarter mile from Chimney Rock, Lower Crooked Wild and Scenic River.......April 24, 2018.

Bunchgrass slopes along the Chimney Rock Trail about a quarter mile from Chimney Rock, Lower Crooked Wild and Scenic River.......April 24, 2018.

* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.

Comprehensive Plant List for the Chimney Rock Trail

Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis ?

Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis

Crested Wheatgrass: Agropyron cristatum

* Cheat Grass: Bromus tectorum

Bottlebrush Squirreltail: Elymus elymoides

Idaho Fescue: Festuca idahoensis

Prairie Junegrass: Koeleria macrantha

* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa

* Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda

Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Pseudoroegneria spicata

* Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei var. tolmiei - Beginning to bloom.

Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus - Leaves only.

Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Past bloom.

Panicled Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum

Slender Buckwheat: Eriogonum microtheca var. laxiflorum

Rock Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sphaerocephalum

Goose Lake Wild Buchwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. anserinum ?)

Spiny Hopsage: Grayia spinosa

* Erubescent Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra

Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva

* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum

Hornseed Buttercup: Ceratocephala testiculata

* Sagebrush Buttercup: Ranunculus glaberrimus var. glaberrimus

* Desert Alyssum: Alyssum desertorum

Sicklepod Rockcress: Boechera sparsiflora

* Blue Mustard: Chorispora tenella

* Threadstalk Cutleaf Tansymustard: Descurainia longipedicellata ? - No mature fruits yet to aid ID.

* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna

Leiberg's Stonecrop: Sedum leibergii

* Bulblet Prairiestar: Lithophragma bulbifera

Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum

* Desert Gooseberry: Ribes velutinum

John Day Cinquefoil: Drymocallis campanulatum

Stiff Milkvetch: Astragalus conjunctus var. conjunctus

Woollypod Milkvetch: Astragalus purshii (var. lagopinus?)

Pauper Milkvetch: Astragalus misellus var. misellus ? - Small.

Stony Ground Lupine: Lupinus polyphyllus var. saxosus - Leaves.

* Henderson's Desert Parsley: Lomatium hendersonii

Large-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum

Broad-fruit Lomatium: Lomatium triternatum ssp. platycarpum

Prickly Phlox: Linathus pungens

* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

* Hood's Phlox: Phlox hoodii ?

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

Gairdner's Penstemon: Penstemon gairdneri var. gairdneri

Lowly Penstemon: Penstemon humilis

Showy Penstemon: Penstemon speciosus ?

* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha

Stiff Sagebrush: Artemisia rigida

Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

Rough Eyelashweed: Blepharipappus scaber - Leaves.

Dustymaidens: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii

Hawksbeard: Crepis sp.

Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa

Threadleaf Fleabane: Erigeron filifolius

Yellow Desert Daisy: Erigeron linearis

Cushion Fleabane: Erigeron poliospermus - In bud.

Woolly Groundsel: Packera cana - Leaves.

Showy Townsendia: Townsendia florifer - Leaves.


Animals Observed During This Hike:

American Kestrel

Turkey Vulture

Black-billed Magpie

Mountain Bluebirds

Townsend's Solitaire

Ruby-crowned Kinglets

Western Fence Lizard ?

Julia's Orange Tips

Whites


Paul Slichter