Dock Point

Dock Point

1.       10/9/14, 13:40, Dock Point

2.       Weather: 39 degrees, cloudy and windy.

3.       Geological Features: Chugach Mountains, Prince William Sound

4.       Plants:

·         Salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis)

·         Stitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis)

·         Sitka Alder (Alnus viridis)

·         Fireweed (Luetkea pectinata)

·         Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa)

·         Large Leaf Avens (Geum macrophyllum)

·         Goats Beard (Aruncus dioicus)

·         Sea-Watch (Angelica lucida)

·         Black Cottonwood (Populus balsamifera)

·         Devils Club (Oplopanax horridus)

·         Cow Parshnip (Heracleum maximum)

·         Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

·         Skunk Cabbage (Lysichiton americanus)

·         Broom Rape Brown Cone (Boschniakia spp.)

·         Horsetail (Equisetum spp)

·         (Cornus canadenis)

·         Sitka Mountain Ash (Sorbus sitchensis)

·         Arctic Dock (Rumex arcticus)

·         Oval-Leaved Blueberry (Vaccinium ovalifolium)

·         Alaskan Blueberry (Vaccinium alaskaense)

Kavanagh, James, and Raymond Leung. The Nature of Alaska: An Introduction to Familiar Plants, Animals & Outstanding Natural Attractions. Phoenix, AZ: Waterford, 2005. Print.

Pojar, Jim, A. MacKinnon, and Paul B. Alaback. Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia & Alaska. Redmond, WA: Lone Pine Pub., 1994. Print.