Trail Log 1995-1997 - Lamar at Colorado State University

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Selaginella rupestris Selaginella sanguinolenta There is lots of Selaginella here. Dicranum polysetum, a common ground cover in pine forests. Hylocomnium splendens Rhytidium rugosum, falcate leaves Pedicularis verticillata Cottoneaster melanocarpus, with whitish leaves. Common shrub here. Cottoneaster lucidus, with shiny leaves. Astragalus, sp. Vicia cracca, Mouse vetch (this one is naturalized in U.S. from Eurasia) Scrophularia Polygonum divaricatum Bromopsis inermis Ambylynotus rupestris, a blue flower, like a forget me not. Clausia aprica. purple mustard Arenaria minuartia Phlojodicarpus baicalensis, white umbellifer, on rare and endangered species list. Collected for medicine. 3% of the Irkutsk region is strictly protected. Brym argentum granite of the middle-Proterozoic, 1.7 billion years old. The group walked up to the gazebo overlook again, then returned and walked over a low saddle to Babushka Bay, with a lecture of sorts from a "walking tree," a pine that had long roots stretched out from the shifting sands. In geological time, once this area was tropical and had rhinoceros, fossils have been found. It has been affected by global warming with 3 o C rise over the last ten years. The annual precipitation here is 12", somewhat dry, and much of it comes in July and August. Neottianthe cuculata, an orchid Maianthemum bifolium Iris ruthenica, in the Red Data book for Irkutsk area. Linnea borealis, twinflower, as in the Rockies Vaccinium vitis-idaea (grape of Mt. Ida), mountain cranberry. Also across the northern U.S. I have it from Mt. Katahdin. Spiraea media Returned from walk, back on board small ship, then to main ship. Lecture by Mikhail Kuzmin, Director, Institute of Geochemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, on the sediments of Lake Baikal. He was on board only a day. There are 8 km. of sediments. Video on the sediments, of which cores have been taken. In 1,000 years there are about 17 cm. of sediments. In oceans there are typically 2 cm. of sediments in 1,000 years. Visit to Sagan-Zaba, in Pribaikalsky National Park, a steppe area.
Thalictrum foetidum Grimmia calcareos Visited Neolithic petroglyphs. Then we had to be taken round a boulder on the beach jutting out into the water, six at a time, in a raft, for a walk round on the other side. Pulsatilla turczaninowii, a different Pulsatilla. Artemisia, sage, common here. Leymus Potentilla bifurca Androsace septentrionalis Erysimum flavum, wallflower Thermopsis lanceolata Polygonatum odoratum, like a Solomon's seal. Lilium pumilum, rare and endangered species. Stellaria dichotoma Thalictrum petaloideum Anemone sylvaticum Epilogium angustifolium, fireweed Chaemaerhodos grandiflorus, though low and without a grand flower A warm wind came up suddenly, quite suddenly and quite warm, and they hustled us back, around by raft to where the petroglyphs were, then back to the boat, fearing bigger winds later, which did not come. The name of the wind is a sarma (??)- named for the Sarma River (Mark Sergeyev book, p. 28). June 23, Monday. Forest fire in the distance. Visit to Borokchin Island, with garnets and gulls. Orstachis spinosa, the artichoke like plant. Climbed a hill, with a visit to shaman's grave. There is an alpine look to the vegetation, due to wind, weather, and dry. Rocky steppe. The islands in Baikal are little studied botanically. There are more than 10 species of Potentilla. There were many gulls, with four chicks swimming in the water. House martins, with white rump, with some spectacular flying displays. Selaginella is virtually a ground cover here. Oxytropis caerulea There is only one lichenologist in the region. Sedum aizoon Pulsatilla tenuiloba, a small Pulsatilla, lots of these here. Alyssum
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Trail Log 1995-1997 Holmes Rolston,
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1995 January 4, 1995. Wednesday. Ad
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"Winnow" - the root is wind, vent,
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Worker's Directory. He gave me a co
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7 year. Leaving the hospital comple
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9 Bougainvillaea. Many kinds, all w
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11 Gerenuk - a very long necked ant
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13 I took a bird walk on my own, as
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15 francolins egret, unidentified e
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17 2 males, old males 3 females, wi
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19 somewhat better on the return tr
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21 mahogany trees wild fig trees ga
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Continuing, we crossed a long, flat
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25 50 zebras 1,000 zebras on one si
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27 impala giraffe and baby zebras c
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29 Robin chat stone chat northern d
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31 We drove back around in the lake
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33 small park. Jane Goodall's resea
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35 July 6. Thursday, continued. Met
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37 July 10. Monday. Drove to Kruger
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39 The guides go first, Jan up fron
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But it was getting dark and we didn
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43 Lions roaring as we got up in th
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45 little egret giant kingfisher pi
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47 At Skukuza, I separated from Joh
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stand your ground. Be bold and nois
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51 Red-billed woodhoopoe, with call
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53 we found a rhino horn (pix), whi
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55 giant kingfisher darter (anhinga
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57 distance away to the four winds.
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59 We were visited that evening by
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61 the township with an enrollment
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63 University of Cape Town. Lovely
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65 the trashiest of all. Afternoon.
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67 August 16. Wednesday. Day of mee
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69 momentary. Went in to the Shelte
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71 on the limousine down. December
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73 birds than we thought we might r
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lawn). A near relative is Araucaria
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water supplies are put in a couple
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track in the snow. We left about 11
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4 coyotes in snow. 1 immature bald
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Two coyotes came down the road in f
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Spain, surprisingly, as there are i
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Australia July 1 - August 19, 1996
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July 10, Wednesday. Drove to Laming
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We drove through the rainforest and
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QUT. Elizabeth Saxon, sat beside me
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Eucalyptus trees here are often dea
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Page 120 and 121: it later deteriorated. Wombat kille
Page 122 and 123: Seminar at 2.15 p.m Chris Mortenson
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Page 132 and 133: Huge streams pour off the rock in a
Page 134 and 135: ut not all that messed up. Turned a
Page 136 and 137: Trail Log 1997 February 22, 1997, S
Page 138 and 139: much better in the lower, protected
Page 140 and 141: To Tower Junction, then to Tower, l
Page 142 and 143: Back to the ranch. The coyote was a
Page 144 and 145: crows are unusual inside Yellowston
Page 146 and 147: as a bell in contrast to yesterday.
Page 148 and 149: I went up on a higher hill to try t
Page 150 and 151: Siberia and Lake Baikal June 15-29,
Page 152 and 153: Russia has an 80-year old system of
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Page 157 and 158: Reached Zilovo, about 10.15, about
Page 159 and 160: City tour on a nice day. Population
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Page 169 and 170: Walk to Shaman Rock. From the rock,
Page 171 and 172: Viola rupestris Euphorbia alpina Pl
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Page 179 and 180: Events in Ft. Collins area: July 28
Page 181: Camped at Sarto Creek, in flats nea
Page 184 and 185: Shuttle back to Missoula, arriving
Page 186 and 187: Polygonum viviparum, Alpine Bistort
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