ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Bitter Root (Lewisia rediviva), photo by Dave Ingram

E-Flora BC is a collaborative, volunteer-driven project supported by many agencies and individuals. This strong support and recognition of a vision for compiling and presenting scientifically accurate information on the BC flora in a single location has made E-Flora possible. We owe thanks to many people for this support.

We would like to particularly express our thanks and appreciation to the following individuals and agencies:

• A special mention to Andy MacKinnon who kick-started the project by providing text and illustrations from the Illustrated Flora of British Columbia to E-Flora to bring online
• to George Douglas who strongly encouraged project development
• to Fred Ganders, who supported the project form the beginning, providing a key partnership and key data to begin our mapping component
• to UBC geography grad student Laura Cotton, who began the whole thing in 2002 with investigations into the availability of online GIS mapping capabilities and plant atlases--a new capability at the time
• Adolf Ceska, who wished for a BC plant atlas long before it became a reality and has provided continued strong support
• to Ian Gibson who has developed the fungi section on E-Flora BC with over 1000 atlas pages now available
• to our photo review team who work constantly at checking photos and distribution information (Jamie Fenneman, Frank Lomer, Curtis Bjork, Adolf Ceska, Terry Taylor, Michael Beug, Jim Ginns and Steve Joya)
• to the late Wilf Schofield was developed the first sixteen atlas pages for liverworts, complete with detailed mapping
• to Anna Colangeli and Dianne Humphrey who prepared and tested a draft interctive plant key for vascular plants
• to Jim Riley who provided the first substantial photo set for our gallery when we thought this might be an impossible task
• to our advisory team--Kent Brothers, Adolf Ceska, Anna Colangeli, Ray Coupe, Matt Fairbarns, Fred Ganders, Perry Grilz, Gary Lewis, Jenifer Penny, Marta Donovan, Jeanette Whitton-- who provide on-going discussion on project issues and components, along with good suggestions
• to Michael Hawkes and Sandra Lindstrom for guiding our algae section
• to Janet Taylor who is working on a freshwater algae component
• to Alan McConchie and Walter Sinclair who are providing programming support as well as developing an E-Flora smart phone app
• and to our more than 400 photographers who contribute to the photo gallery.

E-FLORA ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Kent Brothers, Adolf Ceska, Anna Colangeli, Ray Coupe, Matt Fairbarns, Fred Ganders, Perry Grilz, Rose Klinkenberg, Gary Lewis, Jenifer Penny (Marta Donovan 2010), Jeanette Whitton.

ADDITONAL SPECIES ADVISORS

Rene Belland, Mary Berbee, Michael Beug, Curtis Bjork, Oluna Ceska, Jamie Fenneman, Frank Lomer, Ian Gibson, Jim Ginns, Trevor Goward, Michael Hawkes, Terry McIntosh, Scott Redhead, Wilf Schofield, Janet Taylor.

PROJECT AUTHORS

Colin Bates--Algae Introduction
Michael Beug--Fungi Introduction
Anna Colangeli--Vascular Plant Introduction
Anna-Mária Csergő -- Similar Species Notes, Vascular Plants
George Douglas--Vascular Plant Atlas Pages
Matt Fairbarns--Garry Oak Ecosystems
Jamie Fenneman--Introduction to Plant Taxonomy
Fred Ganders--Nature Notes (Blue-eyed Mary)
Trevor Goward--Lichen atlas pages
Ian Gibson--Fungi Atlas Pages
Hugh Griffith--Nature Notes
Dianne Humphrey--Vascular Plant Introduction
Sandra Lindstrom--Seaweeds
Bruce McCune--Lichen atlas page
Del Meidinger--Lichen Atlas pages, Vegetation of BC
Rita O'Clair--Seaweeds
Tany Perzoff--Invasive Species Page
Jim Pojar--Vascular Plant Atlas Pages, Phytogeography, Hummingbird Flowers
Wilf Schofield-- Bryophyte Introduction, Bryophyte atlas pages, Liverwort pages
Gerald Straley--Vascular Plant Atlas Pages
Janet (Stein) Taylor (Freshwater Algae species list)
Pamela Zevit--Invasive Species

PHOTO REVIEWERS

Colin Bates, Michael Beug, Curtis Bjork, Adolf Ceska, Mark Egan, Jamie Fenneman, Robert Flogaus-Faust, Jim Ginns, Trevor Goward, Michael Hawkes, Steven Joya, Frank Lomer, Terry McIntosh, Del Medeinger, Wilf Scofield, Terry Taylor.

ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS, PARTICIPANTS and SUPPORTERS

Jose Aparacio, Lauraine Baillie, Vicky Baker, Colin Bates, Don Benson, James Biro, Bill Chinnock, Greg Burroughs, Gerald Carter, Irmgard Carter, Karen Golinski, Richard Hebda, Dianne Humphreys, Paul Kroeger, Vincent Kujula, Wayne Kwok, Vicky Lam, Olivia Lee, Bill Liang, Allan McConchie, Terry McIntosh, Derek Marcoux, Vanessa Pasqualetto, Tanya Perzoff, Sonya Powell, Chris Sears, Rosemary Taylor, Rachel Wiersma.

OUR PHOTOGRAPHERS!

There are so many photographers contributing photos to E-Flora BC that it has become impossible to list them all here. But you can view a list by visiting our photo gallery and using the scrolling list of photographers at the bottom of each gallery page. We would like to thank each and every one of them for providing ongoing support for E-Flora!

FUNDERS

• BC Hydro (2004)
• British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range (2006, 2007)
• British Columbia Conservation Data Centre (2007)
• TD Friends of the Environment Foundation (2004)
• Shell Environmental Fund (2004, 2011-2012)
• Service Canada (2004)
• Vancouver Orchid Society (2004)
• Native Plant Society of British Columbia (2004)
• Richmond Nature Park Society (2004)
• UBC Herbarium (2007)

Individual donors:

Patricia Boyle (multiple years), Eleanor L. Cardoza, Nell Dragovan, Dianne Fahselt, Kristin Brooke Greenough, Michael Arthur Holmwood. Anne Marie Klinkenberg, Souraya Borhan Mansour, Malcolm Martin (multiple years), Gordon Arthur Neish, Piet Van Dijken (multiple years), Mark Velland, David Cabot Walker. These folks help keep our computer contingency fund afloat.

SUPPORTING PARTNERS

• Camosun College
• Canadian Museum of Nature
• British Columbia Institute of Technology
• British Columbia Ministry of Environment
• British Columbia Conservation Data Centre
• Royal British Columbia Museum
• UBC Herbarium, Department of Botany, University of British Columbia
• Spatial Data Lab, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia
• Department of Geography, UBC
• Clover Point Cartographics
• Selkirk College Environmental Technology Program
• Suresoft Development Corporation

DATA PROVIDERS

• British Columbia Conservation Data Centre (all groups)
• Canadian Museum of Nature (all groups)
• Devonian Botanic Garden (moss records)
• Pacific Forestry Center (fungi records)
• Royal BC Museum (vascular plant records)
• UBC Herbarium, University of British Columbia (all groups)
• University of Alaska Museum of the North Herbarium (vascular plants)
• Bruce Bennett (Yukon)
• Adolf Ceska (British Columbia)

CURRENT PROGRAMMERS AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Computer Programmers: Walter Sinclair and Alan McConchie
GIS Specialist: Claire Wooton

PAST PROGRAMMERS and TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Our thanks go to Devon Cathers, Bill Liang, Chen Liu, John Sture, and Stanley Tian for magical general programming, and to Wayne Kwok, Luan Vo, and Rachel Wiersma for GIS and mapping programming. Without these programmers, E-Flora BC would not exist. Thanks, too, to Vincent Kujula for network support, and, often, rescue.