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Dallas-Barnhartvale Nature Park

Kamloops Naturalist Club Posted on April 14, 2018 by KNCOctober 23, 2025

Hank and I went to the Dallas-Barnhartvale Nature Park today. In the restored wetland, this elderberry is unfurling. The delicate green ball, cradled by purple leaves, will later differentiate into hundreds of creamy-white flowers. And these flowers will eventually develop … Continue reading →

Posted in Flora | Tagged Artemisia, Artimisia, Cryptogam, Cryptogamic crust, Dallas Barnhartvale, Elderberry, Fritillaria pudica, Gall, Grassland, OK, Peak saxifrage, Restoration, Sagebrush, Sambucus, Wetland, Yellowbell

Sagebrush Galls

Kamloops Naturalist Club Posted on April 11, 2018 by KNCOctober 23, 2025
D. Smith

If you have walked around in the grasslands, you may have noticed strange growths on the sagebrush. These growths, called galls, form when some organism – usually an insect – develops within the plant’s tissues. Generally, an adult female insect … Continue reading →

Posted in Flora, Fungi | Tagged Artemisia, Artimisia, Ceciomyiidae, Egg, Gall, Good, Larva, OK, Parasite, Parasitoid wasp, Sagebrush, Tridentata, Wasp

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