Manning Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada

[Lori S.]

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
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

[Lori S.]

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.

[Lori S.]

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

Here are some photos of A. lanata:     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!

[Philip MacDougall]

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

[Lori S.]

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.