For ít ís only byforgettíng thøt we ever reølly drop the thread of time ønd øpproach the experíence of lívíng ín the present moment, so elusíve ín ordìnøry hours, - Michael Pollan (from "The Botany of Desire")
Rob DeVelice will lead "Botany Challenge 49" with an estimated duration of 2 hours.
Meet at 6:30 pm at the Falls Creek trailhead on the Seward Highway. This will be a hike (not a run). Me will seek and identiff 49 species of plant and note the phenological state of each (germinating, vegetative, flowering, fi:uiting, senescent). The Falls Creek area is
immensely beautiful and includes verdant forests, species rich
shrublands, and a lively stream.
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By the way, here’s the list of the 50 native plant species identified on the June l3th “Botany Challenge 49” Epic:
Scientific Name Gommon Name
TREES
Betula kenaica
Picea X lutzii
Populus trichocarpa
Salix scouleriana
SHRUBS
Alnus crispa ssp. srnuafa
Amelanchier alnifolia
Echinopanax horridum
Menziesia ferruginea
Rlbes laxiflorum
Rrbes fnsúe
Rosa acicularis
Rubus idaeus
Sambucus racemosa
Shepherdia canadensis
Sorbus scopulina
Viburnum edule
FORBS
Achillea borealis
Acon itu m delphi niifol i u m
Actaea rubra
Aquilegia formosa
Arabis lyrata
Aruncus sylvester
Aster sibiricus
Cornus canadensis
Epilobi u m ang u stifoli u m
Galium triflorum
Geranium erianthum
Geum macrophyllum
Heracleum lanatum
Heuchera glabra
Lathyrus maritimus
Moehringia lateriflora
Osmorhiza purpurea
Prenanthes alata
Pyrola asarifolia
Pyrola secunda
Kenai birch
Lutz spruce
black cottonwood
Scouler willow
Sitka alder
serviceberry
devil’s club
rusty menziesia
trailing black current
northern red current
prickly rose
raspberry
elderberry
buffaloberry
western mountain-ash
highbush cranberry
yarrow
monkshood
baneberry
western columbine
lyreleaved rockcress
goatsbeard
Siberian aster
bunchberry
tallfireweed
fragrant bedstraw
northern geranium
large-leaf avens
cow parsnip
alpine heuchera
beach pea
grove sandwort
Sitka sweet-cicely
rattlesnake root
liverleaf wintergreen
one-sided wintergreen
Smilacina stellata
Strepto p u s am pl ex ifol i u s
Trientalis europaea
Urtica lyallii
Viola sp.
Zigadenus elegans
GRAMINOIDS
C al a m ag rosfis canadensls
Carex sp.
Carex deweyana
FERNS AND ALLIES
Athyrium filix-femina
Dryopteris dilatata
Equisetum avense
Equisetum pratense
G ym nocarpi um dryopteri s
false Solomon’s-seal
twistedstalk
starflower
stinging nettle
violet
death camas
bluejoint reedgrass
sedge
Dewey sedge
lady fern
wood fern
common horsetail
meadow horsetail
oak fern