Wildflower Bloom in the Cascade Mts. of Washington
Sheep Canyon Trail Loop
Mt. Saint Helens National Monument
October 19, 2014
The upper slopes of Sheep Canyon on Mt. St. Helens as seen from the Loowit Trail #216, Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument........October 19, 2014. Note the masses of beargrass. This slope will be beautiful during a good beargrass bloom year!
Trails hiked along this route include the Toutle Trail #238, Sheep Canyon Trail #240, Loowit Trail #216 to the South Fork Toutle River crossing and return via the Toutle Trail to the Blue Lake Trailhead.
* Indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.
Scaly Vase Chanterelle: Gomphus floccosus
Yellow-fuzz Cone Slime: Hemitrichia clavata ?
Bear's Heads: Hericium abietis
Angel's Wings: Pleurocybella porrigens ?
Coral Fungi: Ramaria sp.
Russula: Russula sp.
Tube Lichen: Hypogymnia sp.
Pelt Lichen: Peltigera sp. - Brown
Pelt Lichen: Peltigera sp. - Green
Common Liverwort: Marchantia polymorpha
Juniper Haircap Moss: Polytrichum juniperinum
Haircap Moss: Polytrichum pilferum - Upper Sheep Canyon.
Western Lady Fern: Athyrium filix-femina ssp. cyclosorum
Deer Fern: Blechnum spicant
Field Horsetail: Equisetum arvense
Western Oakfern: Gymnocarpium (disjunctum ?)
Sword Fern: Polystichum munitum
Pacific Silver Fir: Abies amabilis
Subalpine Fir: Abies lasiocarpa
Noble Fir: Abies procera
Commun Juniper: Juniperus communis var. montana
Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii
Western Red Cedar: Thuja plicata
Western Hemlock: Tsuga heterophylla
Vine Maple: Acer circinatum
Sitka Alder: Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata
Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa
Merten's Sedge: Carex mertensii
Showy Sedge: Carex spectabilis
Parry's Rush: Juncus (parryi ?)
Small-flowered Woodrush: Luzula parviflora
Columbia Brome: Bromus vulgaris ?
Bead Lily: Clintonia uniflora
Columbia Lily: Lilium columbianum
False Lily-of-the-valley: Maianthemum dilatatum
Star-flowered False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum stellatum
Hooker's Fairybells: Prosartes hookeri ?
Western Wakerobin: Trillium ovatum
False Hellebore: Veratrum (viride var. eschscholtzii ?)
Bear Grass: Xerophyllum tenax
Coralroot: Corallorhiza sp.
Rattlesnake Plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia
Wild Ginger: Asarum caudatum
Cascade Fleeceflower: Aconogonon davisiae
Dirty Socks: Eriogonum pyrolifolium var. coryphaeum
* Siberian Spring Beauty: Claytonia siberica
Little-leaf Montia: Montia parvifolia ?
Starwort: Stellaria sp ?
Western Anemone: Anemone occidentalis
Red Columbine: Aquilegia formosa
Cut-leaf Gold Threads: Coptis laciniata
Creeping Buttercup: Ranunculus repens
False Bugbane: Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. occidentalis
Vanilla Leaf: Achlys triphylla
Cascade Oregon Grape: Berberis nervosa
Inside-out-flower: Vancouveria hexandra
Scouler's Corydalis: Corydalis scouleri
Brewer's Mitrewort: Mitella breweri ?
* Foamflower: Tiarella trifoliata var. unifoliata
Youth-on-age: Tolmiea menziesii
Prickly Currant: Ribes lacustre
Goatsbeard: Aruncus dioicus var. acuminatus
Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala
Partridgefoot: Luetkea pectinata
Baldhip Rose: Rosa gymnocarpa
* Dwarf Bramble: Rubus lasiococcus - Fading out of bloom.
Thimbleberry: Rubus parviflorus var. parviflorus
Five-leaf Bramble: Rubus pedatus
Salmonberry: Rubus specatabilis
Pacific Dewberry: Rubus ursinus
Cascade Mt. Ash: Sorbus scopulina var. cascadensis
Sitka Mountain Ash: Sorbus sitchensis (var. grayi ?)
Spreading Stonecrop: Sedum divergens ?
Western Bunchberry: Cornus unalaschkensis
Arctic Lupine: Lupinus arcticus
Dwarf Lupine: Lupinus sellulus ssp. sellulus var. lobbii (formerly Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii)
Trillium-leaf Wood Sorrel: Oxalis (trilliifolia ?)
Hooked-spur Violet: Viola adunca
Pioneer Violet: Viola glabella
Darkwoods Violet: Viola orbiculata
Fireweed: Chamaenerion angustifolium
Devil's Club: Oplopanax horridum
Shining Angelica: Angelica arguta
Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis
Little Pipsissewa: Chimaphila menziesii
Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata
Slender Wintergreen: Gaultheria ovatifolia
Salal: Gaultheria shallon
Pinesap: Hypopitys monotropa
Fool's Huckleberry: Menziesia ferruginea (or Rhododendron albiflorum) - Leaves dropping so hard to ID.
Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthillia secunda
Pink Heather: Phyllodoce empetriformis ? - Slopes high above the Loowit Trail. Viewed with binoculars so this could be a misidentification.
Pinedrops: Pterospora andromedea
Pink Wintergreen: Pyrola asarifolia
White-vein Wintergreen: Pyrola picta
Oval-leaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium ovalifolium
Red Huckleberry: Vaccinium parvifolium
* Explorer's Gentian: Gentiana calycosa - Fading out of bloom.
Spreading Phlox: Phlox diffusa
California Jacob's Ladder: Polemonium (californicum ?)
Pacific Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum tenuipes
Woodland Phacelia: Phacelia nemoralis
* Common Paintbrush: Castilleja miniata ssp. miniata
Woodland Beardtongue: Nothochelone nemorosa
Sickle-top Lousewort: Pedicularis racemosa
Cardwells Penstemon: Penstemon cardwellii
Cascade Penstemon: Penstemon serrulatus ?
American Brooklime: Veronica americana
Herbal Speedwell: Veronica officinalis
Fragrant Bedstraw: Galium triflorum
Twinflower: Linnaea borealis
Blue Elderberry: Sambucus cerulea ? - No inflorescences present.
Mountain Heliotrope: Valeriana sitchensis
Common Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. alpicola
Orange Agoseris: Agoseris (aurantiaca ?) - Going to seed.
* Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea - Fading out of bloom.
Mountain Arnica: Arnica latifolia
Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense
Cutleaf Daisy: Erigeron compositus
Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum
* Cascade Aster: Eucephallus ledophyllus var. ledophyllus - Fading out of bloom.
* White-flowered Hawkweed: Hieracium albiflorum - Fading out of bloom.
* False Dandelion: Hypochaeris radicata
* Wire Lettuce: Mycelis muralis
Sweet Coltsfoot: Petasites frigidus var. palmatus
8 Mountain Goats
Douglas Squirrels - Heard.
Towsend's Solitaire
Varied Thrushes
Evening Grosbeaks - Heard.
Cassin's or Purple Finches - Heard.
Dark-eyed Juncos
Pine Siskins
Red-breasted Nuthatches
Winter Wrens
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