October 16, 2014 1:40 pm Mineral Point

weather: 43 degrees, mostly cloudy, winds 9mph

geo: muskeg, bog

animal: magpie, old bear scat

plants:

sitka alder Alnus crispa

salmon berry Rubus spectabilis

northern red currant Ribes triste

fireweed Epilobium angustifolium

red berried elder Sambucus racemosa

lady fern Arthyrium filix-femina

large leaf avens Geum macropyllum

devil's club Oplopanax horridus

goat's beard Aruncus sylvester

wild celery Angelica lucida

black cottonwood Populus balsamifera

cow parsnip Heracleum lanatum

blueberries V ovalifolium

groundcone Boschniaka rossica

willow Salix spp.

common horsetail Equisetum arvense

dwarf dogwood Cornus canadensis

arctic dock Rumex articus

high brush cranberry Viburnum edule

low brush cranberry Vaccinium vitis adaea

barclay's willow Salix barclayi

sitka burnet Sanguisorba stipulata

several-flowered sedge Carex pluriflora

labrador tea Ledum palustris

wild iris Iris setosa

bog blueberry Vaccinium ulignosum

chocolate lily Fritillaria camschatensis

mosses:

moss campion Silene acaulis

feather moss Kindbergia oregana

Sphagnum angustifolium

Sphagnum warnstorfi

Polytrichum strictum

Pojar, J., MacKinnon, A., & Alaback, P. B. (1994). Plants of the Pacific Northwest coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia & Alaska. Redmond, Wash.: Lone Pine Pub..

Pratt, V. E. (1989). Field guide to Alaskan wildflowers. Anchorage, Alaska: Alaskakrafts Pub..