Mineral Creek

8 June 2011
1800-2100
Overcast, Light wind and a slight drizzle
51 degrees F.



Trailhead for Mineral Creek
Forget- me- nots- Myosotis alpestris (the state flower of Alaska)
Fireweed- Epilobium angustifolium
Salmon berry- Rubus spectabilis
On the Trail
Red berry elder- Sambucus racemosa
Horsetail- Equisetum hyemale
Spiny wood fern- Dryopteris expansa
Smooth alumroot- Heuchera glabra
Stevens spirea
Shepherds purse- Capsella bursa-pastoris
Devils cub- Oplopanax horridus
Trailing Black currant- Ribes laxiflorum
In the Bog
Round-leaved sundew- Dosera rotundifolia
Bog Roesemary- Andromeda polifolia
Tufted Clubrush- Trichophorum cespitosum
Dwarf Nangoon Berry- Rubus arcticus
Sphagnum Mosses- Sphagnum spp.
Crowberry- Empetrum rubrum
Cloudberry- Rubus chamaemorus
Marsh Violet- Viola palustris
Wild Geranium- Geranium maculatum
Alaska Violet- Viola langsdorfii
Bog Blueberry- Vaccinium uliginosum
Fir Clubmoss- Huperzia selago
Back On the Trail
Sitka Willow- Salix sitchensis
Sitka Alder- Alnus viridis
Sitka Valerian- Valeriana sitchensis
Animals
Bald Eagle- Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Caterpillar- Lepidoptera spp.
Violet Green Swallows- Tachycineta thalassina

I had a great time on the trail yesterday. Mineral creek proved to be a very abundant location for diverse foiliage. The bog was incredible, I wish there was a better way to keep the four-wheelers and what not out of there.