Summary of Thompson Pass Summer 2011

Thursday 6/9/11

4:00PM-8:00PM

Cloudy, 53F, 11mph winds, Very little sunshine

Wildflowers

Common dandelion- Taraxacum officinale

Dwarf blueberry- Vaccinium cespitosum

Lapland diapensia- Diapensia lapponica

Mountain avens- Dryas octopetala

Kamchatcha Rockcrest- Arabis kamchatica

Crowberry -Empetrum

Labrador tea -Ledum groenlandicum

Mountain buttercup -Ranunculus populago
Small flower paintbrush- Castillja coccinea
Alpine azalea- Loiseleuria procumbens

Alpine blueberry- Vaccinium uliginosum L

Bell heather- Erica cinerea

Narcissus Flower Annenome Anemone narcissiflora

Villous Cinquefoil- Potentilla villosa

Starflower- Trientalis borealis
Alp lily- Lloydia serotina

Alpine bearberry- Arctostaphylos alpina

Pale gentian- Glaucous gentian

Blackish oxytrope- Oxytropis nigrescens

Mosses

Fir clubmoss- Huperzia selago

Moss heather- Cassiope mertensiana

Moss campion- Silene acaulis

Star campylium moss -Campylium stellatum

Moss heather-Cassiope mertensiana

Insects

Bumble Bee-Bombus

Birds

Bald Eagle- Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Lichens

Frogs pelt-Peltigera neopolydactyla

Star-tipped reindeer lichen cladina stellaris

Witches hair lichen- Alectoria ochroleuca

Cetraria nivalis

Red Capped Lichen-Cladonia cristatella

False Pixie Cup-Cladonia chlorophaea

Shrubs

Dwarf willow- Salix herbacea

Arctic willow- Salix arctica

Low-bush cranberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea

This was the very last trip that we took. It was one of the most interesting trips because we were able to see tundra plant life, and really see how they exist. Understand things like why they grow so small and why they will branch out in more peculiar ways. It was an impressive variety of plants in such small areas and a surprising amount of them were wildflowers. A very cool place with a great life system.