2010 VASCULAR PLANT SURVEYKodiak National Wildlife Refuge
Sitkalidak Island Old Harbor vicinity, Kodiak IslandKodiak road system
Summer 2010
Carolyn Parker UAF Museum of the North Herbarium, FairbanksStacy Studebaker Kodiak NWR, Kodiak
sponsored byKodiak National Wildlife Refuge, Kodiak, Alaska
all photos by Stacy Studebaker!!
Carolyn Parker UAF Museum of the North Herbarium, FairbanksStacy Studebaker Kodiak NWR, Kodiak
sponsored byKodiak National Wildlife Refuge, Kodiak, Alaska
all photos by Stacy Studebaker!!
Camp #1
Camp #2
Camp #3
Camp #4
Sitkalidak Island
Study Area & Campsites
July – August 2010
Rolling Bay
Crew and company
Sitkalidak Island, NE coastline
McDonald Lagoon and Sitkalidak Strait
McDonald Lagoon
McCord Ranch, head of McCord BayPort Hobron, Sitkalidak Island
Ocean Bay, Sitkalidak Island
Glehnia littoralis
Valley linking Ocean Bay and McCord BaySitkalidak Island
Eleocharis nitida Eleocharis
kamtschatica
Head of Natalia Bay, Sitkalidak LagoonSitkalidak Island
Head of Sitkalidak Lagoon
Cochlearia sessilifolia?
‘…the status of species in Cochlearia as a whole poses serious problems.’ ‘…looks like C. scotica…’ ‘detailed microsatellite studies most likely provide the answer..’ ‘..substantial hybridization and polyploidy played a role in evolution…’ Ihsan Al-Shehbaz, BRA taxonomist, MBG
Rolling BaySitkalidak Island
vic. of abandoned Koniag village site ‘Numat’
Old Harbor village, ‘the lagoon’
Lower Big Creek valley
Lower Big Creek valley
Upper Big Creek valley
Hieracium triste(incl. H. gracile)
‘var. fulvum’
Old Harbor, behind ‘the lagoon’
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Leucanthemum vulgare
‘Russiansalmon berry’
Linaria vulgarisTrifolium hybridum
Tanacetum vulgareVeronica peregrina var. xalapensis
New to the Kodiak Archipelago – Native Species
Agrostis gigantia RothAlnus rubra Bong.Arnica mollis HookBeckmannia syzigachne (Steud.) Fern. Callitriche hermaphroditica L.Potentilla norvegica L.Ranunculus cymbalaria Pursh
New to the Kodiak Archipelago – Native Species
Agrostis gigantia RothAlnus rubra Bong.Arnica mollis HookBeckmannia syzigachne (Steud.) Fern. Callitriche hermaphroditica L.Potentilla norvegica L.Ranunculus cymbalaria Pursh
New to the Kodiak Archipelago ‘Non-native’ Species
Achillea ptarmica L.Anthoxanthum odoratum L.Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten.Hesperis matronalis L.Leontodon autumnalis L.Linaria vulgaris Mill.Sagina procumbens L.Spergularia rubra (L.) J. PreslVeronica peregrina L. var. xalapensis (Kunth) Pennell
New to the Kodiak Archipelago ‘Non-native’ Species
Achillea ptarmica L.Anthoxanthum odoratum L.Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten.Hesperis matronalis L.Leontodon autumnalis L.Linaria vulgaris Mill.Sagina procumbens L.Spergularia rubra (L.) J. PreslVeronica peregrina L. var. xalapensis (Kunth) Pennell
New to the Kodiak Island‘Non-native’ Species
Leucanthemum vulgare Lam.
New to the Kodiak Island‘Non-native’ Species
Leucanthemum vulgare Lam.
New to ALA Collections from Kodiak area
Carex mertensii J.D. PrescottElymus repens (L.) Gould (non-native)Glehnia littoralis F. Schmidt G5 S3Hordeum jubatum L. (non-native)
New to ALA Collections from Kodiak area
Carex mertensii J.D. PrescottElymus repens (L.) Gould (non-native)Glehnia littoralis F. Schmidt G5 S3Hordeum jubatum L. (non-native)
Other Notable Non-Native Records
Kodiak 2010 Survey
Crepis tectorum L. (2d record for KI)Poa annua L. (3d record for KA)Tanacetum vulgare L. (2d record for KI)Tripleurospermum inodorum (L.) Sch. Bip.
(2d record for KI)
Other Notable Non-Native Records
Kodiak 2010 Survey
Crepis tectorum L. (2d record for KI)Poa annua L. (3d record for KA)Tanacetum vulgare L. (2d record for KI)Tripleurospermum inodorum (L.) Sch. Bip.
(2d record for KI)
Species Ranked for Rarity in AlaskaKodiak 2010 Survey
Arnica mollis Hook G5 S1Cochlearia sessilifolia Rollins G1G2 S1S2Eleocharis kamtschatica (C.A. Mey.) Kom. G4 S2S3Eleocharis nitida Fernald G3G4 S1Glehnia littoralis F. Schmidt G5 S3Isoetes occidentalis L.F. Hend. G4G5 S1S2Plagiobothrys orientalis (L.) I.M. Johnst. G3G4 S3Poa leptocoma Trin. G5 S2Romanzoffia unalaschcensis Cham. G3 S3
Species Ranked for Rarity in AlaskaKodiak 2010 Survey
Arnica mollis Hook G5 S1Cochlearia sessilifolia Rollins G1G2 S1S2Eleocharis kamtschatica (C.A. Mey.) Kom. G4 S2S3Eleocharis nitida Fernald G3G4 S1Glehnia littoralis F. Schmidt G5 S3Isoetes occidentalis L.F. Hend. G4G5 S1S2Plagiobothrys orientalis (L.) I.M. Johnst. G3G4 S3Poa leptocoma Trin. G5 S2Romanzoffia unalaschcensis Cham. G3 S3
Many thanks to…..
Stacy and Mike
Bill Pyle and Gary Wheelerand the ‘office girls’ at KNWR
Old Harbor Village andOld Harbor Native Corporation
our weather-wise crew pilots
and Blythe Brown
........and to all those very curious but (ultimately) very good bears!