[Wildflower Bloom Reports for Washington & Oregon] [Columbia River Gorge Wildflower Bloom Reports Prior to 2002]
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 - 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
Hermit Warbler
Dark-eyed Junco
Black-capped Chickadee
Western Tananger
American Robin
Steller's Jay
Turkey Vultures
Mating Ravens