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 across dense balsamroot slopes along the link trail between the Augsburger Mt.
trail and the summit of Dog Mt.
* Ball-head Cluster Lily: Dichelostemma congestum - Many in bloom.
* Chocolate Lily: Fritillaria affinis - A few remain in bloom near the top.
* 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- Many in bloom at mid-elevations.
Spotted Coral Root: Corallorhiza maculata - Not seen but expected.
* Striped Coral Root: Corallorhiza striata
* Phantom Orchid: Eburophyton austiniae - Common.
* Heart-leaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum (cream-flowered form)- Beginning bloom.
* Red Sorrel: Rumex acetosella
Wild Ginger: Asarum caudatum - Nearing bloom on the connector trail between the Augsburger Trail and the summit.
* Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia perfoliata
* Candy Flower: Claytonia siberica
* Big-leaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla
* Field Chickweed: Cerastium arvense
* Chickweed: Stellaria media
* Baneberry: Actaea rubra - In bloom near the summit.
* Columbia Wind Flower: Anemone deltoidea - A few plants in bloom.
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum
* Western Buttercup: Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis - Only in bloom near the summit.
* Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla (Achlys californica may be present, too.)
* Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa
* Dutchman's Breeches: Dicentra cucullaria - Just going out of bloom at the summit.
* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum
* Rock Penny Cress: Noccaea fendleri ssp. glauca
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflora
* Three-tooth Mitrewort: Ozomelis trifida
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.
* Fringe Cup: Tellima grandiflora
* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia - Only in bloom near the summit.
* Wood Strawberry: Fragaria vesca var. bracteata
* Choke Cherry: Prunus virginiana var. melanocapra - A few in bloom near the summit..
* Little Wild Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa
* Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus
* Trailing Blackberry: Rubus ursinus
* White Spiraea: Spiraea betulifolia var. lucida - In bloom along the lower sections of the Augsburger Trail.
* Leafy Pea: Lathyrus polyphyllus
* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus
* Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius
* Least Hop Clover: Trifolium dubium
* Common Vetch: Vicia sativa
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
* Poison Oak: Toxicodenderon diversilobum - Blooming below.
* Buck Brush: Ceanothus integerrimus - Common below.
* Stream Violet: Viola glabella
* Howell's Violet: Viola howellii
* Herald-of Summer: Clarkia amoena var. lindleyi - In bloom along the lower sections of the Augsburger Trail.
* Nineleaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum
*50. Common Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza berteroi
*51. Mountain Sweet Cicely: Osmorhiza occidentalis
*52. Broad-leaf Star Flower: Trientalis latifolia
*53. Flytrap Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium
* Varied-leaf Collomia: Collomia heterophylla
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis
* Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa
* Fendler's Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum fendleri var. albifrons - In bloom in the woods on the east side of the summit.
* Pacific Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum tenuipes
* Woods Nemophila: Nemophila parviflora var. parviflora
* Line-leaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis
* Common Cryptantha: Cryptantha intermedia
* Narrow-leaf Skullcap: Scutellaria angustifolia
* Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. hispida
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
* Chickweed Monkey Flower: Erythranthe alsinoides
* Cliff Penstemon: Penstemon rupicola - In bloom on rock faces beneath the summit meadow.
* Fine-tooth Penstemon: Penstemon subserratus - In bloom.
Columbia Kittentails: Synthyris missurica ssp. stellata - Past bloom.
* Annual Bedstraw: Galium aparine
* Orange Honeysuckle: Lonicera ciliosa
* Red Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. arborescens - In bloom near the summit.
* Creeping Snowberry: Symphoricarpos mollis ?
* Rosy Plectritis: Plectritis congesta
* Big Root: Marah oreganus
* Heart-leaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia - In bloom on the connector trail between the Augsburger trail and the summit.
* Northwest Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza deltoidea
* Bachelor's Button: Centaurea cyanus - In bloom at the parking lot.
Weak Thistle: Cirsium remotifolium - Nearing bloom near the summit.
* White Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus