The Canyon Mt. Trail Road is now open to the trailhead. Although recently improved, the road currently 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 is free of snow at least through the first 2.5 miles (to the second creek crossing). Snow is melting fast here and this should cease to be a problem by mid-June.
American Wolf Lichen: Letharia columbiana
Wallace's Spikemoss: Selaginella wallacei
Indian's Dream: Aspidotis densa
Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis
Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa var. ponderosa
Douglas Fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
* Elk Sedge: Carex geyeri
* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
* Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda ?
* Small Onion: Allium parvum
* Tolmie's Onion: Allium tolmiei var. tolmiei
Pacific Swamp Onion: Allium validum
Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus
* Glacier Lily: Erythronium grandiflorum var. grandiflorum - Blooming under conifers at a bald 2 miles from the trailhead.
* Mission Bells: Fritillaria atropurpurea - Beginning to bloom.
False Solomon Seal: Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule - In bud.
* Wartberry: Prosartes trachycarpa
* Panicled Deathcamas: Zigadenus paniculatus
* Fairy Slippers: Calypso bulbifera
Rattlesnake Plantain: Goodyera oblongifolia
Alaska Rein Orchid: Piperia unalascensis
* American Bistort: Bistorta bistortoides - Beginning to bloom.
Piper's Golden Buckwheat: Eriogonum flavum var. piperi
Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. ?)
* Bicolor Sulfur Flower Buckwheat: Eriogonum umbellatum var. dicrocephalum
* Western Springbeauty: Claytonia lanceolata - Blooming at higher elevations.
Claytonia - Past bloom.
* Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva
Ballhead Sandwort: Eremogone congesta var. congesta - In bud.
* Brittle Sandwort: Minuartia nuttallii var. fragilis
* Bigleaf Sandwort: Moehringia macrophylla
Western Columbine: Aquilegia formosa
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum
Sagebrush Buttercup: Ranunculus glaberrimus var. glaberrimus - Past bloom.
* Creeping Oregon Grape: Berberis repens
* 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
Lanceleaf Stonecrop: Sedum lanceolatum - In bud.
Alpine Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica var. alpina - In bud.
* Bulblet Prairie Stars: Lithophragma bulbifera
Nesting Saxifrage: Micranthes nidifica (Saxifraga integrifolia var. leptopetala)
Mitrewort: Mitella stauropetala or Mitella trifida
* Western Mountain Saxifrage: Saxifraga occidentalis var. occidentalis
* Wax Currant: Ribes cereum var. cereum
* Sticky Currant: Ribes viscosissimum
* Cusick's Serviceberry: Amelanchier cusickii
* Mountain Mahogany: Cercocarpus ledifolius var. ledifolius - A plants still in bloom.
* Woods Strawberry: Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata
* Prairie Smoke: Geum triflorum ssp. ciliatum
Sitka Burnet: Sanguisorba stipulata (S. canadensis)
Cascade Mountain Ash: Sorbus scopulina
* Idaho Milkvetch: Astragalus conjunctus var. conjunctus - Beginning to bloom.
* Whitney's Balloon Milkvetch: Astragalus whitneyi var. sonneanus
Lupine: Lupinus sp. - In bud.
* Hooked-spur Violet: Viola adunca
* Roundleaf Violet: Viola orbiculata
Goosefoot Violet: Viola purpurea ssp. venosa
Soapberry: Shepherdia canadensis
Fireweed: Chamerion angustifolium
* Small-flowered Willowherb: Epilobium minutum
* Fennel Cymopteris: Cymopterus terebinthinus var. foeniculaceus
* Glaucous Desert Parsley: Lomatium donnellii
* Henderson's Desert Parsley: Lomatium hendersonii
* Pinemat Manzanita: Arctostaphylos nevadensis
Pipsissewa: Chimaphila umbellata
Sidebells Wintergreen: Orthilia secunda
White-vein Wintergreen: Pyrola picta - In bud.
* Grouseberry: Vaccinium scoparium
* Desert Shooting Stars: Dodecatheon conjugens
* Tall Mountain Shooting Star: Dodecatheon jeffreyi
* Darkthroat Shooting Star: Dodecatheon pulchellum var. pulchellum
* Cusick's Elkweed: Frasera albicaulis var. cusickii - Beginning to bloom.
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis var. humilior
* Hood's Phlox: Phlox hoodii
* Ballhead Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. alpinum
* Cockscomb Cryptantha: Cryptantha celosioides
* Long-flowered Bluebells: Mertensia longiflora
* Wavy-leaf Paintbrush: Castilleja applegatei (var. pintetorum ?)
* Narrow-leaved Paintbrush: Castilleja linariifolia
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
* Dwarf Purple Monkeyflower: Mimulus nanus var. nanus
Shrubby Penstemon: Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus - In bud.
* Shrubby Bedstraw: Galium multiflorum or Serpentine Bedstraw: Galium serpenticum
Twinflower: Linnaea borealis
Black Twinberry: Lonicera involucrata - In bud.
Black Elderberry: Sambucus racemosa var. melanocarpa - In bud.
Mountain Snowberry: Symphoricarpos oreophilus
Yarrow: Achillea millefolium - In bud.
Pearly Everlasting: Anaphalis margaritacea
* Antennaria anaphaloides
* Low Pussytoes: Antennaria dimorpha - Still blooming well at higher elevations.
* Heartleaf Arnica: Arnica cordifolia
* Serrate Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza serrata
Dusty Maidens: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii - In bud.
Palouse Thistle: Cirsium (brevifolium ?)
Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis - In bud.
Showy Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa (var. speciosa ?)
* Scabland Fleabane: Erigeron bloomeri var. bloomeri - Beginning to bloom.
* Woolly Sunflower: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium - Beginning to bloom.
Scouler's Hawkweed: Hieracium scouleri
* Nodding Microseris: Microseris nutans
* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides
Woolly Groundsel: Packera cana - In bud.
* Western Groundsel: Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus
* Common Dandelion: Taraxacum officinale
* Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
Belding Ground Squirrels
Gophers
Raven
Clarks Nutcrackers
Northern Flicker
Western Tanager
American Robins
Mountain Bluebirds
Chipping Sparrows
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Mountain Chickadee
Rock Wren
Milbert's Tortoiseshells
Sulfur
Skipper
Hoover Flies
Bumblebees
Honey Bees
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