Location | Mosier Plateau |
Date | 04/21/2019 |
Reporter | Greg Lief |
oregonwildflowers@gmail.com | |
Website/Photos | Oregon Wildflowers Facebook group (NOTE: You must be a member of the Oregon Wildflowers Facebook group to view these photos) |
Comments | The Northwest Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza deltoidea) at Mosier Plateau is very close to its peak. (Please see Nhi Casey`s balsamroot photos in the Facebook group.)
Other flowers currently blooming include: Prairie Star (Lithophragma parviflorum), Fiddleneck (Amsinckia sp.), Pungent Desert Parsley (Lomatium grayi) especially on the slopes next to the creek, Slender Popcorn Flower (Plagiobothrys tenellus), Nuttall`s Larkspur (Delphinium nuttallianum), Nine-Leaf Desert Parsley (Lomatium triternatum), Western Buttercup (Ranunculus occidentalis), Small-Flowered Blue-Eyed Mary (Collinsia parviflora), Northwestern Saxifrage (Saxifraga integrifolia), Fringe Pod (Thysanocarpus curvipes), Miniature Lupine (Lupinus bicolor), Miner`s Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata), and Bigroot (Marah oreganus) especially downhill from the plateau`s high point. |
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Mosier Plateau |
04/21/2019 |
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(*NOTE: You must be a member of the Oregon Wildflowers Facebook group to view these photos) |
The Northwest Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza deltoidea) at Mosier Plateau is very close to its peak. (Please see Nhi Casey`s balsamroot photos in the Facebook group.)
Other flowers currently blooming include: Prairie Star (Lithophragma parviflorum), Fiddleneck (Amsinckia sp.), Pungent Desert Parsley (Lomatium grayi) especially on the slopes next to the creek, Slender Popcorn Flower (Plagiobothrys tenellus), Nuttall`s Larkspur (Delphinium nuttallianum), Nine-Leaf Desert Parsley (Lomatium triternatum), Western Buttercup (Ranunculus occidentalis), Small-Flowered Blue-Eyed Mary (Collinsia parviflora), Northwestern Saxifrage (Saxifraga integrifolia), Fringe Pod (Thysanocarpus curvipes), Miniature Lupine (Lupinus bicolor), Miner`s Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata), and Bigroot (Marah oreganus) especially downhill from the plateau`s high point. |
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