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 →