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 2009 field trip at Muncho Lake. The next field trip is planned for 2010, at Tofino, BC.
We spent most of the first day exploring the alluvial fans on the east side of Muncho Lake. Then we ended up with a soak at the Liard Hot Springs.
Please scroll down to see the photos.
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to see wildflowers of other days of the Botany BC Field Trip.
Photo # Time Plant Name
Reference
#7946 8:37
Pink Wintergreen - Pyrola asarifolia - P. 185
#7950 8:42
Butterwort - Pinguicula vulgaris - P. 209
#7952 8:44
Northern Anemone - Anemone parviflora - P. 149
#7958 8:44
Roundleaf Orchid - Platanthera rotundifolia - P. 138
#7961 9:07
Langsdorf's Lousewort - Pedicularis langsdorfii - P. 192
#7965 9:13
Mountain Ladyslipper - Cypripedium montanum - P. 135
#7969 9:17
Mountain Death-Camas - Zygadenus elegans - P. 125
#7970 9:19
Sticky False Aspohodel - Tofieldia coccina? - P. 103 of Coastal book
#7976 9:26
Indian paintbrush species - Castilleja raupii - Not in book
#7983 9:35
Twinflower - Linnaea borealis - P. 83
#7988 9:39
Janet, Joyce and Allan searching for exotics at Muncho Lake.
#7993 9:45
Pretty yellow lichen.
#7995 9:48
Green Wintergreen - Pyrola chlorantha - P. 184
#7999 10:00
Yellow Mountain-Avens (could be white M-A) - Dryas Drummondii - P. 89
#8002 10:06
Alpine Arnica - Arnica Augustifolia - P. 111
#8005 10:17
Showy Pussytoes - Antennaria pulcherrima - P. 104
#8007 10:18
Yellow Mountain-Avens - Dryas drummondii - P. 89
#8015 10:31
Sticky False Aspohodel - Tofieldia coccina? - P. 103 of Coastal book
#8023 10:46
Regrouping on the Alaska Highway near the Northern Rockies Lodge.
#8024 10:56
The Rockies end a bit north of here at the Liard River.
That's why they are called the terminal Range.
#8027 10:56
Muncho Lake, looking south.
#8036 11:30
White Mountain-Avens - Dryas octopetala - P. 89
#8038 11:31
Northern Bedstraw - Galium boreale - P. 219
#8051 11:45
Blue Columbine - Aquilegia brevistyla - P. 155
#8059 11:58
Three-Toothed Saxifrage - Saxifraga tricuspidata - P. 143
#8062 12:00
Labrador Lousewort - Pedicularis labradorica - P. 191
#8063 12:37
Northern Bog-Orchid - Platanthera hyperborea - P. 139
#8065 12:39
Yellow Ladyslipper - Cypripedium calceolus - P. 135
#8069 13:03
Craig's twisted pine forest.
#8073 13:13
Gentian - Gentianella propinqua - P. 216
#8076 13:19
Botanizing up the canyon.
#8077 13:21
Yukon Bellflower - campanula aurita - Could not find it in the book.
#8081 13:29
Kinnikinnick - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi - P. 82
#8097 13:58
Northern Labrador Tea - Ledum palustra - P. 40
#8098 14:00
Roundleaf Orchid - Platanthera rotundifolia - P. 138
#8102 14:13
Leaving Bolder Canyon on Muncho Lake.
#8105 15:13
Craig Delong in the Liard Hot Springs.
#8109 16:45
Single Delight - Moneses uniflora - P. 183
#8114 17:07
Having an afternoon snack.
#8117 17:14
Walking on the wrong side of the road.
Many thanks to XX for checking the identification
of the plants.
If you know of any mislabeled plants, please let me know
(please refer to the number above each photo).
I can email a photo of the leaves to aid the ID.
Reference pages are taken from:
"Plants of Northern British Columbia",
by Mackinnon, Pojar and Coupe.
Lone Pine Publishing, Vancouver, BC, 1992.