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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.

: 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