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 #2, we were led to Texada Island just west of Powell River by John Dove. The WGS84 coordinates are 49^o 46' 38" North, 124^o 36' 18" West.

Please scroll down to see the photos. Click here to see wildflowers of other days of the Botany BC field trip.

Google Earth image of Powell River, showing Texada Island to the southwest.

A ferry ride is a great way to start the day   –   from Powell River to Texada Island.

Photo #   Time       Plant Name
#6951     10:00     Evergreen Huckleberry   –   Vaccinium ovatum   –   P.59

#6952     10:06     A basalt dyke on the western shore of Texada (the island has a limestone base).

#6955     10:51     Western Buttercup   –   Ranunculus occidentalis   –   P.176

#6957     10:54     Sea Blush   –   Plectritis congesta   –   P.333

#6959     10:56     Field Chickweed   –   Cerastium arvense   –   P.141

#6961     10:59     Dovefoot Geranium   –   Geranium molle   –   P.316

#6970     11:12     Yellow Monkey-flower   –   Mimulus guttatus   –   P.264

#6973     11:18     Large-flowered Blue-eyed Mary   –   Collinsia grandiflora var. pusilla (AC)   –   P.263

#6978     11:26     Hairy Rockcress   –   Arabis hirsuta   –   P.147

#6984     11:46     Looking west to the mountains on Vancouver Island near Courtenay.

#6987     12:48     Black Gooseberry   –   Ribes lacustre   –   P.85

#6991     12:51     Herb-Robert – Geranium robertianum – P.316

#6997     13:45     John Dove (left) helping us search for rare and exotics.

#6999     13:45     How Douglas Fir seedlings are protected from the deer.

#7001     13:47     Evergreen Huckleberry   –   Vaccinium ovatum   –   P.59

#7003     13:52     Dull Oregon Grape   –   Mahonia nervosa   –   P.95

#7004     14:02     Ivy-leaved Toadflax   –   Cymbalaria muralis   –   Not native

#7013     14:13     The next generation on its way!

#7021     15:18     Fairyslipper (orchid)   –   Calypso bulbosa   –   P.118

#7031     16:11     Star-flowered False Solomon's-Seal   –   Maianthemum stellatum (AC & SR)   –   P.100

#7034     16:14     Red-flowering Currant   –   Ribes sanguineum (AC)   –   P.84

#7036     16:15     Giant Chain Fern   –   Woodwardia fimbriata   –   P.422

#7037     16:59     Leaving the limestone quarries of Texada Island.

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.