Plants of Cypress
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Copperbush is a common species in BC west of the Coast-Cascade mountains. Its range stretches north to southern Alaska and south to northwestern Oregon.
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Arctic Lupine (Lupinus arcticus) General: The arctic lupine is a bushy herb (15-50 cm tall), with hullow, upright stems covered in long silky white hairs. Leaves & Twigs: The leaves are made up of six-to-eight pointed leaflets that look like fingers of a hand, and grow from the base of the plant on long stalks.
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Cornus canadensis is a species of flowering plant in the dogwood family, native to eastern Asia, the northern United States, Colorado, New Mexico, Canada and Greenland.
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Spiraea splendens is a shrub of the rose family native to the western mountains of North America, from California to British Columbia, commonly known as dense-flowered spiraea, rose meadowsweet, rosy spiraea, subalpine spiraea, and mountain spiraea.
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- Copperbush is a common species in BC west of the Coast-Cascade mountains. Its range stretches north to southern Alaska and south to northwestern Oregon.
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- Arctic Lupine (Lupinus arcticus) General: The arctic lupine is a bushy herb (15-50 cm tall), with hullow, upright stems covered in long silky white hairs. Leaves & Twigs: The leaves are made up of six-to-eight pointed leaflets that look like fingers of a hand, and grow from the base of the plant on long stalks.
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- Cornus canadensis is a species of flowering plant in the dogwood family, native to eastern Asia, the northern United States, Colorado, New Mexico, Canada and Greenland.
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- Spiraea splendens is a shrub of the rose family native to the western mountains of North America, from California to British Columbia, commonly known as dense-flowered spiraea, rose meadowsweet, rosy spiraea, subalpine spiraea, and mountain spiraea.
Ferns, Grasses, Fungi & More
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These are commonly seen along the park’s moist forested trails as they need some moisture to survive. This evergreen fern is an important food for deer in some areas.
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The bright green horizontal stems of running clubmoss can be seen creeping great distances along the ground in open areas. Their small stalked fruiting bodies stand upright like little trees or tuning forks.
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This is a sedge (sedges have edges, feel the stems) which grows in wet meadows, dotting the landscape with white cotton-ball spikelets. This yellow-green creeping moss forms large mats on the forest floor in subalpine old-growth forests.
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This yellow-green creeping moss forms large mats on the forest floor in subalpine old-growth forests.
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- These are commonly seen along the park’s moist forested trails as they need some moisture to survive. This evergreen fern is an important food for deer in some areas.
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- The bright green horizontal stems of running clubmoss can be seen creeping great distances along the ground in open areas. Their small stalked fruiting bodies stand upright like little trees or tuning forks.
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- This is a sedge (sedges have edges, feel the stems) which grows in wet meadows, dotting the landscape with white cotton-ball spikelets. This yellow-green creeping moss forms large mats on the forest floor in subalpine old-growth forests.
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- This yellow-green creeping moss forms large mats on the forest floor in subalpine old-growth forests.
The park is also home to a wide variety of fungi species. Many are mycorrhizal with trees. This is a relationship in which the trees supply carbohydrates to the fungi, and the fungi supply trace elements and water to the trees. Both groups benefit from this interaction. Many fungi thrive in the moist environment of the forests and others prefer the open meadows. Most species fruit in the damp weather of spring and fall.