Fairmont Hoodoos + Source of the Columbia

Nineteen naturalists joined Daryl on a hike at the Hoodoos in Fairmont. There were lots of Crocuses, Narrow-leaf Desert-parsley, balsumroot, and Dandelions. Some lemonweed and kinninnick just coming nicely into flower too. New for me this year was fairybells, Saskatoon, and Townsendia. On the trail at Canal Flats that takes you to the headwaters of the Colombia River (a very neat walk!) there was a little pink flower that no one was able to identify. Lyle and Peter took photographs and were going to try to key it out at home.


(note from Lyle)  The little pink flowers we found on the Canal Wetland is Primula mistassinica, has several common names, Birds Eye Primrose, Mistassini Primrose. It likes stream margins and wet meadows. Family Primulaceae.


Photos by Peter, Lyle and Greg