Pack Forest, March 31, 2012

Today my class and I hiked in Pack Forest, and examined the flora and fauna. The weather was cloudy wtih occasional light rain and misting. The trees on our hike were mostly alders and big leaf maples. The tops of the trees were red with alder catkins. The maple trees were budding with the first signs of leaves. The undergrowth consisted of coltsfoot, grasses, herb-robert, sword ferns, and Mahonium aquifolium. There were tall shrubs of Indian Plum and Red Flowering Currant, both were beginning to blossom. I also spotted a long-tailed vole foraging in the leaves.

Long-talied Vole, Microtus longicaudus
Mushroom, Verpa bohemica
Osoberry, Oemleria cerasiformis
Herb-Robert, Geranium robertianum
Arctic Sweet Coltsfoot, Petasites frigidus
Pacific Madrone, Arbutus menziesii
Licorice Fern, Polypodium glycyrrhiza
Red-flowering currant, Ribes sanguineum

Publicado el mayo 1, 2012 05:29 TARDE por

andymj

Observaciones

Fotos / Sonidos

Qué

Ciruela India (Oemleria cerasiformis)

Observ.

andymj

Fecha

Marzo 31, 2012

Lugar

Pack Forest 9010 453rd Street East, Eatonville, WA 98328 (Google, OSM)

Descripción

This is a blossoming Indian Plum shrub, Latin name Oemlaria cerasiformis, seen in Pack Forest March 31 around 3:00pm on a cloudy day.

Grado de Inv.

Fotos / Sonidos

Qué

Topillo Colilargo (Microtus longicaudus)

Observ.

andymj

Fecha

Marzo 31, 2012

Lugar

Pack Forest, 9010 453rd Street East, Eatonville, WA 98328 (Google, OSM)

Descripción

I saw this Vole, foraging through leaves on the ground behind a log around mid afternoon. It didn't seem to notice me or get scared when I got close to it. It was very small and greyish brown in color. It had a short tail, and its ears were not immediately discernable.