Natural History Wanderings

Oregon Wildflowers has a wildflower reports for Dog Mountain and Mt. Pisgah Arboretum:

Dog Mt.: The balsamroot has started. They are several weeks away from peak, but peak might be a bit earlier than usual this year.

Mount Pisgah Arboretum Now in bloom: Common Camas (Camassia quamash), Western Buttercup (Ranunculus occidentalis var. occidentalis) Candyflower (Claytonia sibirica), lots of Tall Larkspur (Delphinium trolliifolium), Pacific Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa), Redwood Sorrel (Oxalis oregana), Fringe Cup (Tellima grandiflora), Western Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia), Red Columbine (Aquilegia formosa), Western Sweet-Cicely (Osmorhiza occidentalis), Nuttall’s Toothwort (Cardamine nuttalli var. nuttallii), Manroot (Marah oregonus), False Solomon’s-Seal (Maianthemum racemosum), Star-Flowered Solomon’s-Seal (Maianthemum stellatum), Disappointing buttercup (Ranunculus uncinatus), Pacific Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum tenuipes), Oregon Iris (Iris tenax), and Western Meadowrue (Thalictrum occidentale).

To see older reports go to Oregon Wildflowers • Report Search Results.