VNHS Smithers Summer Camp             Day #3, Wednesday, August 6, 2008
                                    Meadows of Harvey Mountain

Nature Vancouver is an ecological organization based in Vancouver, BC. Every summer it runs a camp of interest to outdoor enthusiasts, including hikers, botanists and birders. In 2008, the camp was held in Smithers, BC, about 1200 km north of Vancouver. This web page shows some of the scenery and wildflowers we saw in the mountains and meadows around Smithers.

In the morning of Day #3, we drove east to the Babine Mountains Provincial Park. The WGS84 coordinates of the parking spot are 54o 33' 09" North, 127o 07' 13" West.

Please scroll down to see the photos. Click here to see wildflowers of other days of the VNHS Summer Camp.

Click here for Google Earth tour of the hike     Open the .kmz file with Google Earth (a free program).
Highlight the .kmz file under "Temporary Places" near the bottom of the left-hand "Places" panel.
Then press Ctrl-Alt-P to play the tour or click the right arrow just underneath.

Google Earth image of the Babine Mountains Provincial Park.

Photo #   Time
#8648     8:37     Hudsons Bay Mountain seen from our campsite at the Driftwood Lodge.

Photo #   Time       Plant Name                                     Reference
#8651       9:23       Cow-Parsnip - Heracleum lanatum - P. 181

#8658     9:49     Thimbleberry - Rubus parviflorus - P. 36

#8663     9:56     Pearly Everlasting - Anaphalismargaritacea - P. 102

#8663     10:02     Northern Geranium - Geranium erianthum - P. 210

#8669     10:05     Northern Gentian - Gentianella amarella or propinqua - P. 216

#8670     10:08     Purple Peavine - Lathyrus nevadensis - P. 169

#8673     10:09     Yarrow - Achillea millefolium - P. 106

#8676     10:13     What kind of daisy am I ???

#8681     10:14     Northern Gentian - Gentianella amarella - P. 216

#8682     10:18     Common Dandelion - Taraxacum officinale - P. 97

#8692     10:30     Red Elderberry - Sambucus racemosa - P. 29

#8698     10:34     Gooseberry - Ribes lacustra or oxyacanthoides - P. 32

#8711     11:02     One-sided Wintergreen - Orthiliasecunda - P. 183

#8713     11:15     White Bog-orchid - Platanthera dilatata - P. 139

#8716     11:18     Fringed Grass-of-Parnassus - Parnassia fimbriata - P. 148

#8722     12:04     Northern Wormwood - Artemisia campestris ssp. borealis - P. 106

#8730     12:13     Arrow-leaved Groundsel - Senecio triangularis - P. 107

#8732     12:15     Orange Agoseris - Agoseris aurantiaca - P. 98

#8733     12:17     The start of the meadows.

#8735     12:22     Dense flowers in places.

#8755     12:43     Northern Gentian - Gentianella amarella - P. 216

Many thanks to XXX 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).
In some cases, the leaves are needed to make the identification - ask me for the leaf photos.

Reference pages are taken from:   "Plants of Northern British Columbia", Second edition,
by Mackinnon, Pojar and Coupe. Lone Pine Publishing, Vancouver, BC, 1999.