McCarthy Field Trip, Day 3

September 7, 2014 9:10 am Little woody hiking trail

weather: light clouds, little-no wind

geo: post-bog, muske

non-vegetative life: red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris, gray jay Perisoreus canadensis, chickadee sp., moose evidence, beetle and woodpecker evidence

plants & fungi:

freckled pelt lichen Peltigera brittannica

alpine bearberry Arctostaphylos alpina

black spruce Picea mariana

white spruce Picea glauca

northern red currant Ribes triste

feather moss Kindbergia oregana

puffball Lycoperdon perlatum

spiny puffball Lycoperdon echinatum

labrador tea Ledum palustris ssp groenlandicum

common horsetail Equisetum arvense

high-bush cranberry Viburnum edule

frog pelt lichen Peltigera neopolydactyla

prickly rose Rosa acicularis

lycopodium sp.

common fireweed Epilobium angustifolium

green wintergreen Pyrola chlorantha

paper birch Betula papyrifera

balsam poplar Populus balsamifera

cow's parsnip Anthriscus sylvestris

slime mold sp.

grass sp.

red alder Alnus rubra

raspberry Rubus idaeus

willow Salix sp.

green mushroom

Works Cited:

Google. (n.d.). Google. Retrieved September 9, 2014, from http://www.google.com/

Pojar, J., MacKinnon, A., & Alaback, P. B. (1994). Plants of the Pacific Northwest coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia & Alaska. Redmond, Wash.: Lone Pine Pub..

Pratt, V. E. (1989). Field guide to Alaskan wildflowers. Anchorage, Alaska: Alaskakrafts Pub.. 

McCarthy Field Trip, Day 2

September 6, 2014 2:03 pm Kennecot Mines

weather: light rain till 2:30, then partly cloudy, winds 7 mph

geo: gravel, mountain, mill sight, lateral moraine

non-vegetative life: moose Alces alces, gnats

plants & fungi:

cow parsnip Heracleum lanatum

northern yarrow Achillea borealis

dandelion Taraxacum officinale

river beauty/dwarf fireweed Epilobium latifolium

white spruce Picea glauca

balsam poplar Populus balsamifera

willow Salix sp.

common horsetail Equisetum arvense

feather moss Kindbergia oregana

freckled pelt lichen Peltigera brittannica

frog pelt lichen Peltigera neopolydactyla

pixie cup lichen Claudonia chlorophaea

arctic lupine Lupinus arcticus

red alder Alnus rubra

beautiful jacobs ladder

prickly rose Rosa acicularis

alpine bearberry Arctostaphylos alpina

bog blueberry Vaccinium uliginosum

crowberry/mossberry Empetrum nigrum

spiny puffball Lycoperdon echinatum

pink wintergreen Pyrola asarifolia

green wintergreen Pyrola chlorantha

prickly saxifrage Saxifraga bronchialis

waterworm lichen Siphula ceratites

dog pelt lichen Peltigera canina

yellow sulfur lichen

northern red currant Ribes triste

soapberry Shepherdia canadensis

artemisia sp.

subalpine fir Abies lasiocarpa

broomrape/groundcone Boschniakia rossica

scouring-rush Equisetum hyemale

puffball Lycoperdon perlatum

juniper bush Juniperus communis

common fireweed Epilobium angustifolium

Works Cited:

Google. (n.d.). Google. Retrieved September 9, 2014, from http://www.google.com/

Pojar, J., MacKinnon, A., & Alaback, P. B. (1994). Plants of the Pacific Northwest coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia & Alaska. Redmond, Wash.: Lone Pine Pub..

Pratt, V. E. (1989). Field guide to Alaskan wildflowers. Anchorage, Alaska: Alaskakrafts Pub.. 

McCarthy Field Trip, Day 1

September 5, 2014 4:06 pm McCarthy

weather: rain, light fog, wind less than 10 mph

geo: packed silt/gravel, conglomerates, erratics

non-vegetative life: raven Corvus corax, mosquito (larvae) sp., vole evidence, moose evidence (poop, tracks), red squirrels Sciurus vulgaris, evidence of cliff swallows found in glacial till (nests, feathers)

plants & fungi:

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

balsam poplar Populus balsamifera

feather moss Kindbergia oregana

kinnikinnick Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

river beauty/dwarf fireweed Epilobium latifolium

liverwort sp.

alpine bearberry Arctostaphylos alpina

cotton grass sp.

raspberry Rubus idaeus

Works Cited:

Google. (n.d.). Google. Retrieved September 9, 2014, from http://www.google.com/

Pojar, J., MacKinnon, A., & Alaback, P. B. (1994). Plants of the Pacific Northwest coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia & Alaska. Redmond, Wash.: Lone Pine Pub..

Pratt, V. E. (1989). Field guide to Alaskan wildflowers. Anchorage, Alaska: Alaskakrafts Pub..