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2017  FIELD TRIP  & ACTIVITY REPORTS

Our Visit to Kelleys Island to Explore the Lakeside Daisy Recovery Effort

Photos by Jan Kennedy
​The ONAPA field trip to Resthaven Wildlife Area and Kelleys Island on Tuesday, May 16th was a great day, attended by 20 people, both ONAPA members and others who have volunteered with the Lakeside daisy recovery efforts on Kelleys Island.  We visited the Castalia Prairie at Resthaven where the state endangered small white lady's-slippers were in peak bloom and spectacular, after a recent prescribed burn by the Division of Wildlife.  A number of other rare prairie and fen plants were seen at the site as well.  

We then took the ferry to Kelleys Island and took a trolley to Kelleys Island State Park campground, where we had lunch.  We went to one of the Lakeside daisy introduction sites, north of the glacial grooves, which was initiated by the Division of Natural Areas & Preserves in 1989.  The flowering plants were in fine shape and attendees were able to see the results of many years of transplanting plants and seeds from the Lafarge Quarry on Marblehead.  We visited the impressive glacial grooves next, then went on to Huntley-Beatty Preserve to see another introduced Lakeside daisy population.  This one was started only using seeds beginning in 2012 by US Fish & Wildlife Service staff, ONAPA volunteers, and the Division of Natural Areas & Preserves.  It was easy to see the difference between a 4-year old population and a 27-year old population, but both are doing well.  It is an amazing recovery success, which does not happen often with rare plants, but we still hope to protect more habitat on Marblehead Peninsula.

Moss ID Field Trip

On a beautiful spring Saturday, April 8, 2017, Dr. Barbara Andreas with Ray Showman, Joe Moosbrugger led the Moss and Liverwort Identification Field Trip at Crane Hollow State Nature Preserve for ONAPA members.  In addition to several species of mosses and liverworts, see below, Barb showed the group two state endangered species of moss. The day was enjoyed by all.
​Mosses Seen
Anomodon rostratus (Yellow Yarn Moss
Anomodon attenuatus (Poodle Moss)
Thuidium delicatulum (Delicate Fern Moss
Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans (Sprouting Silk Moss
Conocephalum salebrosum Conehead Liverwort
Tetraphis pellucida  (Four Tooth Moss)
Leucobryum glaucum  (Pincushion Moss
Dicranum fulvum (Boulder Broom Moss
Taxiphyllum deplanatum  (Combed Silk Moss
Plagiomnium ciliare (Saber Tooth Moss
Bazzania trilobata (Three-toothed Bazzania)
Loeskeobryum brevirostre (Pinched Shaggy Moss)
Plagiomnium cuspidatum  (Baby Tooth Moss
Atrichum crispulum (Crispy Starburst Moss
Hypnum imponens (Brocade Moss)
Dicranodontium denudatum
​  (Rough-toothed Pitchfork Moss
Anomodon tristis (= Haplohypmenium triste)
  (Threadbare Moss
Orthotrichum  pumilum   (Short Bristle Moss
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