BOTANY BC is an annual meeting of botanists and plant enthusiasts of British Columbia and is open to anyone interested in plants, serious botanists and amateurs alike. This web page shows some of the wildflowers and plants we saw on the 2008 field trip in Powell River. The next field trip is planned for 2009, at Muncho Lake on the Alaskan Highway.
In the morning of Day #1, we were led to the Wildwood Bluffs just north of Powell River by Terry Ludwar. The WGS84 coordinates are 49o 52' 50" North, 124o 34' 11" West.
Please scroll down to see the photos.
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to see wildflowers of other days of the Botany BC field trip.
Google Earth image of Powell River, showing Wildwood Bluffs as the green
hikers to the north and Texada Island to the southwest.
A ferry ride is a great way to start the trip - from Earl's Cove to Saltery Bay.
Photo # Time Plant Name
#6814 10:40
Vanilla-Leaf or Deer Foot - Achlys triphylla - P. 312
#6927 10:45
Red Elderberry - Sambucus racemosa - P.70
#6822 10:54
Spring flowers on the Arbutus tree - Arbutus menziesii - P.49
#6824 10:58
Indian's-dream Fern - Aspidotis densa - P.426
#6834 11:10
Sea Blush - Plectritis congesta - P.333
#6835 11:18
Saskatoon bush - Amelanchier alnifolia - P.72
#6841 11:26
Small-leaved Montia - Montia parvifolia - P.132
#6843 11:30
Chocolate Lily - Fritillaria lanceolata or affinis (eflora) - P.110
#6854 11:47
Large-flowered Blue-eyed Mary - Collinsia grandiflora var. pusilla (AC) - P.263
#6863 11:50
Daisy the northern alligator lizard (Elgaria coerulea SR),
not shy on Simone Runyan's hand!
#6868 11:57
Wild Strawberry - Fragaria virginiana (AC) - P.183
#6871 12:03
Terry Ludwar, our guide for the day on the Wildwood Bluffs.
#6873 12:07
Falsebox - Paxistima myrsinites (AC) - P.95
#6876 12:09
Goldenback Fern - Pentagramma triangularis (AC) - P.424
#6877 12:12
Pine Rust
#6880 12:50
Common Vetch - Vicia sativa (AC) - P.191
#6887 12:54
Plectritis brachystemon (AC)
#6893 13:09
Saskatoon bush among the Arbutus trees.
#6897 13:26
Frond of a Bracken Fern - Pteridium aquilinum - P.420
#6900 13:48
Broad-Leaved Starflower - Trientalis latifiloa - P.322
#6910 14:03
Sword Fern - Polystichum munitum - P.421
#6918 14:13
Pacific Bleeding Heart - Dicentra formosa - P.313
#6921 14:16
Small-leaved Montia - Montia parvifolia - P.132
#6934 14:40
Scotch Broom - Cytisus scoparius - P.83
#6936 16:26
Trailing Blackberry - Rubus ursinus (male plant AC) - P.78
#6939 16:26
It was a hot day at 25 C, so we went for a cool swim in the sound.
#6946 16:33
and a beer (and later dinner) at the Lund Hotel.
Many thanks to Adolf Ceska (AC) and Simone Runyan (SR)
for checking the identification
of the plants.
If you know of any other mislabeled plants, please let me know
(please refer to the number above each photo).
Reference pages are taken from:
"Plants of Coastal British Columbia"
by Pojar and Mackinnon.
Lone Pine Publishing, Vancouver, BC, 2004.