Sandeep Koratagere reports that the wildflowers have started blooming at Dog Mountain (though it is still too early for the higher elevation balsamroot carpets), including: Small-Flowered Penstemon (Penstemon procerus); Western Buttercup (Ranunculus occidentalis); Paintbrush (Castilleja sp.); Western Trillium (Trillium ovatum); and others.