Day 5

 July 12

Location: New Bend Ford Rock District (Sand Spring Area)

 

We did some work today helping with rare plant monitoring. Botrychium Pumicola or Pumice Moonwort, which is endemic to Oregon and can only being found in certain locations, one of them being Mt. Shasta in California. Since its discovery the plant has been dwindling in population. It grows in the riparian forest which tells us some things about the plant, it requires fast draining soil and light rainfall. We gave ourselves 6-10ft of space between each other and did our best to follow our transect lines to help mark where we found the plant. I did not find any. I was not able to participate with the rest of the group as much today.

Pictured: Botrychium Pumicola

Pictured: Environment of Site Surveyed


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