The Canyon Mt. Trail Road is now open to the trailhead. Although recently improved, the road currently (as of June 21) has large swales (reminiscent of giant washboards) that are hazardous to low-slung vehicles and make your auto feel like a bucking and careening bronco. Hopefully the county road crew will get up there to blade and smooth out the road. Also keep a watch out for ATVs, 4WD vehicles, and dirt bikes speeding down the road or crossing the road via the numerous trails that criss-cross the route. The trail appears to be snow free at least as far as Dog Creek, although there aren't many plants in bloom beyond that point.
Comprehensive Plant List for Canyon Mt.
Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei
Indian's Dream: Aspidotis densa
Lace Lipfern: Cheilanthes gracillima
Fragile Fern: Cystopteris fragilis - No sori present yet for a solid id.
Bracken Fern: Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens
Low Mounatain Juniper: Juniperus communis var. saxatilis
Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis
Western Larch: Larix occidentalis
Lodgepole Pine: Pinus contorta var. latifolia
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri
* Ross' Sedge: Carex rossii or Northwestern Sedge: Carex concinnoides ?
* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
* Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda
* Small Onion: Allium parvum
* Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei
Pacific Swamp Onion: Allium validum
Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus
* Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. grandiflorum
* Spotted Fritillary: Fritillaria atropurpurea
False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum
* Panicled Deathcamas: Zigadenus paniculatus
* Fairy Slippers: Calypso bulbifera
Rattlesnake Plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia
Alaska Rein Orchid: Piperia unalascensis
American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides - In bud.
Piper's Golden Buckwheat: Eriogonum flavum var. piperi
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. ?)
Sulfur Flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum (var. ?)
* Western Springbeauty: Claytonia lanceolata
* Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva
Ballhead Sandwort: Eremogone congesta var. congesta - In bud.
* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum
* Brittle Sandwort: Minuartia nuttallii var. fragilis
* Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla
Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum
False Bugbane: Trautvetteria caroliniensis ? or Columbia Monkshood: Aconitum columbianum ssp. columbianum - Basal leaves only.
* Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens
* Pale Alyssum: Alyssum alyssoides
* Nuttall's Draba: Draba densifolia
* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum var capitatum
* Alpine Pennycress: Noccaea fendleri ssp. glauca
* Western Twin Bladderpod: Physaria occidentalis ssp. occidentalis
* Heartleaf Jewelflower: Streptanthus cordatus - Beginning to bloom.
Lanceleaf Stonecrop: Sedum lanceolatum - In bud.
Wormleaf Stonecrop: Sedum stenopetalum
Alpine Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica var. alpina
* Bulblet Prairie Stars: Lithophragma bulbifera
Nesting Saxifrage: Micranthes nidifica (Saxifraga integrifolia var. leptopetala)
Mitrewort: Mitella stauropetala or Mitella trifida
Fringed Grass-of-Parnassus: Parnassia fimbriata
Rusty-haired Saxifrage: Micranthes rufidula (Saxifraga occidentalis var. rufidula)
* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum
* Sticky Currant: Ribes viscosissimum
Currant: Ribes sp.
Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia (var. ?)
Mountain Mahogany: Cercocarpus ledifolius var. ledifolius
Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata
* Broadpetal Strawberry: Fragaria virginiana ssp. platypetala
Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum ssp. ciliatum
Diverse-leaved Cinquefoil: Potentilla glaucophylla var. glaucophylla
Sticky Cinquefoil: Potentilla glandulosa (var. ?)
Bittercherry: Prunus emarginata var. emarginata
Sitka Burnet: Sanguisorba stipulata (S. canadensis)
Cascade Mountain Ash: Sorbus scopulina
Spiraea: Spiraea sp.
* Whitney's Balloon Milkvetch: Astragalus whitneyi var. sonneanus
Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus ? - In bud.
* Hooked-spur Violet: Viola adunca
* Roundleaf Violet: Viola orbiculata
* Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea ssp. venosa
Snowbrush: Ceanothus velutinus var. velutinus
Soapberry: Shepherdia canadensis
Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium
* Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum
Sharptooth Angelica: Angelica arguta ?
*Fennel Cymopteris: Cymopterus terebinthinus var. foeniculaceus
* Glaucous Desert Parsley: Lomatium donnellii
* Henderson's Desert Parsley: Lomatium hendersonii
Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea
Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis
Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata
Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthilia secunda
Thinleaf Huckleberry: Vaccinium membranaceum ?
Grouseberry: Vaccinium scoparium
* Desert Shooting Stars: Dodecatheon conjugens
* Tall Mountain Shooting Star: Dodecatheon jeffreyi
Cusick's Elkweed: Frasera albicaulis var. cusickii - In bud.
Ballheaded Gilia: Ipomopsis congesta (ssp. ?)
Phlox: Phlox sp.
* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum
Cockscomb Cryptantha: Cryptantha celosioides (and/or Snake River Cryptanth: Cryptantha spiculifera ?) - The former was observed, but the latter is also found in the area. Both look close enough alike that you would have to look closely at each and every plant to know for certain whether both species are here or not.
* Long-flowered Bluebells: Mertensia longiflora
Mountain Balm: Monardella odoratissima
* Wavy-leaf Paintbrush: Castilleja applegatei (var. pintetorum ?)
* Narrow-leaved Paintbrush: Castilleja linariifolia
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus
* Dwarf Purple Monkeyflower: Mimulus nanus var. nanus
Tapertip Penstemon: Penstemon attenuatus var. palustris - In bud.
Yellow Penstemon: Penstemon confertus - In bud.
* Clustered Broomrape: Aphyllon franciscanum
English Plantain: Plantago lanceolata
Shrubby Bedstraw: Galium multiflorum or Serpentine Bedstraw: Galium serpenticum
Twinflower: Linnaea borealis
Elderberry: Sambucus sp.
Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.
Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea
* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia
* Serrate Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza serrata
Thistle: Cirsium sp. (native ?)
Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis - In bud.
Hawksbeard: Crepis sp. - In bud.
Showy Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa (var. speciosa ?)
Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium - In bud.
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri
Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans - In bud.
Woolly Groundsel: Packera cana
* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus
* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale
Belding Ground Squirrels
Western Tanagers
Red-breasted Nuthatches
Sara's Orange-tip
Anise Swallowtails
Ticks
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