Index of plant photographs taken at Arrowhead townsite, 2008


Photographs taken by Jenny Coleshill and Rolf Hartman

(See report “Heritage Plants of a Ghost Town: Arrowhead, British Columbia”

by Jenny Coleshill and Rolf Hartman, January 2009)

 

Species

Picture Number

Description

Common Name

Botanical Name

Sugar Maple

Acer saccharum

4 

49 

145 

147

148 

149

A28 

A29

Picture # 4  5  8  145-149  Planted row of five Sugar Maple Trees Acer saccharum looking westward down Cook Avenue; Picture # 49 Leaves of Sugar Maple  Picture # A28  A29 Sugar Maple seedling located just north of Lonsdale with great fall colour

Silver Maple

Acer saccharinum

10 

11

12 

13 

153 

154 

159

Picture # 9-13 Two Silver Maple trees Acer saccharinum on the south side of the school site; Picture # 153& 154  159 Silver maple growing close to shoreline

Horse chestnut

Aesculus hippocastanum

36 

94 

138 

139 

146 

150 

A72 

A73

Picture #  36 located approximately around the centre of block 7; it stands in the middle of an open area alongside a large cedar tree; Picture #  94 Horse chestnut located on the north side of Lonsdale Avenue south of block 8; Picture #  138 & 146 & 150 palmate leaves of horse chestnut #139 shows fruit and leaves; Picture # A72  A73 shows a-typical non-spiny fruit

Eastern Cottonwood

Populus deltoids

130 

135

One of 4 large cottonwoods  this one growing along 7th Street

Plum tree

Prunus americana

59

60

61

62 

136 

137 

155 

A36

Located between 6th and 7th street and Kilpatrick and Lonsdale Street; Picture A36  showing ripe fruit

Apple tree

Malus mill.

144 

A52 

A54

Picture 144 is of apple species found commonly at Arrowhead  this was in the north side of block 7; Pictures A52  A54 show ripe apples

Black Locust Robinia pseudoacacia

97

A32

A stand of Black Locust grows along the north side of Lonsdale Avenue south of Block 8

Cherry Tree

Prunus avium

104 

105

Photos taken along Lonsdale Avenue just east of 5th street

Comfrey

Symphytum officinale

64

65

66

Patch of Comfrey found on the west side of block 7

Lilac bush

Syringa spp. vulgaris

67 

68 

90

Picture # 67 - Collected 90m south of the school site bush Picture # 90 -growing along Lonsdale Street

Asparagus

Asparagus officianales

84 

85 

86 

134

Located within block 7 pictures taking looking north.

Sweet Pea

Lathyrus latifolia

42 

43 

46 

75 

79 

80

Located within block 7 pictures taken looking North.

Yarrow “Pink”

Achillea millefolium

140 

141

Located along Lonsdale Avenue south of block 7.

Daylily

Hemeroculus fulva

73 

151 

152

Daylily found within blocks 7 & 8

Iris

Iris sp.

34

 

Iris bed located in block 7

Himalayan Blackberry

Rubus discolour

156 

157 

158 

A20

Picture 156-158 Blackberry found south of blocks 7 & 8 on north side along Lonsdale St.   Picture # A20 close up of ripening black berries

Rose

Rosa canina

A17 

A21 

A22 

B18

B20

 

 

Rose

Rosa woodsii

A24 

A25 

A26 

A27

 

Rose

Rosa rubiginosa

15 

22 

A23

A38 

A39 

A40 

A41 

A42 

A44

Picture # 15- Rose spp. #1 collected by the school foundation at the Arrowhead Townsite; Picture # 22 photograph was taken looking at NE at the old school’s foundation.  Rose sp. #1 is encroaching into the open field of the school yard on right hand side of picture

Rose

Rosa sp.#4

A12 

A13 

A14 

A15 

A16

 

Rose

Rosa sp. #5

E5

 

 

Other

 

117 

118

Picture along lakeshore shows thick undergrowth and fruit tree regeneration

Other

 

142

Thicket of blackberry growing along Lonsdale avenue  photo taken looking east

Other

 

143

 

Looking east down Lonsdale Avenue

Other

 

24

Looking west down Kilpatrick Street from the corners of Kilpatrick and 6th Street.

Other

 

160 

161

Looking south standing approximately in the middle of block 7 with remnant cedar tree in background and rose bushes in foreground