Match the Leaves and Bark with the Tree Species
A) B) C) D) E) F) G) Match the leave/bark, above, with the species…
Background Information on Pacific Spirit Forest
In order to complete this lab, some background information in forest ecosystems, plant succession and disturbance processes is required. Forest…
Pedicularis spp. in ESSF Forest
Common name: Lousewort species Family: Orobanchaceae Photo: A coniferous forest in the Engelmann Spruce – Subalpine fir zone in South…
Phleum alpinum L.
Common name: Alpine timothy Family: Poaceae Information: Common in all BEC zones throughout BC, including the alpine. Occurs on all…
Carex spectabilis
Common name: Showy sedge Family: Cyperaceae Photos: Bottom: A south facing alpine scree slope in South Chilcotin Mtns Provincial Park at…
Festuca brachyphylla Schult. ex Schult. & Schult. f.
Common name: Alpine fescue Family: Poaceae Information: This perennial is very dense at its base. It is found in rocky…
Agoseris glauca var. dasycephala (Pursh) Raf. (Torr. & A. Gray) Jeps.
Common name: Short-beaked agoseris / Pale agoseris / Yellow flowered false dandelion (species with yellow blooms; Silene parryi also present…
Oxytropis sp. Oxytropis campestris var. spicata (L.) DC. Hook. or Oxytropis campestris var. cusickii (L.) DC. (Greenm.) Barneby
Species on right: Oxytropis sp. – possibly Oxytropis campestris var. spicata (L.) DC. Hook. Common Name: Nelson’s oxytrope (Field locoweed;…
Dryas hookeriana
Common name: Hooker’s Mountain avens (formerly classified as White mountain-avens / Eightpetal mountain-avens) And for discussion about this specimen and…
Silene acaulis (L.) Jacq.
Common name: Moss campion Family: Caryophyllaceae Information: Moss campion grows in a low cushion form in order to shelter itself…