. The Canadian field-naturalist. 80 Notes Figure l. Distribution of Camassia quamash in southwestern Alberta. â Authors' sighting;â ^Shaw's 1966 collection; ⢠Previous Alberta collections from the herbaria of Canadian Department of Agriculture (Ottawa and Lethbridge), National Herbarium of Canada, University of Alberta, University of Calgary, Cardston High School, and K. Shaw of Cardston, Alberta. Dotted line indicates boundary of Waterton Lakes National Park. sent in Montana's Glacier National Park immedi- ately south of Waterton, and Brown (1954) men- tions that there are fields of
. The Canadian field-naturalist. 80 Notes Figure l. Distribution of Camassia quamash in southwestern Alberta. â Authors' sighting;â ^Shaw's 1966 collection; ⢠Previous Alberta collections from the herbaria of Canadian Department of Agriculture (Ottawa and Lethbridge), National Herbarium of Canada, University of Alberta, University of Calgary, Cardston High School, and K. Shaw of Cardston, Alberta. Dotted line indicates boundary of Waterton Lakes National Park. sent in Montana's Glacier National Park immedi- ately south of Waterton, and Brown (1954) men- tions that there are fields of it close to the highway near the entrance to Waterton. Brown's report is supported by E. H. Moss's collection in 1935 from "near Waterton ; Thus it is surprising that to date it has not been recorded within the park boundaries. One of the authors (TD), however, observed and photographed Camassia quamash in bloom on 15 June 1974 in Waterton Lakes National Park. Its identity was confirmed by the second author. Less than a dozen plants were growing in a small meadow on a terrace above the Belly River. As the authors did not have a permit to collect plants within the park, no specimens were taken. It should be noted, however, that the personal collection of K. Shaw of Cardston, Alberta contains one speci- men from "West shore of Waterton Lake, open meadow, Hadfield Logging Camp" dated 1 July 1966, Collection number 399. Recent communica- tion with Dr. Shaw indicates that this colony is still in existence despite some successional changes on the site. Figure 1 depicts the distribution of Camassia quamash in Alberta. Literature Cited Breitung, A. J. 1957. Plants of Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. Canadian Field-Naturalist 71: 39-71. Brown, A. 1954. Old man's garden. Gray's Publishing Ltd., Sydney, British Columbia. 264 pp. Hitchcock, C. L., A. Cronquist, and M. Ownbey. 1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. Part I, Vascular cryptogams, gym
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