Friday, September 26, 2014

Time: 2:20
Location: Alpine Tundra 
Weather: Sunny, windy, and dry, felt like 50 degrees
geological features: Mountains, water, gravel rocks, etc.

 Fireweed, Epilobium angustifoliumAlaska SpiraeaAlpine SpiraeaLophozia mossSitka burnetRed stem saxifrage
Siberian aster, Eurybia sibirica
Peat moss, Sphagnum
Alaska Cotton, Eriophorum angustifolium
Artic willow, Salix arctica
Turgid Aulacomnium, Aulacomnium turgidum
Crow berry, Empetrum nigrum
Green reindeer moss, Cladonia rangiferina
White spruce, Picea glauca



http://www.pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?latinname=Empetrum+nigrum

Crowberry: 
The crowberry has green needle-like leaves that grow up to 7mm long. The have a purplish crimson, appearing in very early spring. The fruit is very juicy, almost blackberry like and has big white seeds, in very small clusters. Crowberries are found in low exposed coastal land with bogs, in mountains of slopes, sub alpine parkland, and in alpine tundra. 



Reference Guide. (1994). In J. Pojar (Ed.), Plants Of The Pacific Northwest Coast (p. 528). Canada: Lone Pine Publisher.



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