[Wildflower Bloom Reports for Washington & Oregon] [Columbia River Gorge Wildflower Bloom Reports Prior to 2002]

[Wildflower Destinations in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington

Dog Mountain

May 17, 2003

White Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus

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.

* Indicates the wildflower is blooming.

* Ball-head Cluster Lily: Dichelostemma congestum - Only a few in bloom yet.

* Pale-anthered Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. pallidum - Only a few remaining in bloom at the summit.

* Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis

* Fairy Bells: Prosartes hookeri

* Western Solomon Plume: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule -A few beginning bloom.

* Star Flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum

* Western Wake-robin: Trillium ovatum - Nearing the end of bloom, blooming only near the summit or lower along the Augsperger Trail.

* Meadow Death-camas: Toxicoscordion venenosum var. venenosum - Many in bloom.

* Fairy Slipper Orchid: Calypso bulbosa Numerous on the upper half of the trail.

Spotted Coral Root: Corallorhiza maculata - Nearing bloom.

* Striped Coral Root: Corallorhiza striata

* Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum (cream-flowered form)- Beginning bloom.

* Red Sorrel: Rumex acetosella

* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata

* Candy Flower: Claytonia siberica

* Big-leaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla

* Field Chickweed: Cerastium arvense

* Chickweed: Stellaria media

* Columbia Wind Flower: Anemone deltoidea - A few plants a few plants in 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

* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum

* Rock Penny Cress: Noccaea fendleri ssp. glauca

* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum

* Three-tooth Mitrewort: Ozomelis trifida

* Brittle-leaved Saxifrage: Micranthes fragosa - Seen at about 8 ft distance in forest opening along Augspurger Mt. Trail?

* Fringe Cup: Tellima grandiflora

* Red-flowering Currant: Ribes sanguineum

* 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

* 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

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

* Poison Oak: Toxicoscordin 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

Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule

* Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi

* Mountain Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis

* Sierra Snake Root: Sanicula graveolens

* 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 var. parviflora

* Line-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis

* Common Cryptantha: Cryptantha intermedia ?

* Great Hound's Tongue: Adelinia grandis - In seed.

* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. hispida

* Large-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia grandiflora

* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora

* Chickweed Monkey Flower: Erythranhte alsinoides

Fine-tooth Penstemon: Penstemon subserratus - Nearing bloom.

* Columbia Kittentails: Synthyris missurica ssp. stellata - Past bloom.

* Small-flowered Tonella: Tonella tenella

* Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine

* Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa - Nearing bloom.

* Rosy Plectritis: Plectritis congesta

* Big Root: Marah oreganus

Heart-leaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - Several weeks from opening on the highest ridges of Dog Mt.

* Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea

Weak Thistle: Cirsium remotifolium - Nearing bloom near the summit.

* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule

* White Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus

Animals Seen along the Trail:

Hermit Warbler

Dark-eyed Junco

Black-capped Chickadee

Western Tananger

American Robin

Steller's Jay

Turkey Vultures

Mating Ravens

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