A few plants I need to have identified...

[Canadian Viking]

I have a few plants that I need identifying.

Here they are:

Mystery #1: This is on a bush/tree about 6 feet tall right now. No definite 'trunk'


Mystery #2: This one's a tree. It's about 15 feet tall, and it hangs over a creek.


Mystery #3: It looks like some kind of skunk-cabbage, but it's on dry ground.




According to the forum, i'm only allowed 4 images, so i'll post the others in the next posts...

[Canadian Viking]

Mystery #4: Some kind of flower on a 7-foot tall stalk. The next TWO photos are of this plant:



Mystery #5: Some kind of Algae blooming in the creek


Mystery #6: This plant has flowers that look cross between a rose and a rhodo, and they bloom in march/april for about 2 weeks.

[Canadian Viking]

Mystery #7: This plant grows very quickly every summer, then dies in fall and grows again the next summer. A perennial, I guess. They grow to a maximum of 4 feet tall before falling over under their own weight, and the stem is extremely watery inside, sometimes even dripping wet. The stem is also semi-hollow, slightly like bamboo.


Mystery #8: This tree is quite spindly, and it's about 10 feet tall, but much wider. Some kind of nut tree? I haven't seen nuts on it, but it looks like it could be


Mystery #9: what kind of cottonwood is this? I know it's a cottonwood for sure, but just not what kind of cottonwood. There's a few in the forest, and this one's at least 80 feet tall, maybe taller...


Mystery #10: Another tree. This one's about 70 feet tall, maybe taller.

[Canadian Viking]

Mystery #11: This is a very invasive species in the park. It was planted about 15 years ago by an unknown individual, and now its spread to about 2 acres in size. It's a thick crawling vine, about 1 foot thick in some places, and it blooms yellow flowers in spring. Also, how can I exterminate this one? It's killing off all the plants around it.

[backyardgardener]

#3 - Skunk Cabbage
#5 - String Alage

Where do you live? These can be identified by a Native plant book. I assume your in BC?

[Canadian Viking]

Yes, I'm in British Columbia

[KarenZone3A]

Hello,

# 7
I belive is Impatiens glandulifera also known as Himalayan impatians, Indian touch-me-not or ornamental Jewelweed. An anual related to balsam which self seeds prolifically by "exploding" seed pods hence the name touch-me-not.
Introduced as an ornamental from it's native western himalayas. should bloom pink, white or lavender. blossoms very popular with bees. considered very invasive. Definately not a native plant in BC. likely classified as a noxious weed. It is!! I have it in my yard.
watch out for "gift" plants :) generally when people are giving away plants, there is a reason..

LOL
good luck with the rest. trees and shruubs are not my thing.
Karen from Edmonton.

[backyardgardener]

I see these plant all the time but I'm no expert. We live near one another and I visit BC all the time. During my trips to Vancouver Island or to Valdes IS, the Twassawan ferry boats sold this book. It has it all.

Amazon.com: Plants Of The Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia & Alaska (9781551055305): Jim…

[Silver surfer]

11. Looks like a Lamium. If it has yellow flowers it may be Lamiun galeobdolon.

lamium galeobdolon - Google Search

7. Agree with Karen. Impatiens glandulifera.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayan_Balsam

8. Looks like Corylus avellana. Common name Hazel. Check the nuts and compare with pics. Later in the season the shell of the nuts turns brown.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corylus_avellana

1. Possibly a Lonicera. Common name Honeysuckle. Pics of the flowers would really help.

http://www.nature-diary.co.uk/nn-ima...s-avellana.jpg

[KarenZone3A]

Pictures 4 x 2

Pretty certain is A "Northern Bluebell" AKA "Tall lungwort".. Latin Name Mertensia paniculata.
A Native plant in B.C. can grow up to 80 cm tall so about right for height.
ttfn
Karen