I had a job on Decatur Island today. Someone had to do it.
I walked on the Anacortes to Lopez Ferry and had some time at the Lopez landing waiting my pickup for the next leg of my journey.
So I poked around at the well exposed conglomerates near the ferry landing. The conglomerates at the location are considered part of the Fidalgo ophiolite complex.
I walked on the Anacortes to Lopez Ferry and had some time at the Lopez landing waiting my pickup for the next leg of my journey.
So I poked around at the well exposed conglomerates near the ferry landing. The conglomerates at the location are considered part of the Fidalgo ophiolite complex.
Lower Cretaceous to Upper Jurassic pebble conglomerate of Fidalgo ophiolite of Brown and others(1979).
But my big discovery was this tree growing out of the ancient sea-floor rocks.
A close examine of its foliage revealed it was a Rocky Mountain Juniper along with fruits.
Rocky Mountain Junipers are very uncommon in western Washington. There is a stand of them on the west shore of Orcas Island and along West Sound on Orcas. I have heard they are also found in spots on the Olympic Peninsula but I have yet to come across any. It really is a curiosity to me what these trees are doing in Western Washington.
The Lopez Ferry landing area had some other nice surprises that will have to wait another day.
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