British Columbia

Pine-pine gall rust on shore pine

Endocronartium harknessii

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 15, 2020

Pine-pine gall rust or western gall rust is found throughout North America on two- and three-needle species of pine (Pinus spp.).

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Foliage spray of Thuja plicata

Thuja plicata

Published by Daniel Mosquin on February 7, 2020

The overlapping leaves of Thuja plicata are small, only 3-6mm in length (and sometimes as small as 1mm). In quantity, though, they can sustain trees exceeding 70m (230 ft.) in height.

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Iliamna rivularis, or mountain hollyhock

Iliamna rivularis

Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 26, 2019

It had been ten years since I last knowingly encountered Iliamna rivularis, so it was a highlight for me at last weekend’s Botany British Columbia gathering in Rossland.

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Mats of Penstemon davidsonii var. menziesii near Whistler, British Columbia

Penstemon davidsonii var. menziesii

Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 10, 2019

Menzies’ penstemon or Menzies’ beardtongue is native to British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. Despite growing in rocky, well-draining soils, plants can be spectacularly floriferous as shown in today’s photograph.

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Glehnia littoralis subsp. leiocarpa

Glehnia littoralis subsp. leiocarpa

Published by Daniel Mosquin on November 8, 2018

Depending on the taxonomic treatment, Glehnia is either monotypic or ditypic (containing one or two species). In the recently-published Jepson Flora, a single species with two subspecies is recognized, while the Flora of China recognizes two species. However it is treated, though, there is agreement that there is a distinction between the taxon that grows […]

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The low-growing Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

Published by Daniel Mosquin on August 22, 2018

Like the previous Medicago sativa, elegant lupine or dwarf mountain lupine is a member of the pea family, or Fabaceae. The Fabaceae contains about 750 genera and 19000 species, making it the third largest plant family by number of species.

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The fleshy seed cone of Taxus brevifolia

Taxus brevifolia

Published by Daniel Mosquin on July 30, 2018

Ignored or disdained as a “weed tree” for many years by forest industrialists, Pacific or western yew received an unsustainable amount of interest in the last few decades of the 20th century due to the presence of paclitaxel in its bark.

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