Shoup Bay Trail

Date: June 28 2012
Time: 1:30-5:00 p.m.
Climate: Sunny with a clear sky, a gentle breeze

Beach: sandy and rocky

Acorn Barnacle—Balanus Glandula

Blue Mussel—Mytilus Trossulus

Sitka Periwinkle—Littorina Sitkana

Plate Limpet—Tectura Scutum

Butter clams—Saxidomus gigantean

Shield Limpet—Lottia Pelta

Beach Greens—Honckenya peploides

Goatbeard—Aruncus Sylvester

Trail: flat, peat, muddy

Kodiak Ringlet—Coenonympha tullia

Black Oystercatcher—Haematopus bachmani

Devil’s Club—Echinopanax horridum

Sitka Alder—Alnus crispa sinuate

Red-Berried Elder—Sambucus racemosa

Wild Geranium—Geranium erianthum

Chocolate Lily—Fritillaria camschatcensis

Watermelon Berry—Streptopus amplexifolius

Star Flower—Trientails europea arctica

False Hellebore—Veratrum viride

Wild Celery—Angelica lucida

Salmonberry—Rubus chamemorous

False Lily of-the-valley—Maianthemum dilatatum

Wild-Flag—Iris setosa

Shooting Star—Dodecatheon pulchellum

Dwarf Dodwood—Cornus Canadensis

Skunk Cabbage—Lysichiton americanum

Alaskan Spirea—Spirea Beauverdiana

Nagoonberry—Rubus arcticus

Bog Candle—Platanthera dilatata

Sitka Willow—Salix sitchensis

Spread-Leaved Peat Moss—Sphagnum squarrosum

False Pixie Cup—Cladonia chlorophaea

Black Cottonwood—Populus balsamifera trichocarpa

 It was a beautiful sunny day! Shoup Bay Trail is usually hard to walk in a rainy day because of streams and peat. It was also muddy and slippery today, but I enjoyed squashy and spongy feelings. The way to beach was flat and easy, and the beach was so shiny today; we walked around to observe some algae, clams, or loaches behind rocks. On the trail, various flowers were in bloom. There is a huge tree (Black Cottonwood) like a big mother; in fact, this ancient tree is a home to numbers of organisms such as moss, mushrooms, slugs, or birds. It’s really nice to know their relationships and lives. Every species are so alive!