DOCK POINT 10/09/2014

WEATHER temps in high 30s, winds at 14 mph, overcast, unusually high tide

PLANTS

·               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)

·               Oval-Leaved Blueberry (Vaccinium ovalifolium)

·               Alaskan Blueberry (Vaccinium alaskanum)

·               Skunk cabbage (Lysichiton americanum)

·               Groundcone (Boschniaka rossica)

·               Willow Salix spp.

·               Common Horsetail (Equisetum arvense)

·               Dwarf Dogwood (Cornus canadensis)

·               Arctic Dock (Rumex articus)

·               Mountain Ash (Sorbus sitchensis)

ANIMALS

·               Crow (Corvus caurinus)

·               Cackling goose (Branta hutchinsii)

·               evidence of red or douglas squirrel

OTHER

slime mold