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July 20, 2006 : Garibaldi Provincial Park
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Keywords: Pinaceae | Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. | Garibaldi Provincial Park, British Columbia
I'd intended to show a landscape from Arizona today, but Sarah D. made a request in yesterday's comments for “a picture of somewhere really cold”. Since I don't have anything to share from a trip to Yukon / Alaska eight years ago, I've dug up this photograph from Garibaldi Provincial Park in British Columbia. I hope this scene is cold enough for you, Sarah! This was taken in early August of 2003, before I started to take a deep interest in photography (though I did needlessly haul up a tripod on this hike).
This scene is a good companion to yesterday's photograph, though, since it again shows subalpine fir. This time, however, Abies lasiocarpa is growing in areas that have snow for the majority of the year – the herb meadows and heath meadows of the Mountain Hemlock Zone (PDF).
The large black structure in the top of the photograph is Black Tusk Mountain, a remnant core of basaltic rock that formed within a volcano in the area over 25 million years ago. Outside of the frame of this photograph to the left-centre is where I suspect this photograph of the Black Tusk Meadows was taken.
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at July 20, 2006 1:24 AM
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Posted by: Alexandra Treiber at July 20, 2006 4:55 AM
You're welcome, Alexandra!
Posted by: Daniel Mosquin 
at July 20, 2006 11:46 AM
I also enjoy this site...I found it while looking up latin names for my field botany class at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign!
This site is now my homepage =] I learn new latin names everyday!
I posted a site of some pictures I took while out in the field in Illinois...take a look!
live lightly!
Posted by: April Hammerand at July 20, 2006 6:02 PM
Thanks April. Some interesting plants you've photographed!
Posted by: Daniel Mosquin at July 20, 2006 6:34 PM
Daniel, thank you so much for the lovely snowy landscape! Much appreciated.
Best wishes,
Sarah Dixon
Posted by: Sarah Dixon at July 21, 2006 4:09 AM
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