September 24, 2014 2:00 pm Thompson Pass

weather: clear, sunny, chilly, felt like 45 degrees (unless you laid down in the moss, that was pretty comfy)

geo: alpine tundra

animals: found a small hole in the ground, probably vole or ground squirrel

plants & such:

alpine spiraea Luetkea pectinata

sitka burnet Sanguisorba stipulata

red stemmed saxifrage Saxifraga lyallii

moss Lophozia sp.

siberian astor Astor sibiricus

alaska cotton Eriophorum Scheuchzeri

deceiver mushroom Laccaria laccata

bog blueberry Vaccinium uliginosum

arctic willow Salix arctica

moss heather Cassipe stellariana

turgid aulacomnium moss Aulacomnium turgidum

crowberry/mossberry Empetrum nigrum

king bolete mushroom Boletus edulis

yellow mountain heather Phyllodoce glanduliflora

white spruce Picea glauca

red alder Alnus rubra

I lost access to the guide book for the following:

northern rock tripe

ranger lichen

snow lichen

Works Cited:

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..

Armstrong, R. H. (1981). A guide to the birds of Alaska (5th ed.). Anchorage, Alaska: Alaska Northwest Pub. Co..