West Kennicott Glacier Trail

Date: July 12, 2012
Time: 12:30-1:00 p.m.
Weather: Shower & Fog


Dwarf Dogwood—Cornus Canadensis

Stiff Club Moss—Lycopodium annotinum

Alpine Azalea—Loiseleuria procumbens

Western Columbine—Aquilegia formosa

Northern Red Currant—Ribes triste

Monkshood—Aconitum delphinifolium

Black Spruce—Picea mariana

White Spruce—Picea glauca

Paper Birch—Betula papyrifera

Alaskan Moose—Alces alces gigas

Indistinguishable Bugs!!

 The final day, we walked in woods for just 30 minutes before leaving McCarthy. It was a damp wood covered spongy mosses, Dwarf Dogwood, and dead Spruce. Mosses, Dwarf Dogwood, or moist environment were common in the top of Dock Point Trail though kinds of trees and shrubs there were different. There were lots of ferns and willows at the top of Dock Point, but we didn’t see them in McCarthy. Dock point has Sitka Spruce, but this area doesn’t; it has Black and White Spruce because of Taiga and Boreal Forest.
 We couldn’t concentrate on observation because of a mass of huge bugs… They are of course an important part of nature though they were crazy! The overnight field trip was so informative and interesting; I’m a lucky one to have such a good opportunity of spending in the largest National Park in the States and had a really great time!