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General Subjects => Travel / Places to Visit => Topic started by: Philip MacDougall on January 02, 2016, 05:54:41 AM
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Here on the west coast of North America, Manning Provincial Park is about 2 hours east of Greater Vancouver. Rhododendron macrophylla reaches it’s northernmost limit here, as does Lewisia tweedyi. The Lewesia is found as one colony along the hike to Frosty Peak, a gruelling 10 hour, knee killing foray in and back. About 100 km south, as the crow flies, one can drive up to Chumstick Peak, just outside of the Bavarian themed town of Leavenworth and frolic among the Lewisia, without the bone jarring hike. A few of the photos, including the Lewisia, are from this area, a drylands Artemisia habitat. On the opposite side of the road from the Frosty Peak trailhead in Manning Park a decent park road climbs to the ridge of Three Brothers Mountain, reaching the same elevation as the aformentioned Frosty Peak, albeit without the Lewisia. There are a host of interesting alpines in the mountains around us , I’m remiss in not frequenting them more often. Each year I promise myself to amend that , perhaps that should be one of my New Years resolutions. As an assist to the search engine , in almost alphabetical order here’s a list of posted photos. Amelanchier alnifolia , Anemone occidentalis, Antennaria lanata or Antennaria media, Aquilegia formosa, Arenaria capillaris, Aster alpigenus perhaps, Asteraceae maybe Packera cana, Balsamorhiza sagittata, Calocortis elegans, Castilleja hispida, Castilleja parviflora va. albida, Chimaphila umbellata, Claytonia lanceolata, Delphinium glareosum, Eriogonum sphaercephalum, Dodecatheon pulchellum , Eriogonum thymoides, Erythronium grandiflorum, Ipomopsis aggregata , Lewisia tweedyi, Lilium columbiana, Listera caurina, Monotropa uniflora, Luetkea pectinata, Lonicera ciliosa, Pedicularis bracteosa, Penstemmon davidsonii, Penstemmon fruticosus, Penstemmon procerus, Phlox diffusa, Phlox hoodi , Phyllodoce empetriformis, Plantanthera stricta, Potentilla sp., Pyrola picta, Rhododendron macrophyllum, Ribes sanguineum, Ribes viscosissimum, Saxifraga integrifolia , Spiranthes romanzoffiana , Vaccinium scoparium, Valeriana scouleri,Veratrum viride , Viola adunca
Alpine mat ,Manning park.jpg
Amelanchier alnifolia.jpg
Anemone occidentalis 1.jpg
Anemone occidentalis 2.jpg
Anemone occidentalis 3.jpg
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Manning Park
Anemone occidentalis 4.jpg
Anemone occidentalis 6.jpg
Antennaria lanata or media.jpg
Antennaria lanata or media.jpg
Antennaria sp.jpg
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Manning Park
Aquilegia formosa 3.jpg
Aquilegia formosa 4.jpg
Aquilegia formosa.jpg
Arenaria capillaris 1.jpg
Arenaria capillaris.jpg
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Manning Park
Aster perhaps alpigenus.jpg
Asteraceae 1.jpg
Asteraceae 2.jpg
Asteraceae maybe Packera cana.jpg
Asteraceae perhaps Packera cana.jpg
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Manning Park
Asteraceae3.jpg
Balsamorhiza sagittata 1.jpg
Balsamorhiza sagittata.jpg
Calocortis elegans 1.jpg
Castilleja hispida 2.jpg
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Manning park
Castilleja hispida 3.jpg
Castilleja hispida 4.jpg
Castilleja hispida 5.jpg
Castilleja parviflora va. albida 1.jpg
Castilleja parviflora va. albida 2.jpg
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Manning Park
Castilleja parviflora va. albida.jpg
Cheeky chipmunk at viewpoint midway up to Three Brothers, Manning Park.jpg
Chimaphila umbellata.jpg
Chumstick Mountain,WA 1.jpg
Claytonia lanceolata.jpg
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Manning Park
Delphinium glareosum 1.jpg
Delphinium glareosum.jpg
Dodecatheon pulchellum.jpg
Eriogonum sphaercephalum 1.jpg
Crassulaceae I dont have a clue .jpg
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Manning Park
Eriogonum sphaercephalum 2.jpg
Eriogonum sphaercephalum.jpg
Eriogonum thymoides.jpg
Eriogonum thymoides2.jpg
Eriogonum thymoides 4.jpg
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Manning Park
Erythronium grandiflorum 1JPG.jpg
Erythronium grandiflorum 2.jpg
Erythronium grandiflorum 3.jpg
Erythronium grandiflorum.jpg
Groundhog at Manning park campsite.jpg
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Manning Park
Ipomopsis aggregata 1.jpg
Ipomopsis aggregata 2.jpg
Lewisia tweedyi 1.jpg
Lewisia tweedyi 3.jpg
Lewisia tweedyi 4.jpg
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Manning Park
Lewisia tweedyi.jpg
Lilium columbiana.jpg
Listera caurina.jpg
Lonicera ciliosa.jpg
Luetkea pectinata.jpg
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Manning Park
Monotropa uniflora.jpg
Pedicularis bracteosa 1.jpg
Penstemon davidsonii 1.jpg
Pedicularis bracteosa 2.jpg
Penstemon davidsonii.jpg
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Manning Park
Penstemon fruticosus 1.jpg
Penstemon fruticosus 2.jpg
Penstemon fruticosus.jpg
Penstemon procerus 1JPG.jpg
Penstemon procerus.jpg
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Manning Park
Phlox diffusa 3.jpg
Phlox diffusa 4.jpg
Phlox diffusa 7.jpg
Phlox diffusa 8.jpg
Phlox diffusa.jpg
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Manning Park
Phlox hoodi.jpg
Phyllodoce empetriformis 1.jpg
Phyllodoce empetriformis 2.jpg
Phyllodoce empetriformis.jpg
Plantanthera stricta and Spiranthes romanzoffiana.jpg
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Manning Park
Plantanthera stricta.jpg
Potentilla sp 1.jpg
Potentilla sp..jpg
Pyrola picta 1.jpg
Pyrola picta.jpg
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Manning Park
Rhododendron macrophyllum 1.jpg
Rhododendron macrophyllum.jpg
Ribes sanguineum 3.jpg
Ribes sanguineum.jpg
Ribes viscosissimum 1.jpg
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Manning Park
Ribes viscosissimum.jpg
Saxifraga integrifolia.jpg
Spiranthes romanzoffiana 1.jpg
Spiranthes romanzoffiana.jpg
Three Brothers Mountain .jpg
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Manning Park, The end
Vaccinium scoparium 1.jpg
Vaccinium scoparium.jpg
Valeriana scouleri.jpg
Veratrum viride field.jpg
Viola adunca.jpg
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Philip,
Thankyou for the photographs...
..I think there is something for everyone there..
Giles
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Well done Philip it must have taken a lot of your time.
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Philip,
Very exciting!
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Thanks, Philip - a most interesting "visit" to Manning Park - great range of plants to see for sure.
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Manning Park
Crassulaceae I dont have a clue .jpg
Great to see some flora from that part of the world, Phillip! We are still spending all our time in the mountains west and southwest of Calgary but maybe someday we will range further afield out in that direction!
The Crassulaceae looks like Sedum lanceolatum, no?
Edit: I believe the yellow-flowered Eriogonum is likely E. flavum (see next comments for more info).
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Manning Park
Eriogonum sphaercephalum 2.jpg
Eriogonum sphaercephalum.jpg
Eriogonum thymoides.jpg
Eriogonum thymoides2.jpg
Eriogonum thymoides 4.jpg
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Gorgeous plants!
Eriogonum sphaerocephalum isn't supposed to occur in BC (range map: http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ERSP7 (http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ERSP7) ). From what I can make out of the foliage, I think those are probably Eriogonum flavum.
Eriogonum thymoides isn't supposed to occur in BC either (see range map: http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ERTH4 (http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ERTH4) ) and the foliage looks rather coarse? I can't make out much detail when I download the photos but I wonder if those are not Eriogonum umbellatum var. subalpinum? They do resemble it.
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Manning Park
Calocortis elegans 1.jpg
I hope you don't mind me commenting on the IDs of some of these photos? My apologies but I have become quite interested in plant IDs and spend a lot of time trying to figure out what I have photographed on our hikes (and your flora is similar in some ways to the local flora)... it has become kind of second nature, and I always appreciate when someone tells me what I am seeing, if my ID is mistaken. It helps me to learn. :)
Calochortus elegans isn't found in BC. (USDA Plants is an excellent site for North American plant range maps, for those of us interested in plant IDs: http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CAEL (http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CAEL) )
Perhaps Calochortus lyallii?
E-Flora of BC is another good resource for our area: http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/ShowDBImage/gallery.aspx?page=0&specrep=0&latinName=Calochortus%20lyallii (http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/ShowDBImage/gallery.aspx?page=0&specrep=0&latinName=Calochortus%20lyallii)
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Beautiful! Thanks for showing Philip. I marked it on our list, who knows when we end up in BC :)
Good notes Lori. I think is good to have proper names. Eriogonum spp. are very hard to ID but this is the best method, first eliminate what's not supposed to be in the area.
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Manning Park, The end
Vaccinium scoparium 1.jpg
Vaccinium scoparium.jpg
Valeriana scouleri.jpg
These low-growing Vaccinium spp. are rather tough! Vaccinium scoparium has characteristic green twigs and small leaves (0.5 - 1 cm). I believe your photos probably show one of the other low Vaccinium species with larger leaves, perhaps V. deliciosum or V. myrtillus (although this latter one also has greenish stems)? The new-ish Pojar and MacKinnon book, Alpine Plants of British Columbia, Alberta and Northwest North America, has a good, simplified treatment of them, where the characteristics are summarized and contrasted in a chart - very handy!
From the general appearance and habitat (growing densely in what looks like a montane or subalpine meadow?), I think the valerian is likely Valeriana sitchensis - very common here too.
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Manning Park
Monotropa uniflora.jpg
This appears to be pinesap, Monotropa hypopithys (as opposed to Monotropa uniflora which has a single, terminal flower and is normally a ghostly white).
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Manning Park
Potentilla sp 1.jpg
Potentilla sp..jpg
It's difficult to make out the leaves on these smallish format photos but I don't think I see the usual palmate leaves of Potentilla - instead they look broad? I think this may be Geum calthifolium. Do you have any other, closer/clearer photos of the same plants?
http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Geum%20calthifolium (http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Geum%20calthifolium)
https://www.google.ca/search?q=geum+calthifolium&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjV2tPF-4vKAhWFGB4KHb9EA_oQ_AUIBygB&biw=1296&bih=1232 (https://www.google.ca/search?q=geum+calthifolium&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjV2tPF-4vKAhWFGB4KHb9EA_oQ_AUIBygB&biw=1296&bih=1232)
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Manning Park
Aster perhaps alpigenus.jpg
Asteraceae 1.jpg
Asteraceae 2.jpg
A tough group, needless to say!
Photo #1: Aster alpigenus (now Oreostemma alpigenum) doesn't reach so far north as BC. Perhaps a Symphyotrichum spp.(?) but can't see enough plant detail.
Photo #2: Arnica spp. - a tough genus within a tough group.
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Manning Park
Antennaria lanata or media.jpg
Antennaria lanata or media.jpg
Antennaria sp.jpg
Antennaria are difficult too...
The angle of the first Antennaria photo makes it a bit hard to see the nature of the foliage.
The second Antennaria photo may be A. media (it occurs there and is a low-growing mat... though more detail may be needed to exclude the other superficially-similar species) but does not resemble A. lanata.
The last photo does look like A. lanata (a bit more distinctive than many, with its long, upright, lance-shaped leaves).
Here are some photos of A. media from eFlora of BC: http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/ShowDBImage/gallery.aspx?page=0&specrep=0&latinName=Antennaria%20media (http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/ShowDBImage/gallery.aspx?page=0&specrep=0&latinName=Antennaria%20media)
Here are some photos of A. lanata: http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/ShowDBImage/gallery.aspx?page=0&specrep=0&latinName=Antennaria%20lanata (http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/ShowDBImage/gallery.aspx?page=0&specrep=0&latinName=Antennaria%20lanata)
Wow, what a terrific assortment of plants! Thanks for organizing and posting them all. Love the scenery too!
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Lori, thanks for some of the ID's. I've tossed the old field guide, went to Amazon and 2 days later I have ”Alpine Plants of BC, Alberta and Northwest North America. Lovely book and much more comprehensive for this group than " Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest" Maybe I'll tackle some of those asteraceae.
Philip
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Oh no, I hope you're kidding about "tossing it"! ;) Turner and Gustafson's Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest is excellent too and actually covers more species.... though since the Pojar and MacKinnon book takes on only the alpine region, I suppose it's able to deal with fewer species and also helpfully provides more "compare and contrast" type info, both of which make things easier (to say the least! :) )
Range maps seem generally comparable between the two, though shown in greater detail in Turner-Gustafson.
Pojar-MacKinnon takes advantage of the more up-to-date nomenclature (being published in 2013 vs. 2006 for Turner-Gustafson) which really helps to simplify things for me, e.g. Erigeron species.
Thinking about it, the Turner-Gustafson book lists plants by flower colour which I find makes it harder to use (although I certainly used to find this arrangement extremely helpful and would no doubt find it almost essential again if I was to go to an unfamiliar area with very different flora.)
Anyway, I think both are really superb books and I highly recommend both. That said, I'm very taken these days with the Pojar-MacKinnon book and use it a lot - it's certainly well-attuned to the bulk of our plant explorations. :) It's really not possible to get by with only one book though. I'm always pulling out a variety of books, in addition to referring to various websites.