Identification: V.I. plants - photo taken today

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  1. Other

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    I took a couple of pictures on a hike today and am looking for help to identify them. They are taken in a mixed Pine, Douglas-Fir, Cedar and Hemlock forest. Thanks for the previous help and Thanks again in advance.

    1. low trailing ground cover - twinflower
    2. grows in small bunches. about 5 inches high - Pipsissewa, Chimaphila umbellata
    3. hardly peaks out of the ground - liverwort
    4. hairy leaved - hawkweed/cat's ears-type aster family
    5. 2 inch long parsley like leaves - at first looks like Yarrow but something similar.


    While I am really starting to get into native plants and posting here... Does anyone know of a good site for identifying plants in B.C.?
     

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    togata57 Generous Contributor 10 Years

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    Moss visible in all photos; 3 looks liverwort-ish; 5 may show a white coral fungus.
     
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    I agree with #3 being a liverwort. #5 looks like Yarrow.
     
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    togata57 Generous Contributor 10 Years

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    Yeah, I was thinking Achillea too...but this photo looks like opposite leaflets, and yarrow has alternate. ??? And what is the reddish knob-like structure at the center of the rosette?
    2 reminds me of Pachysandra.

    No doubt Ron will clear all this up in a nanosecond.
     
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    I was thinking Pachysandra too, but was wondering what it would be doing in a Vancouver Island forest. It's not native there, is it? Maybe it escaped.
     
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    togata57 Generous Contributor 10 Years

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    Could be. Perhaps it is a northern relative. ---Wonder how far this forest is from someone's yard?
     
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    #2 looks like Pipsissewa, Chimaphila umbellata. If so, not a garden escapee, considered 'native'.
     
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    I will add that the first creeper is twinflower. The hairy tongue-like leaves in the picture on the right would be one of the hawkweed/cat's ears-type aster family plants common in forests etc. of the region. Dandelion-like heads will probably be creamy or white when open.
     
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    Good site for BC plants and native plants, E-Flora BC
     

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