October 9, 2014 1:40 pm Dock Point

weather: 39 degrees, overcast, unusually high tides, 14 mph winds

geo: coastal, bog, we were on top of a hill

animal: crow Corvus caurinus, cackling goose Branta hutchinsii, evidence of red or douglas squirrel

plants & such:

sitka alder Alnus crispa

salmon berry Rubus spectabilis

sitka spruce Picea sitchensis

northern red currant Ribes triste

fireweed Epilobium angustifolium

red berried elder Sambucus racemosa

lady fern Arthyrium filix-femina

large leaf avens Geum macropyllum

devil's club Oplopanax horridus

goat's beard Aruncus sylvester

wild celery Angelica lucida

black cottonwood Populus balsamifera

cow parsnip Heracleum lanatum

yarrow Achillea borealis

blueberries V alaskanum and ovalifolium

skunk cabbage Lysichiton americanum

broomrape/groundcone Boschniaka rossica

willow Salix spp.

common horsetail Equisetum arvense

dwarf dogwood Cornus canadensis

arctic dock Rumex articus

mountain ash Sorbus sitchensis

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