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Research - Summary of 2002-2005 Results

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The following statistics cover all trips made to North Cascades National Park and Mount Rainier National Park from 2002 to 2005.

SUMMARY OF COLLECTIONS

Trip  Taxa  Species  Genera  Families  Collections  Specimens 
2002 NOCA, Colonial Creek  102 102 83 37 159 411
2002 NOCA, Ross Lake  184 180 128 51 274 720
2002 NOCA, Cascade Pass  172 167 107 41 319 778
2003 NOCA, Fisher Basin  145 145 88 34 211 447
2004 NOCA, McAlester Lake  108 107 73 30 138 313
2005 NOCA, Rennie Pass  153 151 91 32 193 425
2004 MORA, The Palisades  108 107 73 30 163 316
2005 MORA, Tatoosh/Steven's  105 102 74 33 144 338
ALL NOCA  501 492 224 65 1294 3094
ALL MORA  168 165 103 37 307 767
TOTAL  528 515 233 65 1601 3861
(taxa and species estimates include hybrids and specimens identified only to genus)


PROJECT VOLUNTEERS

Trip  WTU & NPS Staff  Volunteers  Volunteer Hours 
2002 NOCA, Colonial Creek  3 8 115
2002 NOCA, Ross Lake  5 7 315
2002 NOCA, Cascade Pass  7 13 564
2003 NOCA, Fisher Basin  2 8 320
2004 NOCA, McAlester Lake  3 7 280
2005 NOCA, Rennie Pass  3 8 260
2004 MORA, The Palisades  6 5 100
2005 MORA, Tatoosh/Steven's  3 3 60
ALL NOCA  6 35 1602
ALL MORA  8 7 160
TOTAL  12 36 1762
(Volunteer hours estimated based on 10 hour field days)
(Each individual person is counted only once in the totals)


NEW PARK RECORDS

One of the primary goals of WTU's NOCA and MORA forays is to increase the percentage of each park's flora that is vouchered in the two respective park herbaria. A significant number of the taxa collected on the forays represent such new voucher records.

Trip  # of new park records  % of taxa collected 
2002 NOCA, Colonial Creek  7 6.8%
2002 NOCA, Ross Lake  18 9.8%
2002 NOCA, Cascade Pass  20 11.8%
2003 NOCA, Fisher Basin  17 12.9%
2004 NOCA, McAlester Lake  17 15.7%
2005 NOCA, Rennie Pass  27 17.6%
2004 MORA, The Palisades  16 14.8%
2005 MORA, Tatoosh/Steven's  5 4.7%
ALL NOCA  106 22.8%
ALL MORA  21 12.5%
(% of taxa collected is calculated by dividing the number of new park records
collected on a trip by the total number of taxa collected on that trip)