One More for the Road
This just has to be Dryas octopetala. It has eight petals and the leaves look just like the plant Jim studied all those years ago when attending Stanford. I was so fortunate to have the opportunity, at the tender age of 15, to visit him in the tundra of Alaska to help count populations of these little beauties (not sure how much help I was really). Something must have sunk in though because I still remember several of the species names including Vaccinium vitis idaea (lingonberry?) and Vaccinium uliginosum (blueberry).
Jim - if you need any more help for your next paper on Dryas, let me know! I may be available for a trip to AK!! I might even be more helpful this time.
posted by Kevin @ 8:29 PM
2 Comments:
Wow. I just now found time to catch up on your blog! Sounds like you're having an amazing time in WY and MT. Also sounds like you're getting in phenomenal shape with the all your hiking etc. It's only 8 days til I get to join in the fun!
Dryas octopetala - good memory bro! It sure is! And I had forgotten you didn't see it in flower in AK. Right perty eh?
And so far, all your id's look correct to me.
That hike in the Bridgers sounded particularly amazing. True alpine tundra. Ain't it grand? I wonder if the flora atop Lone Peak is similar.
Keep up the postings and don't recreate toooo hard!
By the by...next July, Alaska, re-census reciprocal transplant gardens set up in July 1978! Wanna come? Lookin' for volunteers!
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