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ER#136 Comox Lake Bluffs Photos 2008-2009
Images from the Comox Lake Bluffs, 2008-2009
Comox Valley Naturalists on a field trip to the Comox Lake Bluffs in May of 2008.
The following pictures were taken during the year by Robbie Robinson and Ecoreserve Warden Helen Robinson. Pass your cursor over the pictures below for and scientific names . Then click on the small image for a full picture. Also, the pictures are numbered at the lower right hand corner and the key for identification comes after the images below.
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- Rosa gymnocarpa Photo by Helen Robinson
Key to identify the images above:
| 1.Barred owl Strix varia | 2.View to the south-east from the bluff | 3.Comox Lake Bluffs |
| 4. Seaside juniper Juniperus maritima** | 5.view towards the Comox glacier | 6.Themidaceae: Brodiaea coronaria |
| 7.Hepaticae: Asterella gracilis | 8.Ophioglossaceae: Botrychium simplex | 9.Ericaceae: Allotropa virgata |
| 10.Agavaceae: Camassia quamash | 11.Orchidaceae: Calypso bulbosa | 12.Asteraceae: Luina hypoleuca |
| 13Apiaceae: Lomatium utriculatum | 14.Celastraceae: Paxistima myrsinites | 15.Fabaceae: Trifolium willdenowii |
| 16.Melanthiaceae: Zygadenus venenosus | 17.Orchidaceae: Corallorhiza maculata | 18.Orchidaceae: Piperia transversa |
| 19.Orobanchaceae: Boschniakia hookeri | 20.Phrymaceae: Mimulus alsinoides | 21.Plantaginaceae: Penstemon serrulatus |
| 22.Polemoniaceae: Collomia heterophylla | 23.Portulacaceae: Claytonia perfoliata | 24.Rosaceae: Rosa gymnocarpa |
| 25Saxifragaceae: Saxifraga rufidula | 26.Saxifragaceae: Lithophragma parviflorium | 27.Valerianaceae: Plectrites congesta |
| 28.Valerianaceae: Plectrites congesta |
**all of the formerly named Rocky Mountain junipers that occur in the coastal area are a new species, and have been named Juniperus maritima, seaside juniper, and yes, the species is blue-listed. (please refer to the BC Species and Ecosystems Explorer). “The species, previously included in J. scopulorum, is characterized by having seed cones that mature in one year (14-16 months), seeds usually exserted from the cone, obtuse scale leaf tips, usually reniform seed cones, scaleleaves overlap less than 1/5 the length, and the branchlets smooth and reddish-brown.” This quote from Robert P. Adams