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Journal
R.E. Johnson
1968
May 13 Seattle & Olympic National Park Wash. (cont.)
Drove back to Port Angeles & west to
Crescent Lake. Took a nature trail to get
familiar with the vegetation in the rain forest.
The Marymere Falls Nature trail starts just
east of a ranger station on the lake & wanders
3/4 miles to a 90 ft. beautiful waterfall.
Vegetation: Rainforest
Overstory: Western Hemlock - Tsuga heterophylla
Douglas Fir - Pseudotsuga menziesii
Western Redcedar - Thuja plicata
Understory: Salmonberry - Rubus spectabilis
Salal - Gaultheria shallon
Vine Maple - Acer circinatum
Yellow Violets
Devil's Club
Oregon Grape
Ferns
Stream bed: Red Alder - Alnus rubra
Salmonberry
Bigleaf - Maple - Acer macrophyllum
Western Red Cedar
Winter Wrens could be heard near the
streams and I thought I heard a Dipper.
Drove on down toward Port Angeles &
Stopped at Dawn Lake near the park entrance.
There were 2 Swans (tame?), 2 Biddy Ducks, &
a & Bufflehead on the lake. Swallows were very-