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2002: Colonial Creek

The first trip to North Cascades National Park targeted the areas around Colonial Creek Campground along Hwy 20. This trip was led by WTU's Sarah Gage with assistance from NOCA's Mignonne Bivin and Steve Hahn. The focus was low elevation forest and wetlands in the Thunder Creek drainage and surrounding slopes. A total of 159 collections were made along the Thunder Creek Trail, Thunder Knob Trail, Pyramid Lake Trail, and Stetattle Creek. Including the replicates, 411 specimens were gathered over three days, representing 152 taxa.

Specimens collected on the trip were identified at WTU in fall 2002/winter 2003, with assistance provided by a Graduate Research Assistantship funded by North Cascades National Park.

Volunteers from WTU included Amy Dearborn, Cindy Spurgeon, Dena Grossenbacher, James Duemmel, Jeff Walker, Kimiora Ward, Nancy Job, Robert Goff.

# Collections: 159
# Specimens: 411
# Taxa: 152
# New Taxa: 7

  
Trip Map

Yellow dots represent collection sites. Click on a site to view a list of collections.

9 collections: Ross Lake National Recreation Area: Ruby Mountain Bald. 19 collections: North Cascades National Park; Thunder Creek drainage; the first large rocky bald encountered on the trail to 4th of July Pass starting at the junction with the thunder Creek Trail. A small way trail goes north onto the bald. 3 collections: North Cascades National Park; Thunder Creek, 100 meters north of the suspension bridge across lower Thunder Creek. 5 collections: North Cascades National Park; Thunder Creek Drainage; west of footbridge at south end of Thunder Arm (Diablo Lake). 4 collections: North Cascades National Park; Thunder Creek, 200-250 meters north of the suspension bridge across lower Thunder Creek. 1 collections: North Cascades National Park; Thunder Creek Drainage; west of footbridge at south end of Thunder Arm (Diablo Lake). 1 collections: North Cascades National Park; Thunder Creek Drainage; west of footbridge at south end of Thunder Arm (Diablo Lake). 3 collections: Ross Lake National Recreation Area; Thunder Creek Trail. 3 collections: North Cascades National Park; Thunder Creek, 300 meters north of the suspension bridge across lower Thunder Creek. 4 collections: Colonial Creek Campground; North Cascades National Park. 30 collections: Ross Lake National Recreation Area: Pyramid Lake. 18 collections: North Cascades National Park; Thunder Knob Trail, trail out of north side of Colonial Creek Campground. 6 collections: Ross Lake National Recreation Area: Pyramid Lake. 1 collections: North Cascades National Park; Thunder Knob Trail, trail out of north side of Colonial Creek Campground. 32 collections: Ross Lake National Recreation Area: Mountain Powerplant Overlook off of State Route 20. 20 collections: North Cascades National Park; Stetattle Creek Trail, at an unnamed tributary to Stetattle Creek.
Map created with TOPO!. © 2006 National Geographic.
Trip Results
 # Collections  159  »View Collection List
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 # Specimens  411  
 # Taxa  152  »View Taxa List
 # New Taxa   7   

New Park Records:
The following taxa were not previously documented from within the NOCA park complex with a voucher specimen at the NOCA Herbarium:

Amelanchier alnifolia var. alnifolia
Carex aquatilis var. dives
Carex inops
Cerastium arvense
Delphinium menziesii ssp. menziesii
Heuchera micrantha var. diversifolia
Mitella caulescens


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