[Currently Blooming Wildflowers in the Siskiyous Region of Oregon]

Siskiyou Mountains

Currently Blooming Wildflowers in the Illinois River Gorge to the west of Selma, Oregon

March 30, 1997

 


Big Leaf Maple: Acer macrophyllum

Fawn Lily: Erythronium citrinum

Brook Trillium: Pseudotrillium rivale

Candy Flower: Claytonia sibirica

Oregon Anemone: Anemone oregana var. oregana

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

Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis

Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum

Waldo Rockcress: Arabis aculeolata Deep purple flowers on serpentine

Nuttall's Toothwort?: Cardamine nuttallii

Siskiyou Pennycress: Noccaea fendleri ssp. siskiyouensis

Small-flowered Fringe Cup: Lithophragma parviflora

Howell's Saxifrage: Micranthes howellii ?

Western Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia var. semiintegrifolia

Pine Violet: Viola lobata ssp. lobata

Siskiyou Mat: Ceanothus pumilus

Whiteleaf Manzanita: Arctostaphylos viscida

Henderson's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon hendersonii

Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis

Whiteleaf Phacelia: Phacelia corymbosa

Common Hound's-tongue: Cynoglossum officinale

Mountain Balm: Monardella odoratissima (not in bloom)

Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule

Yarrow-leaf Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatumvar. achilleoides (not in bloom yet)

Sweet Colt's Foot: Petasites frigidus var. palmatus


Animals Seen:

Golden Eagle

Common Ravens

American Robin (numerous)

California Ground Squirrel


Paul Slichter