Northeast BC Vegetation Flashcards
Northn Eastern BC vegetation
What kind of willow is this? HINT grows in shoots
Coyote willow- Note yellowish bark, catkins, and long leaves minutely spiny-toothed. Native, yellow but has a variety that is categorized as Red Salix exigua var. hindsiana
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Common Snowberry- note opposite leaves and white berries
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature? Is it Native or Exotic?
Bluejointed reed grass- The ligule (membrane where the leaf joins the sheath) is 3 to 10 mm long, ragged or shredded along the tip edge and lacks a fringe of hairs. Native, identified as yellow, stable population.
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature?
Alpine meadow-foxtail
Tufted grass, sheaths open, blades flat, rough, short-hairy, Ligules finely eroded
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature? Native or Exotic to BC?
Alsike clover- note 3 leaflets finely toothed, and white/red florets. Alsike Clover is exotic to BC.
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature? Native or Exotic?
American Vetch, note compound leaf with several leaflets with the top having a tendril that wraps around plants. Native, classified as Yellow under BC meaning the population is stable.
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature? Exotic or Native?
Prairie Rose- flower 5 petals and many stamen. Leaves are alternate and compound with 9 to 11 leaflets. Rounded or blunt at the tip, with serrated edges except at the base. Native, classified as Yellow under BC meaning it is a stable population.
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Dwarf blueberry- note alternate leaves, margins finely toothed in upper half, tips pointed to blunt, tapered to the base.
What tree is this bark similar to?
Balsam poplar bark- Flat, scaly and ridged at maturity.
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature? Is it native or exotic?
Baneberry- note toothed leaves, thick round cluster of small white flowers. Leaves are thrice divided. Leaflets are deeply saw-toothed. Fruit is poisonous berrys. Native plant classified as yellow meaning population is stable.
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Red Bear berry- dark green leaves that are paler unerneath, grows low to ground and urn shaped flowers.
What tree does this leaf belong to?
Birch (paper birch)- oval shaped, coarsely toothed. Duller green underneath and turn bright yellow in fall.
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature? Is it exotic or native to BC?
Birch leaved spirea - low growing shrub, terminal cluster of numerous small flowers, corollas white, sometimes pink-tinged. Petals are 5, and circular. It is invasive to BC.
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature?
Black currant- note maple leaf shaped leaf with heart base. Note that the stem is smooth.
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature?
Black gooseberry- note prickly stem. More lobed compared to currants.
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature?
Black twinberry- note opposite leaves and twin berries.
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature? Is it Exotic or Native?
Blue bur- often deciduous; stem leaves linear to narrowly oblong or oblanceolate, reduced upwards to the leafy. Invasive to BC.
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?Native or Exotic?
Davis locoweed- basal odd pinnately compound leaves
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature? Native or Exotic?
Bluejointed reed grass spring shoots. Note smooth nodes. narrower stems to reed canary grass. Native, yellow classified, stable population.
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature?
Brittle prickly pear- Its obviously a cacti.
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature? Native or exotic?
Bull thistle- note stem is prickly compared to burdock which has a smooth stem. Exotic.
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature?
Bunchberry- note whorled leaves
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature? Native or exotic?
Alfalfa- leaflets 3, elliptic-oblanceolate to lance-oblong. Exotic
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature? Native or Exotic?
Burdock- note smooth stem compared to bull thistle. Exotic