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Identifying Wildflowers: Bloodroot (native)
Common Name: Bloodwort, Redroot, Red Puccoon, Tetterwort Scientific Name: Sanguinaria canadensis Family: Papaveraceae Origins: North America (native) Flowering Time: March to May Habitat: Rich woodlands and along streams Range: Found from…
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Identifying Grasses: Bladder Sedge (native)
Common Name: Bladder Sedge, Shining Bur Sedge Scientific Name: Carex intumescens Family: Cyperaceae ( Sedge Family) Origins: North America (native) Flowering Time: May to July Habitat: Swamps and…
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Photographing Winter Birds At The Pinery
The Pinery Provincal Park is about 45 minutes from our home. We enjoy camping there and driving…
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Identifying Wildflowers: Common St. John’s Wort (non-native)
Common Name: St. John’s Wort Scientific Name: Hypericum perforatum Family: Hypericaceae Origins: Europe (non-native) Flowering Time: June – September Habitat: Fields, roadsides, and waste places. Range: Found throughout most of…
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Identifying Wildflowers: Sticky False Asphodel (native)
Common Name: Tofieldia glutinosa, STicky Tofieldia Scientific Name: Tofieldia glutinosa, Narthecium glutinosum Family: Lilliaceae (Lily) Origins: North America (native) Flowering Time: June to July Habitat: Wet areas, bogs, fens…
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Identifying Wildflowers: Ox-eye Daisy (non-native)
Common Name: Ox-eye Daisy, Whiteweed Scientific Name: Leucanthemum vulgare (formerly Chrysanthemum leucanthemum) Family: Composite Family (Asteraceae) Origins: Europe (non-native) Flowering Time: June-August Habitat: Waste places, meadows, pastures and roadsides Range:…
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Identifying Wildflowers: Jack-in-the-Pulpit (native)
Common Name: Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Indian Turnip, Small Jack-in-the-Pulpit Scientific Name: Arum triphyllum Family: Arum Family (Araceae) Origins: North America (native) Flowering Time: April – June Habitat: Damp…
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Fungi at Duncan Escarpment Nature Reserve
The Duncan Escarpment Provincial Park (Nature Reserve) is located near the town of Duncan, south of the…
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Mushrooms and Fungi Abound Along Algonquin’s Big Pines Trail
Along many of Algonquin’s trails you will encounter a variety of mushrooms, fungi and lichen. Of course…
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Fall Mushrooms At Skunk’s Misery
Skunk’s Misery, at Mosa Forest, had quite a few mushrooms to discover while we were hiking through…
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