McCarthy Field Trip, Day 1

September 5, 2014 4:06 pm McCarthy

weather: rain, light fog, wind less than 10 mph

geo: packed silt/gravel, conglomerates, erratics

non-vegetative life: raven Corvus corax, mosquito (larvae) sp., vole evidence, moose evidence (poop, tracks), red squirrels Sciurus vulgaris, evidence of cliff swallows found in glacial till (nests, feathers)

plants & fungi:

northern yarrow Achillea borealis

western dwarf mistletoe Arceuthobium campylopodum

shaggy mane Coprinus comatus

prickly rose Rosa acicularis

indian paintbrush/yellow paintbrush Castilleja unalaschenis

dandelion Taraxacum officinale

yellow dryas Dryas drummondii

soapberry Shepherdia canadensis

common horsetail Equisetum arvense

scouring-rush Equisetum hyemale

white spruce Picea glauca

balsam poplar Populus balsamifera

feather moss Kindbergia oregana

kinnikinnick Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

river beauty/dwarf fireweed Epilobium latifolium

liverwort sp.

alpine bearberry Arctostaphylos alpina

cotton grass sp.

raspberry Rubus idaeus

Works Cited:

Google. (n.d.). Google. Retrieved September 9, 2014, from http://www.google.com/

Pojar, J., MacKinnon, A., & Alaback, P. B. (1994). Plants of the Pacific Northwest coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia & Alaska. Redmond, Wash.: Lone Pine Pub..

Pratt, V. E. (1989). Field guide to Alaskan wildflowers. Anchorage, Alaska: Alaskakrafts Pub..