West Kennecott Glacier Trail

Ranger Station Outside McCarthey

6/3/11

West Kennecott Glacier Trail

Plants

Dwarf Dogwood---Cornus pumila

Twin Flower---Linnaea borealis

Freckled Pelt---Peltigera aphthosa

Crow Berries---Empetrum

Wild Rose---Rosa virginiana

Stiff Club Moss---Lycopodium annotinum

Blue Elf Cup---Chlorociboria aeruginascens

Low Bush Cranberry---Vaccinium vitis-idaea

Tall Bluebells---Mertensia arizonica Greene

Yellow Anemone---Anemone ranunculoides

Paper Birch---Betula papyrifera

Calypso Orchid---Calypso bulbosa

Tall Jacobs Ladder---Polemonium acutiflorum

Labrador Tea--- Rhododendron tomentosum

Narcissus Anemone---Anemone narcissiflora L.

Northern Bastard Toadflax---Geocaulon lividum

The trail was cool because it was semi-hidden in the trees and was narrow and winding though the trees and beating down the moss. It was very pretty in there and finding the Blue Elf Cup on some of the branches was really cool because i hadn't seen anything blue like that other than flowers. The downside to it would have to had been the horrendous amount of mosquitos swarming us after a while i was just done and wanted to leave.