McCarthy Field Trip, Day 3

September 7, 2014 9:10 am Little woody hiking trail

weather: light clouds, little-no wind

geo: post-bog, muske

non-vegetative life: red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris, gray jay Perisoreus canadensis, chickadee sp., moose evidence, beetle and woodpecker evidence

plants & fungi:

freckled pelt lichen Peltigera brittannica

alpine bearberry Arctostaphylos alpina

black spruce Picea mariana

white spruce Picea glauca

northern red currant Ribes triste

feather moss Kindbergia oregana

puffball Lycoperdon perlatum

spiny puffball Lycoperdon echinatum

labrador tea Ledum palustris ssp groenlandicum

common horsetail Equisetum arvense

high-bush cranberry Viburnum edule

frog pelt lichen Peltigera neopolydactyla

prickly rose Rosa acicularis

lycopodium sp.

common fireweed Epilobium angustifolium

green wintergreen Pyrola chlorantha

paper birch Betula papyrifera

balsam poplar Populus balsamifera

cow's parsnip Anthriscus sylvestris

slime mold sp.

grass sp.

red alder Alnus rubra

raspberry Rubus idaeus

willow Salix sp.

green mushroom

Works Cited:

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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..