Thursday, July 19, 2012

Thompson Pass Trail

Thompson Pass Trail is the trail we identified today.
The weather was absolutely gorgeous today, very good day for a lab outside











The list of things we identified today:

Crow berry: Empetrum nigrum
Alpine Bearberry: Arctostaphylos alpina
Pussy Toes: Antennaria sp.
Arctic Daisy: Erigeron humilis
Yellow spotted saxifrage: Saxifraga bronchialis
Labrador tea: Ledum palustris ssp groenlandicum
Dwarf Blueberry: Vaccinium uliginosum
Capitate Lousewort: Pedicularis capitata
Mountain Avens: Dryas octopetala
Pixie Eye Primrose: Primula cuneifolia
Alp Lily: Lloydia serotina
Lapland Diapensia: Diapensia lapponicum ssp. obovata
Bell Heather: Cassiope stelleriana
Alpine Azalea: Loiseleuria procumbens
One-flowered Conquefoil: Potentilla uniflora
Alpine Arnica: Arnica alpina, ssp. angustifolia
Moss Campion: Silene acaulis
Mountain Harebell: Campanula lasiocarpa
Dwarf Fireweed: Epilobium latifolium
Moss Heather: Cassiope stelleriana
Coastal Paintbrush: Castilleja unalaschensis
Roseroot: Sedum rosea




~OVERALL IT WAS A GREAT TRIP AND IDENTIFIED A LOT OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF FLOWERS THAT LIVE ON A HIGH ELEVATION IN THOMPSON PASS. :)




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