Are there any animals and plants near mt saint helens?

Answer 1

Yes, the eruption of Mount Saint Helen's killed roughly everything and every one downhill from the landslide. It created a wave of hot abrasive mud that scraped off trees, roads and bridges, buried thousands of acres of rivers, lakes and forests. It polluted the rivers all the way to the coast and into the Pacific Ocean. It coated plant life for 300 miles downwind with a lethal caustic burning dust, suffocating or starving local animals. 57 people were killed as a result of the eruption. Of these, 21 bodies were never recovered from the blast zone.

It created a 5.1 (Richter scale) earthquake centered beneath the mountain. The massive ash cloud grew to 80,000 feet (18 kilometers) in 15 minutes and reached the east coast in 3 days. Although most of the ash fell within 300 miles of the mountain, finer ash circled the earth in 15 days and may continue to stay in the atmosphere for many years.

Answer 2

Yes, there are animals and plants near Mount St. Helens. The area has seen significant regeneration since the 1980 eruption, with a variety of wildlife such as elk, deer, and birds returning. Plant life, including mosses, wildflowers, and shrubs, has also rebounded in the recovering ecosystem around the volcano.

Answer 3

Yes, today the environment is recovering. Plants and trees are growing on most areas.

Answer 4

deer, elk, eagles, Songbirds, Birds of Prey, upland birds, waterfowl

Answer 5

The plants themselves did not survive the eruption, but some seeds did.