Vaccinium ovalifolium Sm.
Common name: Oval-leaved blueberry Family: Ericaceae Information: This species is a dwarf shrub, with edible berries. It grows in moist…
Packera streptanthifolia (Greene) W.A.Weber & Á.Löve
Common name: Rocky Mountain Groundsel / Rocky Mountain butterweed Family: Compositae Information: This perennial herb is found in the ESSF…
Veratrum viride Aiton
Common name: Indian hellebore, False green hellebore Description: Species in the photo with wide lily-like leaves; no flowers on this date. …
Instructional Videos from Alpine VR Tour
Instructional Video 1, Photosphere #4, Arriving in the alpine meadow. In response to the question posed near the end of…
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;…