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Long, C. R. 
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September 23, 1984 - Nihoa Island 
We land at approximately 9 a.m. The surf is high and we land with 
some difficulty on the orcky ledge at the outlet of east palm canyon. 
We set up camp about 100 feet above the ledge in the dry stream bed. Some 
of the pot holes along this dry stream contain damp mud or an inch or 
two of water which supports a luxuriant bloom of algae. I walk up 
east palm gulch to Tanager Peak and about 200 yards east along the 
cliffs crossing west along the upper ridge of Tanager Peak. I then 
eorssed the eastpalm gulch at its head and continued west along the 
crest of the north cliffs Sida sp. and Chenopodu im are the most common 
species present on the upper and middle slopes with Portulaca caurnii 
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frequent on bare rock areas with soil pockets and Solatiu m nelson! 
commonly found with Sida and Chenopoduim. Pritchardia remota is found 
in the dry stream beds of east palm canyon and west palm canyon, and, 
at the base of sheltered cliffs - on the east palm canyon, and on the 
upper west side of west palm canyon. Portulaca lutea grows at lower 
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elevatinns on the island but is infrequently found on the high rock 
ledges with P. ca urnii ♦ I collected lichens (2 sp.) and Rusaex on the 
' north face cliffs near the summit of Tanager Peak. These cliffs fail 
nearly shear pOO feet into the sea except for pockets and chimneys 
in the cliffs which afford a soil pocket for plants and a handhold for 
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the botanist. The Rutaex was sterile at this time. Banicum ta rridum 
is common on the upper slopes, and, like Eragrostia is in flower and 
fruit. Both Sesbonla and Tribulu s were found - both much flattened 
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and dry - on the south side of the cliff faces. 
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