Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Pacific Rim National Park, West Coast Trail, between Sandstone & Walbran Creeks.
48.57565 -124.63083 WGS 84
Decimal latitude and longitude calculated by collector. Used software BaseCamp (Garmin) to convert NAD27 to decimal latitude and longitude. Collector corrected or updated georeference in 2017.
Open sphagnum bogs where Thuja plicata is dominant and large in surrounding forest, is occasional and stunted; common associates include Gaultheria shallon, Kalmia occidentalis, Maianthemum dilatatum, Gentiana douglasiana, Carex lyngbyei var. robusta, Chamaepericlymenum canadense; common on reddish sphagnum but not seen except in bogs.
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Jennifer Ackerfield, Head Curator of Biodiversity Collections (jennifer.ackerfield@botanicgardens.org)