Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea in West Canada?

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Hi all

At the begin of june till the end of the month I will be travelling in West Canada. I will start my trip in Calgary and then head to Banff NP / Jasper NP / Glacier NP / ?? / Vancouver + the island. My sister from Belgium lives there so it's a great opportunity to visit some NP's. After some searching i didn't find that S. purpurea grow in that area ! seems that they grow either in east Canada, Is it true? or does someone know that they are growing in South West Canada? Could be nice to photograph some pitcherplants in the wild!!

Meanwhile I suppose Drosera rotundifolia and Some kinds of Pinguicula and drosera rotundifolia / intermedia / linearis / anglica grow in Canada but sites just mention 'Canada So I do not have any clue where start to search, just here.

So if someone knows a nice place or even a few days walking trail where above mentioned plants grow, it would be a + to my trip

And otherwise I still will enjoy the other plant's tree and wildlife

thanks

Christophe

[ABACUS]

I've been to Banff NP several times in June. The weather there is very erratic. I've found quite a few Pinguicula up there. At Lake Louise, you can take the trail to the far end of the lake and see pings growing along the stream that leads into the lake. There are also some more pings further along that are growing in snow along a cliff face.

This was the first day.


About the third day.


These are the pings at the back of the lake.


The rest are photos taken on the cliff face.

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Hi

thanks for the reply and tip!! any ID of the specie??

could it be pingicula vulgaris??

[ICPS-bob]

A good source for British Columbia, with location maps, is
linnet.geog.ubc.ca/DB_Query/QueryForm.aspx
For example, Sarracenia purpurea
linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Sarracenia%20purpurea%20ssp.%20gibbosa

A fen in Alberta with S. purpurea
www.anpc.ab.ca/content/clyde_fen.php

Google produces an abundance of additional information.

[drivebytrucker]

I spent about 10 days on Vancouver Island last May. In the Pacific Rim National Park, East of Tofino, there is a Shorepine Bog trail, a short boardwalked loop through the bog. We saw D. rotundifolia and one Darlingtonia growing in it.

[ICPS-bob]

If you saw a Darlingtonia in Canada, it is an exotic, not a native.