[Wildflower Bloom Reports for Washington & Oregon] [Columbia River Gorge Wildflower Bloom Reports Prior to 2002]
The Dog Mt. Trail is a great, although challenging (3000' elevation gain in 3 miles) place to see wildflowers. Early summer flowers are commencing bloom below while early spring wildflowers are still abundant near the summit.
When hiking the Dog Mt. Trail, be prepared for all kinds of weather, as it changes rapidly. The parking lot on this day was 65* and sunny with a light breeze while the upper portions were bathed in clouds with a stiff, cool breeze. Many people had dressed only in shorts and t-shirts and they were literally freezing above 1500' in elevation.
* Ball-head Cluster Lily: Dichelostemma congestum - Only a few in bloom yet.
* Pale-anthered Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum
* Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Only one seen in bloom.
* Fairy Bells: Prosartes hookeri
* Western Solomon Plume: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule
* Star Flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum
* Western Wake-robin: Trillium ovatum - Nearing the end of bloom, blooming only near the summit.
Meadow Death-camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum var. venenosum - Nearly in bloom.
* Fairy Slipper Orchid: Calypso bulbosa Numerous on the upper half of the trail.
* Striped Coral Root: Corallorhiza striata
* Common Bastard Toad-flax: Comandra umbellata var. californica
* Red Sorrel: Rumex acetosella
* Lance-leaf Spring Beauty: Claytonia lanceolata
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia linearis
* Candy Flower: Claytonia siberica
* Big-leaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla
* Field Chickweed: Cerastium arvense
* White Campion: Lychnis alba - One plant only in bloom near the trailhead.
* Chickweed: Stellaria media
Columbia Wind Flower: Anemone deltoidea - Many plants a few days from bloom.
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis
* Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla (Achlys californica may also be present?)
* Shining Oregon Grape: Berberis aquifolium
* Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa
* Dutchman's Breeches: Dicentra cucullaria
* Hairy Rock Cress: Arabis eschscholtziana
* Little Western Bitter Cress: Cardamine oligosperma
* Oak's Toothwort: Caramine nuttallii
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum
* Rock Penny Cress: Noccaea fendleri ssp. glauca
Fringe Pod: Thysanocarpus curvipes
* Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum - Only in bloom on the highest ridges of Dog Mt.
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum
* Fringe Cup: Tellima grandiflora
* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia
* Wood Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. californica
* Broad-petal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala
* Bitter Cherry: Prunus emarginata (var. ?)
Choke Cherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocapra - About a week away from blooming.
* Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa
* Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus
* Leafy Pea: Lathyrus polyphyllus
* Small-flowered Deer-vetch: Lotus micranthus
* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus
* Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius
* Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus micranthus
* Least Hop Clover: Trifolium dubium
* Big Head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum Just beginning to bloom.
* Common Vetch: Vicia sativa
Poison Oak: Toxicodendron diversilobum - Nearing bloom.
* Buck Brush: Ceanothus sanguineus
* Spurred Violet: Viola adunca
* Stream Violet: Viola glabella
* Howell's Violet: Viola howellii
* Small-flowered Willow Herb: Epilobium minutum
* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum
Martindale's Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei - Almost in bloom in the meadows/ rock gardens near the top.
* Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi
* Mountain Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis
* Pacific Dogwood: Cornus nuttallii
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum
* Smooth-leaf Douglasia: Douglasia laevigata var. laevigata
* Broad-leaf Star Flower: Lysimachia latifolia
* Varied-leaf Collomia: Collomia heterophylla
* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa
* Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii
* Pacific Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum tenuipes
* Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora
* Line-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis
* Common Cryptantha: Cryptantha intermedia
* Great Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grandis
* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. hispida
* Large-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia grandiflora
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
* Chickweed Monkey Flower: Erythranthe alsinoides
Fine-tooth Penstemon: Penstemon subserratus - Nearing bloom.
* Columbia Kittentails: Synthyris missurica ssp. stellata
* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella
* Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine
* Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa
* Rosy Plectritis: Plectritis congesta
* Big Root: Marah oreganus
Heart-leaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Within days of opening on the highest ridges of Dog Mt.
* Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule
* White Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus
Sara's Orange Tip Butterfly ?
Anise Swallowtail Butterfly
Silvery Blue Butterfly ?
Painted Lady Butterfly ?
Garter Snake
Western Fence Lizard
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Dark-eyed Junco
Chipping Sparrow
Black-capped Chickadee
Western Tananger
American Robin
Spotted Towhee
Steller's Jay
Goshawk
Immature Bald Eagle
Turkey Vultures
Mating Ravens
Douglas' Squirrel