We hiked Tuktakamin Mountain (above Falkland) on a July day and took photos of wildflowers along the way. A Wildflower Journal video: We have tentatively scheduled a return hike to Tuk at the end of June this year. The camera … Continue reading →
Rick Tucker visited Waterton National Park in June and shared some photos of Cryptantha nubigena with us: and and finally This variety is rare in BC and is more commonly seen in the Sierra Nevada. We hope … Continue reading →
A Wildflower Journal now has a Facebook Page. Daily posts are featured, including some of the media shared on this website. Here is a link: A Wildflower Journal (FB)
Continue reading →After hiking around the McAbee Hills, I climbed onto the hills at the same elevation as the McAbee Site to look for fossils and uncovered a few: The McAbee fossils have been dated at 53 million years old and these … Continue reading →
We hiked the hills near Balancing Rock and spotted some natural items of interest:
Continue reading →Four posts are ready for publication at this time, to be spaced about 3 days apart. If other posts are completed in the meantime, they may be inserted into the overall schedule. Ready now are: Showy milkweed Red Paintbrush Forget-me-nots … Continue reading →
Mike Ryan has produced an unpublished book on Plants in the Kamloops Area. It can be viewed on One Drive. It is embedded here for anyone wanting a quick view:
Continue reading →Cladonia pleurata are part of the large family of pixie cups, club lichens that resemble tiny goblets. The red color are apothecia (“a spore-bearing structure in many lichens and fungi consisting of a discoid or cupped body bearing asci on … Continue reading →
We hike into the alpine every summer and we enjoy coming across white mountain-heather in bloom. On our last hike into the East Trophy Range, we passed by some in bloom above the treeline. Some of these slow-growing … Continue reading →
When I went to Pinantan Lake, I took some photos on the water and also stopped along the road when I spotted some flowers and berries. There was some smartweed and some aquatic buttercup on the marshy shore areas, but … Continue reading →
We have featured blazing star before (link to article) but we were pleased to run into some in flower in Kenna Cartwright Park at the end of June. A few are featured here: …always a special surrpise to find these … Continue reading →
I know a few spots where I can spot mountain ladyslipper (cypridedium montanum) about this time of year. I was up paddling on Paul Lake and took the time to hike into the spot. There were only 3 plants in … Continue reading →
