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Syringa sweginzowii 'Superba' and swallowtail

Syringa sweginzowii ‘Superba’

Published by Daniel Mosquin on June 13, 2014

This past weekend, WildResearch held a Butterfly Monitoring Workshop at the UBC Botanical Garden. The workshop began with an indoor classroom session where participants learned to identify, catch, handle, and monitor butterflies. They also learned the protocols for contributing data to the BC Butterfly Atlas, a citizen science project. I sat in, and gave a […]

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Foliage and stems of Arctostaphylos nevadensis

Arctostaphylos nevadensis

Published by Daniel Mosquin on May 27, 2014

Although there were a few recent entries by me, they were written before I left for an ecology field course in California at the beginning of May. It was an amazing experience–I got to know some great people, saw a lot of the state and its diversity, gained a feel for what it would be […]

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The springtime flowers of Cornus mas

Cornus mas

Published by Daniel Mosquin on April 1, 2014

Cornus mas, known as the cornelian cherry, is a native to eastern Europe and western Asia. This species was well known to the ancient Greeks and Romans, and is contemporarily regarded as an ornamental species in temperate regions worldwide. Although the common name is the cornelian cherry this species is from the dogwood family, Cornaceae […]

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The inflorescence of Primula florindae

Primula florindae

Published by Daniel Mosquin on August 29, 2013

Primula florindae, or the Tibetan cowslip, is a stout perennial herb from the primrose family. Native (as one might expect) to Tibet, it grows in moist conditions and is often found in large populations alongside rivers. This particular plant is from the David C. Lam Asian Garden here at UBC, and it was photographed on […]

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Fruit of Ficus carica 'Brown Turkey'

Ficus carica ‘Brown Turkey’

Published by Daniel Mosquin on May 23, 2013

Today’s photographs of Ficus carica ‘Brown Turkey’, or the ‘Brown Turkey’ common fig, were taken in UBC Botanical Garden’s Food Garden. The Garden currently has two fig trees (the other is Ficus carica ‘Desert King’). Both trees are espaliered, and currently in flower. ‘Brown Turkey’ and ‘Desert King’ are the two common fig cultivars traditionally […]

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