Category Archives: Flora
The Top 10 Greatest Survivors of Evolution
Interesting story in the Smithsonian Travel back millions of years in your time machine and you’d find some of these species thriving and looking much as they do today: The top 10 Crocodylians Velvet worm Cow sharks Horsetails Lice Brachiopods … Continue reading →
The Alien Bur Buttercup Is Blooming
This is a re-post of my article from about one year ago. Look around on road sides or bare disturbed ground and you are likely to see the small yellow flowers of Bur Buttercup (Ranunculus testiculatus). It is also known … Continue reading →
B.C. Columbines and their Pollinators
In B.C., we have three native columbines – yellow columbine, blue columbine, and red columbine. If you live around Kamloops, the red columbine (Aquilegia formosa var. formosa) may be familiar to you from moist forest openings and roadsides. It is found across … Continue reading →
The Secwepemc Use Of Wild Plants
This informative article on plant use by the Secwepemc is from Jim Cooperman’s blog, Shuswap Passion.
Continue reading →Alaska Rein Orchid
It is always enjoyable to share a new discovery even if it is a common thing that one should have seen before now. I was doing some recent field work south of Merritt in Douglas Fir forests. I was with … Continue reading →
Club Members Pulled Burdock At McArthur Island
Submitted by Margaret Graham. Photos by Adele Stapleton and Richard Doucette A group of 10 club members answered the call to pull the common burdock (Arctium minus) around the Nature Walk at McArthur Island. A variety of tools were used … Continue reading →
Field Trip to Lac Du Bois and Isobel Lake
Contributed by Ellie Hill & Margaret Graham with photos by Adele Stapleton and plant identification by Jesse Ritcey Cooler weather prevailed as our Naturalist Club group ventured forth on Sunday, June 3 to explore the grasslands of Lac Du Bois, … Continue reading →