Category Archives: Plants and fungi

In glorious sunshine on Monday 9th a (baker’s) dozen of us walked around the trails in Miracle Beach examining mosses and liverworts under Jocie’s expert guidance. We saw all of the 10 mosses on page 1 of her handout on … Continue reading →

Below is a list of the mushrooms we identified in the woodlands at 6069 Tsolum River Road on October 12th. Thanks, Jocie, for keeping track of them. CVN Botany Group : List of Fungi 6069 Tsolum River Road, October 12th … Continue reading →

The Group will meet at Alison’s. We will meet here at 11.00 am, and have a walk around our trails first to see what mushrooms are popping up, then have lunch, for which I will provide wild mushroom soup.  If anyone needs … Continue reading →

Six botanists visited Kin Beach Park on a cloudy day, discovering several unusual beach plants including California broomrape , previously unknown in the area. Uncommon plants: California broomrape, American and European sea-rocket ( the latter new to Helen at Kin … Continue reading →

We would like to invite the Botany Group members to coffee/tea and muffins/coffee cake on our beach (sitting on the logs) at 10.00 am on Monday July 27th, and then we will drive to Little River Nature Park to walk … Continue reading →

As there is no walk planned for tomorrow Monday July 20th 2015, I thought I would lead a short walk nearby, and look at some of the Garry Oaks (and associated plants) right here in the valley.  Because of the … Continue reading →

Fran Newson has offered to lead a walk tomorrow – short notice I know but the weather is good and the flowers will soon be over with up there. Please bring a lunch and sun protection. The walk around the … Continue reading →

Ten botanists had a lovely gathering on Helen’s Beach for coffee and delicious cake, then walked around the pond and along the river at Little River Nature Park. Most of the plants such as the Lomatium nudicaule are in their … Continue reading →

As many locations have a lot of the same plants it has been suggested that we just list the plants that are special to that location so here goes: June 8th – Miracle Beach – Small flowered bulrush, diverse leaved … Continue reading →

This coming Monday, June 15th, Terry Thormin will lead a field trip to 9 km. Bog. We will meet at Harmston at 10:00 and will have a second meeting place at the first parking lot on the Strathcona Parkway at … Continue reading →