[Wildflower Bloom Reports
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Wildflower Bloom Reports Prior to 2004]
[Wildflower
Destinations in the Columbia River Gorge]
Wildflower Bloom in the Columbia River
Gorge
Dog Mountain
May 16, 2004
The photo above shows the view towards Wind
Mt. and areas westward from the link trail between the Dog Mt. summit and the
Augsburger Trail.
*
Indicates the wildflower is blooming.
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.
The
photo at right shows a view east along the link trail between the Augsburger Mt.
trail and the summit of Dog Mt.
*2. Chocolate
Lily: Fritillaria lanceolata - A few remain in bloom near the top.
*3. Fairy
Bells: Disporum hookeri var. oreganum
*6. Western
Wake-robin: Trillium ovatum - Nearing the end of bloom, blooming
only near the summit.
*7. Meadow
Death-camas: Zigadenus venonosus var. venonosus - Many in
bloom at mid-elevations.
8. Spotted
Coral Root: Corallorhiza maculata - Not seen but expected.
*10. Phantom
Orchid: Eburophyton austiniae - Common.
*11. Heart-leaf
Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum (cream-flowered
form)- Beginning bloom.
*12. Red
Sorrel: Rumex acetosella
13. Wild Ginger:
Asarum caudatum - Nearing bloom on the connector trail between the Augsburger
Trail and the summit.
*14. Miner's
Lettuce: Claytonia (Montia) perfoliata
*15. Candy
Flower: Claytonia (Montia) siberica
*18. Chickweed:
Stellaria media
*19. Baneberry:
Actaea rubra - In bloom near the summit.
*20. Columbia
Wind Flower: Anemone deltoidea - A few plants in bloom.
*22. Western
Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis - Only
in bloom near the summit.
*25. Dutchman's
Breeches: Dicentra cucullaria - Just going out of bloom at the summit.
*27. Rock
Penny Cress: Thlaspi fendleri var. glaucum
The
photo at right shows a view east across meadows of balsamroot from the Dog Mt.
trail at a point where it begins to open out into the meadows below the summit.
*30. Fringe
Cup: Tellima grandiflora
*31. Serviceberry:
Amelanchier alnifolia - Only in bloom near the summit.
*32. Wood
Strawberry: Fragaria vesca var. bracteata
*33. Choke
Cherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocapra - A few in bloom
near the summit..
*37. White
Spiraea: Spiraea betulifolia var. lucida - In bloom along
the lower sections of the Augsburger Trail.
*38. Leafy
Pea: Lathyrus polyphyllus
*39. Broad-leaf
Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius
*43. Filaree:
Erodium cicutarium
*44. Poison
Oak: Rhus diversiloba - Blooming below.
*45. Buck
Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus - Common below.
*47. Howell's Violet: Viola howellii
*48. Herald-of
Summer: Clarkia amoena var. lindleyi - In bloom along the
lower sections of the Augsburger Trail.
*53. Flytrap
Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium
*55. Midget
Phlox: Phlox (Microsteris) gracilis
*57. Fendler's
Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum fendleri var. albifrons - In bloom
in the woods on the east side of the summit.
*66. Cliff
Penstemon: Penstemon rupicola - In bloom on rock faces beneath the
summit meadow.
*69. Annual
Bedstraw: Galium aparine var. echonospermum
*71. Red
Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. arborescens - In bloom
near the summit.
*74. Big
Root: Marah oreganus
*75. Heart-leaf
Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - In bloom on the connector trail between
the Augsburger trail and the summit.
*77. Bachelor's
Button: Centaurea cyanus - In bloom at the parking lot.
78. Weak Thistle: Cirsium remotifolium - Nearing bloom
near the summit.
Slichter