Manning Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada

[Philip MacDougall]

Manning Park

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[Philip MacDougall]

Manning Park

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[Philip MacDougall]

Manning Park

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[Philip MacDougall]

Manning Park

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    Spiranthes romanzoffiana 1.jpg
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[Philip MacDougall]

Manning Park, The end

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    Valeriana scouleri.jpg
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[Giles]

Philip,
Thankyou for the photographs...
..I think there is something for everyone there..
Giles

[David Nicholson]

Well done Philip it must have taken a lot of your time.

[Hoy]

Philip,

Very exciting!

[Maggi Young]

 Thanks, Philip -  a most interesting "visit" to Manning Park - great range of plants to see for sure.

[Lori S.]

Manning Park
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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).

[Lori S.]

Manning Park

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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 ).   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 ) 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.

[Lori S.]

Manning Park

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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 )

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

[Gabriela]

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.

[Lori S.]

Manning Park, The end

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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. 

[Lori S.]

Manning Park

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This appears to be pinesap, Monotropa hypopithys (as opposed to Monotropa uniflora which has a single, terminal flower and is normally a ghostly white).