Sunbeam Creek ER 39 – Botany – Friends of Ecological Reserves

Sunbeam Creek ER 39 – Botany

31Marchacarson39, ER, PhotosAlecoria spp., Cladina stellaria, Dryas hookeriana, lichen, Loiseluria procumbens, Nephroma, Poystichum lonchititis, Saxifraga oppositifoia, Thamnolia saxifrasxa cetraria, thamnolia vermicularis

Art Carson provided these images of plants in the Sunbeam Creek reserve.

: Orange lichen (Xanthoria elegans) – gets nitrogen from bird poop –

: Possibly a ground-growing species of Alectoria lichen – ??

: A bright pink Paintbrush (Castilleja spp.) near Sunbeam Creek – McBride Peak, near McBride, BC June 2004 – Art Carson photo

: Red/purple paintbrush (Castilleja spp.) & Senecio triangularis – Near Sunbeam Creek Ecological Reserve,

: Rhizocarpon geographicum (bot.),Cetraria & Cladina spp. lichens –

: Cetraria spp. (L. center) & coral lichen (Stereocaulon paschale)

: Cetraria tilesii (?) & Rock worm lichen (Thamnolia vermicularis)

: Cetraria tilesii (ctr),C. cucullata (top),Cladina stellaria (L.) –

: Cladonia chlorophaea (pixie cup lichen), fruiting body seen

: Hooker’s mountain-avens (Dryas hookeriana)

: Various lichens possibly incl. Icmadophila, Cetraria, Thamnolia –

: Alpine azalea (Loiseleuria procumbens), with flower buds (referred to as “Z” in several photos)

: Alpine azalea (Loiseleuria procumbens), flowers & leaves – Below Sunbeam Cr. Ecological Reserve

: Lichens – Nephroma (?) and Thamnolia vermicularis –

: Holly Fern (Polystichum lonchitis) in Sunbeam Creek ravine

: Lichen – possibly Caloplaca spp. and an unknown whitish lichen –

: Velcro Lichen (Pseudophebe pubescens) & Cetraria tilesii (?)

: Cetraria spp., Thamnolia vermicularis, Saxifraga oppositifolia –

: Cetraria spp., Thamnolia vermicularis, Saxifraga oppositifolia#2 –

: Purple saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia) in alpine, May 11th –

: Purple saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia) near N. Boundary –

: Purple Saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia), center of reserve –

: Lichen – possibly Caloplaca spp. or very young Xanthoria elegans –

: Lichens – Nephroma spp.? – Sunbeam Creek Ecological Reserve,

: Cetraria, Thamnolia, & Saxifraga oppositifolia

: Unidentified crustose lichens on a rock –

: Extremely tiny crustose lichens, unidentified –

: Unidentified crustose lichens –

: Unknown lichen, similar to previous one but on soil, not rock.

: Unknown lichen – Sunbeam Creek Ecological Reserve, near McBride, BC May 1988