Category Archives: plants

MacKenzie Beach – beach plants

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Katherine

  These examples of vegetation at MacKenzie Beach will grow almost anywhere – they are good examples of how nature can adapt to some rather inhospitable places when left alone.

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Miracle Beach – a wet day

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Katherine

  A rather wet, but wonderful day at Miracle Beach Provincial Park [fbalbum url=”https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.752829041476147.1073741846.451644678261253&type=3″ size=”187″]

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Beach plants

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Katherine

The tenacity and audacity of beach plants can be quite amazing Beach plants – Pacific Rim National Park Reserve – Tofino

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Marine flowers- kelp

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Katherine

Pacific Rim National Park Reserve,beach,marine life,nature,kelp,Tofino Kelp – Pacific Rim National Park Reserve – Tofino

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Fall fungi

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Katherine

I think that it’s a safe bet that most people think of mushrooms and toadstools and fungi of all sorts as being something that you see in damp and cool sections of forests. Maybe at the base of a tree … Continue reading →

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Hatley Park – Japanese Gardens pond

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Katherine

The pond in the Japanese Gardens at Hatley Park National Historic Site

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Pink – Hatley Castle

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Katherine

A splash of pink on the grounds of Hatley Castle at Royal Roads

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Mother tree

Posted on September 12, 2014 by Katherine

Nothing goes to waste in the forest, or in this case, where a forest once was before Comox Lake was logged and the level of the lake was raised in 1913 when a dam was built to create a larger … Continue reading →

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Beach grass

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Katherine

Beach grass, or dune grass, protects sand dunes along the coast by binding the loose sandy soil by growth of extensive rhizomes, (underground creeping stems) and roots. And now you know…

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Strathcona Flowers

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Katherine

Flowers at Strathcona Provincial Park [fbalbum url=”https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.258471530943232.1073742013.123247217798998&type=3″ size=”187″] images also in a standalone album…

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