Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 6, 2018
Over eighty percent of Sugarloaf Ridge State Park burned in October of last year. Perhaps the opportunity to see post-fire wildflowers in the stark landscape is what enticed today’s photographer, Sandy Steinman, to visit the area in early April.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on July 18, 2017
Unlike the species in yesterday’s entry, there is ample documentation about the toxicity and danger of species of Veratrum.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on August 6, 2013
Today’s photographs are of Anticlea elegans (syn. Zigadenus elegans), or the mountain death camas.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on May 30, 2012
This photo of Toxicoscordion venenosum (syn. Zigadenus venenosus) was taken at the Mt. Zhuhalem Ecological Reserve on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Toxicoscordion venenosum is native to many parts of western North America (distribution map).This highly toxic species is commonly known as meadow death-camas, and it is a member of the Melanthiaceae (not to be confused […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on July 30, 2005
Green false hellebore is highly poisonous according to the authors of Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast.
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on July 5, 2005
Secrets are inevitable in a woodland garden as large as the David C. Lam Asian Garden: hidden paths; subtle jokes with design and placement of plants; and, of course, secret plants. Sometimes, plants are initially kept secret because of “security by obscurity”, since plant theft is an ongoing issue. When the plants are of a […]
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Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 1, 2005
One of the reasons for greater plant diversity in the deciduous hardwood forests of eastern North America compared to the coniferous forests of the Pacific Northwest is light penetration to the forest floor. If you’ve hiked some of the old growth or second growth coniferous forests in British Columbia, you’ll know that there can be […]
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