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!