« 2023-08 Steens Mountain

August 9, 2023: Steens Mountain: North Road & Kiger Gorge (Harney County, Oregon)

North Loop Road

Eaton's aster
Frazier Spring Road
yellow rabbit-brush
Frazier Spring Road
sagebrush mariposa lily seed pod
Frazier Spring Road
Goose Lake buckwheat
Frazier Spring Road
Blitzen Valley & Jackass Mountain
North Loop Road
coyote mint
North Loop Road
gray sagewort flowers
North Loop Road
fritillary butterfly
North Loop Road
low-growing western mountain asters
North Loop Road
needle-leaf navarretia
North Loop Road
purple velvet lupine
North Loop Road
slender cinquefoil
North Loop Road
Brewer's navarretia
North Loop Road
sticky geranium, going to seed
North Loop Road
small-flowered horkelia
North Loop Road
yellow wavy-leaf paintbrush
Lily Lake Campground
Steens Mountain foothills
Lily Lake Campground
female ruddy copper butterfly on yellow rabbitbrush
Lily Lake Campground
lupine dagger moth caterpillar on paintbrush
Lily Lake Campground
showy fleabane
Lily Lake Campground
quaking aspens
Moon Hill Road
great golden digger wasp on Gray's lovage
Moon Hill Road
yellow and orange wavy-leaf paintbrush
Moon Hill Road
wildflowers
Moon Hill Road
wildflowers
Moon Hill Road
creeping buttercup (spearwort)
Moon Hill Road
orange sneezeweed (owl's-claws)
Moon Hill Road
arnica
Moon Hill Road
monument plant, going to seed
Moon Hill Road
Oregon checker-mallow
Fish Lake Campground
western dock
Fish Lake Campground
long-stalk clover
Fish Lake Campground
long-stalk starwort
Fish Lake Campground
Rocky Mountain goldenrod (and a bumblebee)
Fish Lake Campground
bumblebee on ranger buttons
Fish Lake Campground
primrose monkeyflower
Fish Lake Campground
red-tailed hawk
Fish Lake Campground
western columbine
Fish Lake Campground
nettle-leaf horse-mint
Fish Lake Campground
long-leaf fleabane
Fish Lake Campground
Rydberg's penstemon
Honeymoon Lake
Cascades calico-flower
Honeymoon Lake
Sierra chorus frog tadpole
Honeymoon Lake
white sand-spurry
Honeymoon Lake
popcorn flower
Honeymoon Lake
Kellogg's knotweed
Honeymoon Lake
convergent ladybug on California corn lily
Jackman Park Campground
tall ragwort
Jackman Park Campground
yellow monkeyflower
North Loop Road
two-tailed swallowtail butterfly on thistle
North Loop Road
sneezeweed, arnica, & sagebrush
North Loop Road
dwarf lupine
North Loop Road
orange sneezeweed (owl's-claws)
North Loop Road
wildflowers
North Loop Road
subalpine fleabane
North Loop Road
arnica
North Loop Road
brook saxifrage
North Loop Road
yampah (which?)
North Loop Road
Lewis' monkeyflower
North Loop Road
wildflowers
North Loop Road
wildflowers & Little Blitzen Gorge
North Loop Road
wildflowers
North Loop Road
Steens Mountain buckwheat
North Loop Road
low-growing leafy-bract asters
North Loop Road
thist-mas tree
North Loop Road

Kiger Gorge

cow parsnip
Kiger Gorge Overlook Road
Kiger Gorge
Kiger Gorge Overlook
fireweed
Kiger Gorge Overlook
dagger-pod, gone to seed
Kiger Gorge Overlook
Truckee rabbit-brush
Kiger Gorge Overlook
shrubby cinquefoil
Kiger Gorge Overlook
Steens Mountain thistle
Kiger Gorge Overlook
sphinx moth & Steens Mountain thistle
Kiger Gorge Overlook
Nuttall's linanthus
Kiger Gorge Overlook
sulphur-flower buckwheat
Kiger Gorge Overlook
narrow-leaf goldenweed, gone to seed
Kiger Gorge Overlook
timberline beard-tongue (Davidson's late penstemon), going to seed
west rim of Kiger Gorge
woolly groundsel
west rim of Kiger Gorge
big-head horkelia
west rim of Kiger Gorge
matted buckwheat
west rim of Kiger Gorge
thick-leaf groundsel, budding
west rim of Kiger Gorge
Steens Mountain cinquefoil
west rim of Kiger Gorge
bluebells
west rim of Kiger Gorge
sharp-leaf valerian
west rim of Kiger Gorge
Tiling's monkeyflower
west rim of Kiger Gorge
gully into Kiger Gorge
west rim of Kiger Gorge
huge hairy arnica (?)
west rim of Kiger Gorge
alpine prickly currant flowers
west rim of Kiger Gorge
Steens Mountain draba (Cusick's whitlow-grass)
west rim of Kiger Gorge
timberline beard-tongue (Davidson's late penstemon)
west rim of Kiger Gorge
cut-leaf fleabane
west rim of Kiger Gorge
blue flax
west rim of Kiger Gorge
small-flower penstemon
west rim of Kiger Gorge
tundra asters
west rim of Kiger Gorge
silky phacelia
west rim of Kiger Gorge
Kiger Gorge
west rim of Kiger Gorge
bumblebee (which?) on tundra aster
west rim of Kiger Gorge
white-stem goldenbrush
west rim of Kiger Gorge
slim larkspur
west rim of Kiger Gorge
pleated gentian
west rim of Kiger Gorge
snowfields on the west rim of Kiger Gorge
west rim of Kiger Gorge
little-leaf ocean-spray
west rim of Kiger Gorge
tail-cup lupine (?)
west rim of Kiger Gorge
subalpine fleabane
west rim of Kiger Gorge
little elephant's-head lousewort
west rim of Kiger Gorge
wildflowers
west rim of Kiger Gorge
Nevada cinquefoil
Kiger Gorge
rock-fringe willow-herb
Kiger Gorge
phacelia
Kiger Gorge
round-leaf alumroot & Nuttall's linanthus
Kiger Gorge
wildflowers in Kiger Gorge
Kiger Gorge
wildflowers
Kiger Gorge
long-leaf arnica
Kiger Gorge
lemon sagewort
Kiger Gorge
wildflowers
Kiger Gorge
wildflowers
Kiger Gorge
white bog orchids
Kiger Gorge
scarlet paintbrush
Kiger Gorge
wildflowers
Kiger Gorge
arnica
Kiger Gorge
northern starwort
Kiger Gorge
snow buttercups
Kiger Gorge
snow buttercups
Kiger Gorge
creeping sibbaldia
Kiger Gorge
blue stick-seed
Kiger Gorge
alpine sorrel
Kiger Gorge
Shasta blue butterfly on ragwort
Kiger Gorge
round-leaf alumroot
west rim of Kiger Gorge
gall on a Nevada cinquefoil stem
west rim of Kiger Gorge
dwarf lupine
west rim of Kiger Gorge
narrow-leaf goldenweed
Kiger Gorge Overlook
Steens Mountain buckwheat
Kiger Gorge Overlook
sunset
Kiger Gorge Overlook
Kiger Gorge
Kiger Gorge Overlook
sunset rain showers
Kiger Gorge Overlook

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