Thursday, May 26, 2011

Dock Point 5/25/11

Dock point
Wednesday 5/25/11
6:30 PM
It was sunny with a temperature of about 55F with winds at about 6mph.

salmon berries- Rubus spectabilis
sitka spruce- Picea sitchensis
sitka alder- Alunus viridis
ostrich fern- Matteuccia struthiopteris
common dandelion- Taraxacum officinale
red elderberry- Sambucus racemosa
lovage- Levisticum officinale
black cottonwood- Populus trichocarpa
felt leaf willow- Salix alexensis
fireweed- Chamerion angustifolium
goats beard- Aruncus sylvester
large leaf avens- Aruncus sylvester
northern red currant- Ribes triste
false indian corn- Veratrum viride
oak ferns- Gymnocarpium dryopteris
common beard moss- Usnea
red stem feather moss- Pleurozium schreberi
oval leaf blueberry- Vaccinium ovalifolium
alaskan blueberry- Vaccinium alaskaense
skunk cabbage- Symplocarpus foetidus
false azalea- Menziesia ferruginea
false lily of the valley- Maianthemum dilatatum
pussytoes- Antennaria neglecta
methuselah's beard- Usnea longissima
artist conk- Ganoderma applanaturn
dwarf dogwood- Cornus pumila
shepherd's purse- Capsella bursa
yarrow- Achillea millefolium
forget me not- Myostosis

Dock point trail was very exciting because there was such a different variety of plants. During the first part of the trail we were close to water and later on we were in a bog. The trail is a lot dryer than I've seen it in the past and it will be interesting to see how it changes in the future.

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