Shoup Bay Trail

May 26th 2011

Wednesday 430-900pm
Temp. 65-70 degrees Fahrenheit

The Thicket

Salmonberry- Rubus spectabilis
False Indian Corn- Veratrum viride
Skunk Cabbage- Lysichition americanus
Cow Parsnip- Heracleum maximum
Ostrich Ferns- Matteuccia struthiopteris
Red Elder- Sambucus nigra
Black Cottonwood- Populus trichocarpa
Felt Leaf Willow- Salix Alaxensis
Red Current- Ribes triste
Oak Fern- Gymnocarpium dryopteris
Scoulers Willows-Salix scouleriana
Fireweed-Chamerion angustifolium
Alaskan Violets-Viola langsdorfii
Nettles-Urtica Species
Stream Violets-Viola glabella
Watermelon Berry-Streptopus amplexifolius
Chocolate Lily-Fritillaria Camschatcencis
Skunk Cabbage-Lysichition americanus
Scoulers Willows-Salix scouleriana
False Lilly of the Valley- Maianthemum dilatatum
Monkshood- Aconitum Napellus

The Marsh
Purple Iris-Iris germanica
Shooting Star-Hydrangea macrophylla
Meadow Barley-Hordeum brachyantherum
Yarrow-Achillea millefolium
Arctic Rush- Juncus arcticus
Rockweed-Pelvetia fastigiata

It was a very warm yesterday on Shoup bay trail. Dr. Julie asked us to label the plant life from the thicket and the marsh lands as one can see the thicket had much more diversity than the marsh lands. One thing I noticed was that when I was on this trail last year around July and the creek beds were still running with water this year they are all dry.