88 
KOOTENAY FLORA 
The Kootenay formation contains an old flora without angiosperms. 
In the collection from the Blairmore and South Fork areas Berry has 
identified 18 species, including 7 ferns, 4 cycadophytes, and 7 conifers. 
Their stratigraphic distribution is shown in the following table : 
Fossil lot No. 
I OKI 
! CK2 
I CM1 
| CL1 
| CQ4 
| CQ3 
TOO ' 
CP2 
| CNl 
EHCT 1 
i CPI 
| DH1 
CN2 
TOO 
| DG2 | 
Feet below top formation 
CO 
G 
o 
o 
t-H 
o 
t-H 
o 
1C 
« 
o 
—« 
o 
G 
T—l 
s 
CO 
8 
CO 
t— < 
o 
CM 
CO 
w 
O 
oo 
G 
| Horizon within 
o 
Feet above base formation 
ID 
o 
- cH 
a 
£ 
| known 
Onychiopsis psilotoid es 
Oleandra graminaefiolia . . . . ............ 






( ladophlebis montanensis . ................................. 



__ 
„ _ 
C. mrgi.nip.nsis 
_ 


_ 
( ’ . heterophylla 



Coni.nplp.ris parhyphyJIa :.. 

A rrnstirhnple.ri.s fim.hrin.1n. ........ 
Cyr.tulnl.p.pi.s sp . . . 

Plp.rophyJluni ar.uti.pp.nnis 
... 



Pndnzam.it.ps JanreoJatus 
~N ilsnnin srhau tn ft u rgp. ns i s 

C 1 zp.ka nowski n, sp 


Ginkgo arctica 
_ 

__ 

Ftaip.ra up 
_ 
h^anp.innsis nnrmstifnl.ia 
. 
N . zamioides. ....... 

Approximate measurement. 
Estimated. 
Section CK is on Lyon creek about 2 miles south of Blairmore. Lot 
CK1 is from a bed of carbonaceous shale, below a 2- to 4-inch coal seam, 
at the top of the formation, and from the west bank of the creek. Lot 
CK2 is from sandstone above a coaly layer, at the top of the formation 
and from the east bank of the creek near the same locality. Lot CM1 is 
from shale near the top of the formation and from an exposure near the 
main entry of the Leitch colliery. Lot CL1 is from shaly sandstone, in 
the upper part of the formation and from an exposure in a cave-in on the 
hillside above the main tunnel of the Maple Leaf mine. Section CQ is on 
York creek. Lot CQ4 is from the upper part of the formation, 15 feet 
below a coal seam exposed in the creek bank near the coal mine. Lot 
CQ3 is from an horizon 45 feet below the same coal seam. Lot COl is 
from arenaceous shale in the upper part of the formation and from Nez 
Perce creek below the dam. Section CP is south of Blairmore and west 
of the old Blairmore mine. Lot CP2 is from beds below the second thick 
sandstone, in the upper part of the formation. Lot CPI is from a lower 
evel, at about the middle of the formation, and collected on a dump from 
