Kennecott Trail, McCarthy Day 3, 9/7/11

Weather: Temperature in the mid to high 40’s with clouds and scattered sun breaks.

Plants:

·         Puff Ball Mushroom (Lycoperdon umbrinum)

·         Spiney Puffball Mushroom (Lycoperdon echinatum)

·         White Spruce (Picea glauca)

·         Freckled Pelt (Peltigera britannica) 

·         Dwarf dogwood (Cornus canadensis)

·         Black spruce (Picea mariana)

·         Currant (Carissa spinarum)

·         Labrador tea (Ledum groenlandicum)

·         Horsetail (Equisetum)

·         Cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccus)

·         Frog Pelt Lichen (Peltigera neopolydactyla)

·         Wild Roses (Rosa nutkana)

·         Lycopodium

·         Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium)

·         Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera)

·         Green Wintergreen (Pyrola chlorantha)

·         Poplar (Populus balsamifera)

·         Slime mold (Dictyostelium discoideum)

·         Willow (Salix)

·         Black mushroom

·         Mistletoe (disambiguation)

·           northern red currant Ribes triste

·           high-bush cranberry Viburnum edule

·           raspberry Rubus idaeus

·            

 Animals:

·         Squirrels

·         Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis)

·         Birds nest

·         Beetle infestations 

·         Evidence of woodpecker

Other: Chugach/Wrangell Mountains, Kennecott/Root Glaciers, glacial till, bog/muskeg

Comments:

“The trip to McCarthy and being able to see the glaciers and how much they shape the land was very cool. Coming from Washington I have seen how glaciers can form land, but seeing the glacier right next to where it just receded from really opened my eyes on how it actually looks like. Not to mention trying to comprehend the size of the glacier at its peak versus what’s left makes me feel smaller than a seed.” –Nate

Root Trail, McCarthy Day 2, 9/6/14

Weather: Temperatures in the mid 40’s to low 50’s with heavy cloud coverage. Rain showers early with scattered patches of sun. Winds less than 10 mph

Plants:

·         Cow Parsnip (Heracleum maximum)

·         Feather moss (Hypnaceae)

·         Frog Pelt Lichen (Peltigera neopolydactyla)

·         Sieve Cup Lichen (Cladonia multiphormis)

·         Artic Lupen (Lupinus arcticus)

·         Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium)

·         Red Alder (Alnus rubra)

·         White Spruce (Picea glauca)

·         Wild Roses (Rosa nutkana)

·         Bearberry (Arctostaphylos)

·         Crow berry (Empetrum nigrum)

·         Spiney Puffball Mushroom (Lycoperdon echinatum)

·         Winter Pink Pyrola (Pyrola asarifolia)

·         Green Wintergreen (Pyrola chlorantha)

·         Prickly Saxifrage (Saxifraga tricuspidata)

·         Waterworm Lichen (Siphula ceratites)

·         Soapberry (Sapindus)

·         Rushes (Juncaceae)

·         Poplar (Populus balsamifera)

·         Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera)

·         Sub-alpine fir (Abies lasicopara)

·         Horsetail (Equisetum)

·         Alder (Alnus)

·         Junipes (Cupressaceae)

·         Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium)

·         Mistletoe (disambiguation)

·           Dryas (Dryadoideae)

·           pixie cup lichen Claudonia chlorophaea

·           yellow sulfur lichen

·           broomrape/groundcone Boschniakia rossica

·           scouring-rush Equisetum hyemale

·           dandelion Taraxacum officinale

·           northern yarrow Achillea borealis

·            

Animals:

·         Moose Alces alces

·         Gnats

Other:

·           Gravel

·           Glacial till

·           Karst

·           Kennecott Mill

·           Lateral Moraine

·           Wrangell St. Elias Mountains

·           Chugach Mountains

McCarthy Day 1, 9/5/14

Weather: Temperatures near 50's, low cloud coverage with rain and fog. Wind less than 10 mph

Plants: 

• northern yarrow Achillea borealis
• western dwarf mistletoe Arceuthobium campylopodum
• shaggy mane Coprinus comatus
• prickly rose Rosa acicularis
• indian paintbrush/yellow paintbrush Castilleja unalaschenis
• dandelion Taraxacum officinale
• yellow dryas Dryas drummondii
• soapberry Shepherdia canadensis
• common horsetail Equisetum arvense
• scouring-rush Equisetum hyemale
• white spruce Picea glauca
• feather moss Kindbergia oregana
• kinnikinnick Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
• river beauty/dwarf fireweed Epilobium latifolium
• liverwort sp.
• alpine bearberry Arctostaphylos alpina
• cotton grass sp.
• Oyster mushroom (Pleurotus)
•  Pixie cup Lichen (Cladonia asahinae)
• Indian Potatoes (Apios americana)
• Folios Lichen (Flavoparmelia caperata)
• Dryas (Dryadoideae)
• Wild Roses (Rosa nutkana)
• Poplar (Populus balsamifera)
• Freckled Pelt (Peltigera britannica) 
• Currant (Carissa spinarum)

Animals:

·          Ducks

·          Raven

·         Moose poop

·         Spider

·         Mosquito larvae

·         Vole

·          Red Squirrels Sciurus vulgaris

·          Raven Corvus corax