Shoup Bay

1.       10/23/14, 1:45, Shoup Bay Trail

2.       Weather: low 50’s, no wind, sunny blue skies

3.       Geological Features: Chugach Mountains, small creeks, Thicket, Prince William Sound, beach, meadows

Thicket:

·         Black Cottonwood (Populus balsamifera)

·         Devil's Club (Oplopanax horridus)

·         Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium)

·         Large Leaf Avens (Geum macropyllum)

·         Sitka Alder (Alnus crispa)

·         Salmon Berry (Rubus spectabilis)

·         Cow Parsnip (Heracleum lanatum)

·         Spiny Wood Fern (Dryopteris expansa)

·         Lycopodium

·         Lady Fern (Athyrium filix-femina)

·         Yellow Moss (Homalothecium fulgescens)

·         Pixie Cup Lichen (Cladonia asahinae)

·         High Bush Cranberry (Viburnum trilobum)

·         Barclays Willow (Salix barclayi)

·         Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa)

Meadow:

·         Chocolate Lilly (Fritillaria camschatcensis)

·         Yarrow (Archillea millefolium)

·         Dipper (Cinclus)

·         Spread-Leaved Peat Moss (Sphagnum squarrosum)

Beach:

·         Sea Lion (Eumetopia jubatus)

·         Rockweed (Fucus distichus)

·         Sea Lettuce (Ulva lactuca)

·         Dune Grass (Leymus mollis)

·         Moon Jelly (Aurelia aurita)