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Botany notes: here are a few highlights from a x-country ski on the upper west-Jutland loop on Saturday.photos: Jocie Brooks
Imagine the life of this Pine. Old growth forests can live for over 5000 years ... Are you on the watch for the upcoming Tree of the Year 2022?Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) at Inyo National Forest, White Mountains, CaliforniaAt 4,000 years old, this bristlecone tree has seen over a million sunrises and sunsets. The worlds oldest bristlecone pine has lived in this forest for 5,071 years. To protect the oldest trees from vandalism, their locations and exact identities are kept secret.
Photo: Paul Kizzy
Category Archives: Miscellaneous
Winter observations
From an email by Jocie to the Botany Group on December 24. Wishing you all a belated happy solstice and a Merry Christmas. A rare white Christmas this year! Between deluges of rain and the current wintery state, botany walks … Continue reading
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CVN AGM to be held online February 14
Comox Valley Nature’s Annual General Meeting will be held as a videoconference on Sunday February 14 at 7:00 pm. For access to this online meeting, you need to register in advance: Register here Here’s a preliminary agenda for the meeting: … Continue reading
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Using iNaturalist: BC Parks project
On May 14 of this year, CVN’s guest speaker Dr. John Reynolds presented a very informative webinar on how to use the iNaturalist online platform for recording and viewing nature observations from around the world. Following the tutorial part of … Continue reading
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COVID-19 policy still in effect
The COVID-19 pandemic continues. We are facing a potential second wave in B.C. and around the world, and, with many CVN members in a higher-risk age group, the CVN Board reminds members that our policy response from April (see this … Continue reading
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