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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Avalanche lily


Avalanche lily, originally uploaded by Tim Ennis.

Avalanche lilies (Erythronium montanum) are only known to occur on Vancouver Island, the Mt. Waddington area of BC's coast range, the Olympic peninsula of Washington State and a segment of the Cascades between Mt. Raineer and Mt. Hood (endemic).

They are different from White fawn lilies in that they don't have mottling on the leaves and have more pronounced yellow centers. Also, they occur only in subalpine habitats. They are not the same thing as glacier lilies either, which have completely yellow flowers and occur over a wider range.

These ones were encountered in the ancient "snow forests" 1000 meters above the sea atop San Juan ridge on southern Vancouver Island.

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