Sunbeam Creek ER 39 – Botany
Posted March 31, 2012 |
Categories : 39,ER,Photos |
Art Carson provided these images of plants in the Sunbeam Creek reserve.
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Orange lichen (Xanthoria elegans) – gets nitrogen from bird poop –
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Possibly a ground-growing species of Alectoria lichen – ??
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A bright pink Paintbrush (Castilleja spp.) near Sunbeam Creek – McBride Peak, near McBride, BC June 2004 – Art Carson photo
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Red/purple paintbrush (Castilleja spp.) & Senecio triangularis – Near Sunbeam Creek Ecological Reserve,
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Rhizocarpon geographicum (bot.),Cetraria & Cladina spp. lichens –
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Cetraria spp. (L. center) & coral lichen (Stereocaulon paschale)
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Cetraria tilesii (?) & Rock worm lichen (Thamnolia vermicularis)
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Cetraria tilesii (ctr),C. cucullata (top),Cladina stellaria (L.) –
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Cladonia chlorophaea (pixie cup lichen), fruiting body seen
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Hooker’s mountain-avens (Dryas hookeriana)
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Various lichens possibly incl. Icmadophila, Cetraria, Thamnolia –
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Alpine azalea (Loiseleuria procumbens), with flower buds (referred to as “Z” in several photos)
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Alpine azalea (Loiseleuria procumbens), flowers & leaves – Below Sunbeam Cr. Ecological Reserve
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Lichens – Nephroma (?) and Thamnolia vermicularis –
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Holly Fern (Polystichum lonchitis) in Sunbeam Creek ravine
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Lichen – possibly Caloplaca spp. and an unknown whitish lichen –
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Velcro Lichen (Pseudophebe pubescens) & Cetraria tilesii (?)
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Cetraria spp., Thamnolia vermicularis, Saxifraga oppositifolia –
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Cetraria spp., Thamnolia vermicularis, Saxifraga oppositifolia#2 –
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Purple saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia) in alpine, May 11th –
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Purple saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia) near N. Boundary –
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Purple Saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia), center of reserve –
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Lichen – possibly Caloplaca spp. or very young Xanthoria elegans –
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Lichens – Nephroma spp.? – Sunbeam Creek Ecological Reserve,
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Cetraria, Thamnolia, & Saxifraga oppositifolia
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Unidentified crustose lichens on a rock –
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Extremely tiny crustose lichens, unidentified –
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Unidentified crustose lichens –
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Unknown lichen, similar to previous one but on soil, not rock.
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Unknown lichen – Sunbeam Creek Ecological Reserve, near McBride, BC May 1988