Category Archives: Plants and fungi

Upcoming Botany group Meeting First of all, our next Gathering will be on Monday November. The forecast at this point seems to call for showers.  However, we will have a walk around our woods first to see the latest crop … Continue reading →

Greetings all, Participants on the trip led by Karin to Gabriola on June 11th reported back on how enjoyable a day they had visiting Berry Point, Gabriola Sands & the Malaspina Galleries at the northwest end of the island,  then … Continue reading →

Sorry for the delay in reporting on the Groups’s activities in May.  It was a busy month. Since photos are worth more than a thousand of my words, most of this will be in image form. On Friday May 4th … Continue reading →

Kin Beach It was a  cool blustery spring day, but that did not deter two dozen of us spending a productive two hours in the Park under Helen’s guidance.   Kin Beach Park has an amazing array of plants with TINY … Continue reading →

Greetings, Members of the Botany Group As Spring advances lots of plants are coming into bloom: coltsfoot, salmonberry, yellow stream violet, blue-eyed mary and more.  Attached are photos of  Petasites palmatus (coltsfoot) on the Tsolum floodplain and Erythronium oregonum (white fawn lily) seen … Continue reading →

Happy New Year! Presentation on January 8th  On January  8th  we were treated to a fascinating presentation  by Randal Mindell on the palaeobotany of our back yard, the Comox Valley; we learnt about the importance of the fossil plant record … Continue reading →

Greetings Botanists. Report on the December 4th meeting. We were treated to a fascinating presentation by Luise Hermanutz ( (Professor in the Biology Department, Memorial University, Newfoundland) on the research project monitoring the impact of climate warming in the tundra … Continue reading →

Greetings all, Although it was unfortunate that Shannon was unable to join us on Monday due to illness and the weather was less than ideal, we did have a productive gathering over lunch, thanks to all the contributions of specimens. … Continue reading →

Greetings Botanists, For those who did not attend the September CVN General Meeting, here is Helen’s report on the Botany Group Walk that took place on September 11th. “ It was a great day for the Botany walk, and those … Continue reading →

On our October monthly gathering (Oct 3rd) nine of us toured the Paradise Meadows and Centennial Loop to collect all the SWI plant signs for winter storage. It was a bitterly cold day, but we were fortified by the late … Continue reading →