View the pictures of
the indicator plants
Look at stems,
leaves,
inflorescences,
and other
distinguishing
characteristics
The indicator plants are
grouped by the moisture
regimes they indicate
= background colour
of the slides.
Groups are in the
following order:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Very Dry to Dry (red)
Fresh to Moist (green)
Dry to Moist (yellow + green)
Moist to Very Wet (blue)
View the pictures of
the indicator plants
Look at stems,
leaves,
inflorescences,
and other
distinguishing
characteristics
Family name
common name
Habitat
(Elevation zone)
Moisture Regime
Indicated
Background colours = visual cue of moisture regime indicated
http://www.agf.gov.bc.
ca/range/RangeID/Imag
es/pseudoroegeneria%2
0spicata1.jpg
Poaceae
bluebunch wheatgrass
Grasslands +
dry open forests
Very dry to dry
http://d3cgb598vs7bfg.cloud
front.net/images/uploadflashcards/front/5/2/176251
07_m.jpg
http://www.co.stev
ens.wa.us/weedboa
rd/other%20weeds/
cheat2.JPG
Poaceae
cheatgrass
Grasslands +
dry open forests +
disturbed sites
Dry
http://biology.csusb.edu/Plan
tGuideFolder/BromusTectoru
m/BromusTec800a.jpg
Asteraceae
arrow-leaved balsam root
http://gis.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-theweek/images/arrowleafbalsamroot/balsamorhiza_sagittata_lg.jpg
Grasslands +
open forests
Very dry to dry
Photo: Wesley Brookes
Photo: Wesley Brookes
http://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/566/flashcards/1083566/jpg/c
hrysothamnus_nauseosus1341538096025.jpg
Asteraceae
rabbit brush
Grasslands,
open forests,
disturbed sites
Dry
http://www.botanicalgarden.ubc.c
a/potd/chrysothamnus_nauseosus
2.jpg
Asteraceae
yarrow
Photo: Wesley Brookes
Open forests,
disturbed sites
Very dry to moist
http://classconnection.s3
.amazonaws.com/33/flas
hcards/2204033/jpg/achi
llea_millefolium_200410
12_2574_1_1351695777
504.jpg
http://www.anticaerborist
eriaromana.it/prodotti/tin
ture_ita/ACHILLEA%20MIL
LEFOLIUM.jpg
Asteraceae
pasture sage
http://www.black
footnativeplants.c
om/wpcontent/uploads/
wppa/149.jpg
Grasslands,
open forests,
overgrazed sites
Dry
http://upload.wik
imedia.org/wikipe
dia/commons/7/
75/Artemisia_abs
inthium_(501842
3476).jpg
Cactaceae
prickly pear cactus
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Opuntia_fragilis.jpg/220pxOpuntia_fragilis.jpg
Grasslands +
open PP forests +
rock outcrops
Very dry
Photo: Wesley Brookes
http://www.succulentplant.com/families/crassulaceae/sedum/sedum_rubrotinctum.jpg
Crassulaceae
lance-leaved stonecrop
Open grassy slopes,
sandy benches, ridges,
rock outcrops
Dry
http://www.swcoloradowildflow
ers.com/Yellow%20Enlarged%2
0Photos/3amla.jpg
Cupressaceae
common juniper
Open forests,
rock outcrops
Photo: Wesley Brookes
Very dry to dry
http://www.real.ed
u.ee/ajaveeb/vons/
wpcontent/uploads/2
010/09/it_pl_4.jpg
Liliaceae
nodding onion
http://jardin
smichelcorbe
il.com/image
s/allium%20c
ernuum.jpg
Dry open woods,
exposed grassy places,
rocky crevices,
with Douglas-fir
Dry
http://www.aspa
ker.no/Allium%2
0cernuum.jpg
Rosaceae
old man’s whiskers
Photo: Wesley Brookes
http://www.boisethegreat.com/images/articlei
mages/dandelion3.jpg
Open calcareous
grassy sites,
open dry forest,
subalpine meadows
Dry
http://www.grandmo
rainegrowers.ca/imag
es/Geum%20trifloru
m.jpg
Scrophulariaceae
showy penstemon
http://www.stewo.no/P/Penstemon%20fruticosus%20serratus.jpg
Rocky sites,
open forest
Dry
http://okanaganxeriscape.
org/static/images/plant/r
esized/Penstemon_frutico
sus_700x700.jpg
Selaginellaceae
compact selaginella
http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/plants/pteridophyta/lyc
opsida/selaginellaceae/selaginella/rupestris.jpg
http://www.discoverlife.org/IM/I_GY/0006/320/Selagi
nella_densa,_entire,I_GY609.jpg
Dry, exposed ridges,
grasslands,
rocky outcrops,
submontane  alpine
Dry
Parmeliaceae
Cladonia lichens
Over mineral soil, rock,
humus + decaying wood
in open dry forests and
grasslands,
Submontane  subalpine
http://www.rllk.be/images/large/bekertjesmos.jpg
Dry
Poaceae
pinegrass
Forests
Dry to fresh
http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/rang
e/RangeID/Images/calamagros
tis%20rubescens1.jpg
http://science.halleyhosting.com/
nature/cascade/mtadams/poacea
e/calamagrostis/rubescens/rubes
cens2a.jpg
http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/range/RangeI
D/Images/festuca%20campestris1.jpg
Poaceae
rough fescue
Grasslands +
forest openings
Moist
http://www.laspilitas.co
m/images/grid24_12/8
090/s/images/plants/52
4/Poa_scabrella.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki
pedia/commons/b/b2/Starr_0010
26-8001_Poa_pratensis.jpg
Poaceae
Kentucky bluegrass
http://www.kertpont.hu/kepek/803_6662_5.jpg
Grasslands,
open forests,
wetlands
Moist
Asteraceae
mountain arnica
Montane forests
Fresh to moist
http://wolf.mind.net/swsbm/Images/A/Arnica_latifolia-1.jpg
Asteraceae
heart-leaved arnica
Montane forests
http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/range/RangeID/Images/Arnia%20c
ordifolia1.jpg
Photo: Wesley Brookes
Fresh to moist
Photo: Wesley Brookes
Asteraceae
big sagebrush
Grasslands
Dry to fresh
http://www.draperwildlife.org/PlantIndexPage/big%
20sagebrush.jpg
http://phyteclub.org/wpcontent/uploads/2012/01/Artemisia
-tridentata-foliage-Mather.jpg
Araliaceae
wild sarsaparilla
Shaded forests,
mixedwoods
http://www.vaplantatlas.org/media/im
ages/plants/originals/Aralia_nudicaulis
%23740b%23.jpg
http://www.wildflowers-andweeds.com/Plant_Families/A
raliaceae_pics/Aralia_nudicau
lis.jpg
Fresh to moist
Caprifoliaceae
twinflower
http://www.windsorscottish.com/gallery/wms0288.jpg
openclosed forests
Fresh to moist
http://www.shootgardening.co.
uk/uploaded/images/plants/pla
nt_10316/plant_linnaea_boreal
is__1_47.jpg?1274379991
Photo: Wesley Brookes
Caprifoliaceae
common snowberry
Open forests,
grass openings,
rock outcrops
http://www.eutopiamall.com/images/uploaded/12562374971344152708.jpg
Dry to fresh
http://www.turtle
puddle.org/pix/Fl
owers/Lupinus.jpg
Fabaceae
arctic lupine
High-elevation meadows
and subalpine forests;
medium-elevation
open forests
Fresh to moist
http://media-cacheak0.pinimg.com/236x/dc/57/ec/dc
57ecbfc3f6a5910aeb98b907b4aeef
.jpg
http://www.forthall.net/LC%20Flowers/lupinus%20wyethii.jpg
Fabaceae
silky lupine
Grasslands,
open PP forests,
disturbed sites
Dry to fresh
http://o.quizlet.com/biP5yz9q
y0DiIZDcwRNfcQ_m.jpg
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/4305072.jpg
Ericaceae
grouseberry
Open conifer
montane forests
Dry to moist
http://meaningofflower.co
m/flowerpics/whortleberry
-15-150x150.jpg
Liliaceae
rosy twistedstalk
http://www.ncwildflower.org/images/plants/streptopus_roseus01.jpg
Moist forests +
openings,
streambanks,
meadows
Fresh to moist
http://thumbs.phot
o.net/photo/34114
57-sm.jpg
Ericaceae
prince’s pine
http://www.homeopat
hyandmore.com/med_
images/CHIMAPHILA_
UMBELLATA.jpg
Mossy well-drained
conifer forests,
clearings
Dry to fresh
http://www.wildflowers
bydonna.com/pix/Pipsiss
ewa-large.jpg
Asteraceae
showy aster
http://www.wildabout
flowers.ca/cmsAdmin/
uploads/Showy_Aster
_Bloom.gif
Open forests,
meadows + clearings
Dry to moist
https://lh6.google
usercontent.com/BVc-MPdyhF0/UqAD4frbPI/AAAAAA
AAYlA/VgT7HJRZ_I/s0/photo.jpg
http://calphotos.berkeley.
edu/imgs/512x768/0000_
0000/0507/0799.jpeg
Ericaceae
dwarf blueberry
Mossy conifer
montane forests,
wet meadows,
mountain slopes,
alpine tundra
Dry to moist
http://depts.washington.edu/propplnt
/Plants/Vaccinium%20caespitosum_fil
es/image003.gif
http://www.portlandnursery.com/plants/images/
pachistima/pachistima-flikr235.jpg
Celastraceae
falsebox
Openclosed forests
Dry to moist
https://www.ece.ubc.ca/~ianc
/Botanie3/DSCN9892e.JPG
http://www.turtlepuddle.org/pix/06Aug/soapberries.jpg
Elaeagnaceae
Soopallalie
Open forests
Dry to moist
http://www.secheltnation.ca/images
/managecontent/514b79a25334a67.gif
http://www.habit
as.org.uk/priority/
images/big/26.jpg
Ericaceae
one-sided wintergreen
Mossy coniferous forests,
submontane to subalpine
Dry to moist
http://blog-imgs42.fc2blog.us/e/u/r/euroflo
ra/201003252017352d3.jpg
Rosaceae
wild strawberry
http://macyweb.esu1.org/sciencemath/plants/wild%20strawberry2.jpeg
Open forests,
disturbed sites,
submontane to
subalpine
Dry to moist
http://www.digitalnaturalhistory
.com/images/maberries26.jpg
Rosaceae
Saskatoon
Open forests,
grasslands
Dry to moist
http://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/116885/flashcards/881858/jpg/am
elanchier.jpg
http://www.bg.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/nikkoold/5_jokyo/flowerphoto/marubashimotuke3_070528.JPG
Rosaceae
birch-leaved spirea
Open forests
Dry to moist
http://www.bogront.no/garthe/bilde
r/Spiraeabetulifolia_liten.jpg
Parmeliaceae
Pelt lichen
Over moss,
humus, rocks,
decaying logs in
open forests
http://www.nhm2.uio.no/botanisk/lav/Photo_Gallery/Peltigera/aphthosa_G%3DNorway%2
BBuskerud%2BSigdal_O%3DTimdal_D%3D20030830_C%3DET_I%3D1.jpg
Dry to moist
Parmeliaceae
red-stemmed feathermoss
Coniferous forest floors,
on humus and logs,
submontane-subalpine
Dry to moist
http://www.arcticatlas.org/photos/pltspecies/photos/100/plsc70_5.jpg
Parmeliaceae
knight’s plume
Coniferous forest floors,
on humus, logs, rocks,
submontane-subalpine
Dry to moist
http://www.nature-diary.co.uk/nn-images/0801/080115-ptiliumcrista-castrensis.jpg
© Adolf Ceska
Poaceae
bluejoint
Forests, meadows,
wetlands, clearings
Moist to wet
http://beavercreek.nau.edu/Animal%20and%20Plant%20pages/species%20images/Plants/Mo
nocots/Calamagrotis%20C.jpg
Cyperaceae
sedge
© Ewan Anderson
Commonly in fens,
bogs, wetlands,
wet forests, lakeshores
Mostly wet
http://www.wilsonnurseries.com/Grasses/pictures/image222.jpg
Asteraceae
arrow-leaved groundsel
http://conpm.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/seneciotriangularis-1.jpg
Meadows, streambanks,
slide tracks, open forest,
mostly subalpine-alpine
Moist to wet
http://phytoimages.siu.edu/users/p
elserpb/5_12_09_1/12May2008/Se
necioTriangularis5.jpg.thb.jpg
Betulaceae
scrub birch
Fens, wetlands,
seepage areas,
streambanks,
montanesubalpine
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/images/begl44.jpg
Moist to wet
Betulaceae
mountain alder
Edges of streams, ponds,
lakes, swamps;
submontanesubalpine
http://www.arborday.org/trees/whattree/graphics/W63B.jpg
Moist to wet
Caprifoliaceae
Utah honeysuckle
Forest openings
+ clearings
Moist to wet
Source: Walter Sigmund
http://commons.wikimedia.org
Caprifoliaceae
black twinberry
http://www.calfloranursery.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/product
_full/lonicera_involucrata_a.jpg
Moist forests, clearings,
riparian areas, swamps
Moist to wet
http://upload.wikimedia.
org/wikipedia/commons
/7/70/Ledum_glandulos
um_7486.JPG
Ericaceae
trapper’s tea
Montane conifer
forests, bogs,
wet depressions,
acidic soils
Moist to wet
http://www.dereila.ca/d
ereilaimages/TrappersTe
a.jpg
Ranunculaceae
globe flower
http://www.aspaker.no/Trollius%20laxus%20h.jpg
Meadows, seepage sites,
streambanks,
high-elevation snowbeds
Wet
http://www.alpinodlarna.se/i
mages/trollius/t_laxus.jpg
http://www.sekwoja.home.pl/14L/Salix
%20integra%20'Flamingo'%20(6).jpg
Salicaceae
willow
Riparian areas,
meadows, wetlands,
moist clearings
Fresh to wet
http://upload.wikimedia.org
/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/
Willow_Salix_babylonica.jpg
Parmeliaceae
reindeer lichens
http://www.ontariowildflower.com/images/lichen_yellowgreen.jpg
Open conifer forests,
submontane-subalpine
Dry to wet
http://www.florafinder.com/Large
Photos/D3/Cladina_rangiferinaAE5FEC4C53.jpg