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.
I shared a ride with Allan Hawryzki of Nanaimo. We first drove to Prince George, where we linked up with the rest of the Botany BC group. Then we drove north to Muncho Lake, over 2 days. The photos below were taken during this 2-day trip.
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
#7859 12:40 We stopped to regroup at Bijou Falls,
on the Hart Highway.
#7864 13:09 After regrouping at Bijou Falls,
Allan and I stopped to see the Powder King ski hill, facing the Murray Ridge
of the Hart Mountains.
The black dot above the middle structure is a black bear.
#7875 16:58
Our next stop was to see the WAC Bennett Dam on the Peace River
#7884 19:13
The Peace River east of the Bennett Dam.
#7888 11:02
Tall Bluebells - Mertensia paniculata - P. 218.
#7892 11:34
Chamisso's Cotton-Grass - Eriophorum chamissonis - P. 275
#7893 11:53
Tall Jacob's-Ladder at Middle Fork Creek - Polemonium caeruleum - P. 217
#7898 11:57
Alpine Bistort - Bistorta vivipara - P. 198
#7899 12:03
Veronica arvensis or persica
#7901 12:06
Weather station at Middle Fork Creek
#7902 12:07
Tall Larkspur - Delphinium glaucum - P. 154
#7905 12:14
Curly Dock - Rumex crispus - P. 199.
#7908 12:26
Cut-Leaf Anemone - Anemone multifida - P. 149
#7910 12:29
Mountain Blue-Eyed Grass - Sisyrinchium montanum - NIB
#7914 12:43
Diverse-Leafed Cinquefoil - Potentilla diversiflora - P. 166
#7916 12:48
Labrador or Trappers Tea - Ledum groenlandicum or glandulosum - P. 40
#7922 14:15
Trucking up the Alaska Highway.
#7926 18:01
A pretty little blue flower at Summit Lake - who am I?
#7931 18:05
Wild Strawberry - Fragaria virginiana - P. 167
#7933 18:10
The mountain north of Summit Lake, where the Rockies end.
#7934 18:12
Now, does anybody know my name?
#7936 18:13
Northern Goldenrod - Solidago multiradiata - P. 109
#7938 18:17
Summit Lake
#7944 20:02
Rainbow at the Northern Rockies Lodge.
Many thanks to Andrey Zharkikh 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 Northern British Columbia",
by Mackinnon, Pojar and Coupe.
Lone Pine Publishing, Vancouver, BC, 1992.