Summary of Shoup Bay Trail Summer 2011

Thursday, 5/26/11

Sunny, 68 Degrees

Trees:

Black Cottonwood- Populus trichocarpa

Sitka Alder- Alunus viridis

Shrubs:

Salmonberry- Rubus spectabilis

Red Elder- Sambucus nigra

Felt Leaf Willow- Salix Alaxensis

Red Current- Ribes triste

Scoulers Willows-Salix scouleriana

Nettles-Urtica Species

Scoulers Willows-Salix scouleriana

smooth leaf-Saxifraga integrifolia

schoulers willow-Salix scouleriana

Northern Red Current- Ribes triste

Devils Club- Oplopanax horridus

Alaskan Blueberry- Vaccinium alaskaense

Twisted Stalk- Streptopus amplexifolius

Wildflowers & grasses

False Indian Corn- Veratrum viride

Cow Parsnip- Heracleum maximum

Skunk Cabbage- Lysichition americanus

Ostrich Ferns- Matteuccia struthiopteris

Oak Fern- Gymnocarpium dryopteris

Fireweed-Chamerion angustifolium

Alaskan Violets-Viola langsdorfii

Stream Violets-Viola glabella

Watermelon Berry-Streptopus amplexifolius

Chocolate Lily-Fritillaria Camschatcencis

False Lilly of the Valley- Maianthemum dilatatum

Monkshood- Aconitum Napellus

Purple Iris-Iris germanica

Shooting Star-Hydrangea macrophylla

Meadow Barley-Hordeum brachyantherum

Yarrow-Achillea millefolium

Arctic Rush- Juncus arcticus

stream violet- Viola glabella

wild geranium-Geranium maculatum

marsh cinquefoil- Potentilla palustris

beach greens-Arenaria peploides

Horsetail- Equisetum arvense

Goats Beard- Aruncus dioicus

Spiny Wood Fern- Dryopteris expansa

Smooth Alumroot- Huechera glabra

Monks Root- Lewisia redivia

Arctic Dock- Rumex arcticus

Nagoon Berry- Rubus arcticus

Lichens:

pin cushion orange lichen-Xanthoria polycarpa

insects:

Water Strider---Gerridae

Bumble Bee—Bombus

Spider Mite---Tetranynchus urticae Koch

Birds:

Raven---Corvus corax

Mew Gull---Larus canus

American Robin---Turdus migratorius

This was probably my favorite trail. It was long and it was super hot outside but it was beautiful. We saw so many things that we hadn't before and the trail has so many different areas. There was a giant tree that took almost the whole class to hug the whole trunk. I ended up shin deep in mud, which was also very exciting. Eventually I want to walk to walk the whole trail.