Shoup Bay Trail

Thursday, May 26, 2011, 4:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Sunny, clear skies & very warm
Temp: 50 degrees Wind speed: 4 mph
Coastal marsh & Thicket

Animals:
Raven- Corvus corax
American robin- Turdus migratorius
Green winged teal (M&F)- Anas crecca
Gadwall- Anas strepera
Blue mussels- Mytilus edulis
Bumble bee- Bombus spp.
soft shell clam- Mya arenaria
Mosquito- Culicidae family

Plants:
Alaska violet- Viola langsdorfii
Yarrow- Achillea millefolium
yellow stream violet- Viola glabella
Devil's club- Oplopanax horridus
Salmon berry- Rubus spectabilis
Spiny wood fern- Dryopteris expansa
False hellbore- Veratrum viride
Sitka alder- Alnus sinuata
Black cottonwood- Populus Trichocarpa
Marsh cinquefoil- Potentilla palustris
Arctic rush- Juncus arcticus
Pincushion orange- Xanthoria parietina
Beach greens- Honckenya peploides
Nori- Porphyra spp.
Rockweed- Pelvetia fastigiata
Sea lettuce- Ulva spp.
Dulse- Palmaria mollis
Lovage- Ligusticum scoticum
Meadow Barley- Hordeum brachyantherum
Shooting star- Dodecatheon pulchellum
Nettles- Urtica gracilis
Ostrich fern- Matteuccia struthiopteris
Oak fern- Gymnocarpium dryopteris
Red elderberry- Sambucus racemosa
Fireweed- Chamerion angustifolium
Northern star flower- Trientalis borealis
Swamp lantern- Lysichiton americanus
Miner's lettuce- Claytonia perfoliata
Dock- Rumex crispus
Spiked rush- Luzula spicata
Nagoonberry- Rubus arcticus
Watermelon berry- Streptopus amplexifolius
Scouler's willow- Salix scoulerana
Chocolate lily- Fritillaria camschatcensis

This field trip was very nice. A beautiful day with beautiful plants. I loved the plant diversity and terrain of this trip. Finding the geocache was fun, as well as hugging the trees. However, finding out what is feels like to be stung by nettles was not fun, but insightful.