Category Archives: Plants and fungi

Cumberland Marsh botany highlights

From an email by Jocie to the Botany/Mycology Group on May 17. Click a photo to enlarge it. Last week we took a walk along Cumberland Marsh from Jumbo’s cabin to the coal hills above the old Japanese townsite. Many … Continue reading

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Roy Morrison Nature Park walk

From an email by Jocie to the Botany/Mycology Group on April 19. Click a photo to enlarge it. We had a wet and cold walk in Roy Morrison Nature Park on Monday April 17 (should I have canceled?) Nonetheless, 7 … Continue reading

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Spring botany notes

Notes and photos by Alison M. distributed to the Botany/Mycology Group on April 13. Click a photo to enlarge it. Spring is a little slow again this year! A few of our early flowers are reluctantly appearing… On Tuesday at … Continue reading

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Kitty Coleman botany highlights

From an email by Jocie to the Botany Group on March 18. Click a photo to enlarge it. We had a brilliant sunny day for our March 13 walk at Kitty Coleman Beach Provincial Park, and thanks to Robbie we … Continue reading

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Guide to lichens of Strathcona Park published

Loys Maingon’s lichen field guide for Strathcona Park is now available! Loys is a Registered Professional Biologist (retired) and the research director of Strathcona Wilderness Institute (SWI). He is also a former president of Comox Valley Nature. Field Guide to … Continue reading

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Upper Puntledge botany and fungi notes

This report by Alison M. was distributed to the Botany Group by Jocie on March 4. Click a photo to enlarge it. On February 11 we walked down the south side of the Puntledge River from the dam. Too early … Continue reading

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Botany walk at Roy Morrison Nature Park

From an email by Jocie to the Botany Group on February 19. Click a photo to enlarge it. We had a good walk around Roy Morrison Nature Park on February 13, seeing many wonderful things. We focused mainly on winter … Continue reading

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Recording for talk on tidal marsh plant communities and goose grazing

Comox Valley Nature, facilitated by the Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists, recently presented the following webinar: Title: Changes in Salish Sea tidal marsh plant communities, with or without grazing by Canada geeseSpeaker: Stefanie LaneDate: Sunday, February 12, 2023 If you … Continue reading

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Winter fungi (and a slime mould), part 2

From an email by Jocie to the Botany Group on February 4. Click a photo to enlarge it. Here is “Part 2” of winter fungi. Some of these are a review of those that we saw on the January walk (so … Continue reading

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Winter fungi review, part 1

From an email by Jocie to the Botany Group on February 4. Click a photo to enlarge it. The recent mild and wet winter weather has yielded some winter fungi (some of these aren’t exclusive to winter). Here are a … Continue reading

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