This photo of the red algae Fauchea lacineata from subtidal Baeria Rocks is used with the permission of the marine science student Andrew McCurdy. I must say it is one of the best pictures of this algae I have seen. This is the true colour when viewed by a diver underwater . It becomes a
Art Carson provided these images of plants in the Bednesti Lake Ecological Reserve, W. of Prince George BC June 1991
Art Carson provided these images of plants in the Sunbeam Creek reserve.
Art Carson provided these scenery images from the Sunbeam Creek Ecological Reserve
This photo was provided by Stephen Hui from his Flickr site
Photos of sea otters by Sherry Kirkvold
Adrian DeGroot has provided these images of the forest growth on the middle bench floodplain ecosystem in the Skeena River Ecological Reserve. Click for full image Mature forest on one of the floodplain islands
Adrian DeGroot, the Ecological reserve Warden for the Det San Ecological Reserve, has sent these images from winter , 2012 in the reserve. He notes that they show the open nature of the SW facing slopes. Click for enlargement.
A Gallery of Fungi: Photography by Rosemary Taylor. Identifications by Terry Taylor Click on image for enlargement. All images are copywrite of the author, Rosemary Taylor.
We are grateful to Kris Benson who has given us permission to publish his images of Bednesti Lake in the gallery below from his Flickr site (http://www.flickr.com/photos/doctorkb/125036208/) The first image shows tamarack trees which are one of the reasons the reserve was created– See from the Purpose Statement of BC Parks below: Bednesti Lake Ecological
Many photos are taken in natural areas which have scientific value, almost similar to a baseline study. I found these images on Ron Cave’s Flickr site and he has given us permission to have them included here. Also see the ones in his gallery on Tow Hill
I found these images on Ron Cave’s Flickr site and he has given us permission to have them included here. He has also contributed those in our picture gallery of Rose Spit ER. Also see the ones in his gallery on Rose Spit.(GF)
The images of Mahoney lake Ecological Reserve which appear on several Flickr sites suggest that it is a very unique ecosystem with unusual physical and biological characteristics. It is a meromictic lake, meaning a lake in which some water remains partly or wholly unmixed with the main water mass at the seasonal circulation periods, probably
We are fortunate to be able to include here two high quality images of Tacheeda lake from the Flickr site of Dan Stanyer. He comments: “We went for a drive to check out the fall colors, and ended up at Tacheeda Lake north of Prince George, BC. The water was quite calm and clear. There were
Oxeye Daisy is the most problematic invasive species in Mara Meadows. Neglected farm fields adjoining the Reserve generate massive quantities of seed which make their way through the meadow, especially along a ditch made by the farmer in an attempt to drain the meadow in the early 1970’s The ecological wardens have been picking the daisies
Stephen Hui has provided images from the UBC Endowment Lands Ecological reserve. They can also be seen on his Flickr site
Liparis loeselii is a rare red listed orchid and is a major reason that Mara Meadows was set aside as an ecological reserve. There are many orchid species in the Meadows, this is the rarest.
Mara Meadows has a pair of nesting cranes which reappear every spring. In 2010 they were seen with one healthy chick. In 2011 three cranes were seen in the Meadows on several visits. It is assumed that this was the nesting pair and the offspring. It has been several years since a successful mating season
Mara Meadows was set aside as an ecological reserve largely because of the unique variety of orchid species in this calcareous fen. Giant Helleborine, Epipactis gigantea is a blue listed orchid and is also called Stream Orchid. Over the last two summers many new plant locations have been found and there are hundreds of plants
