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Native Plants in Local Gardens and Natural Areas
Originally published in the 2022 September Issue of the WildFlower News From Jiri Novak: The asters in Wagner Natural Area are looking...
Oanh Nguyễn
May 42 min read
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Grasses Part 9. Grasses of Saline Areas
by Patsy Cotterill; photos by the author unless otherwise indicated. Originally published in the 2022 October Issue of the WildFlower...
Oanh Nguyễn
May 37 min read
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Today’s Thought: Are Native Plants Just a Bunch of Weeds?
by Liz Deleeuw & Cherry Dodd Originally published in the 2022 December Issue of the WildFlower News Some people consider native plants to...
Oanh Nguyễn
May 31 min read
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How To Support Overwintering Native Bees. Want To Support Biodiversity in Your Garden? Leave Sites for Native Bees To Overwinter
by Kate Wilson Originally published in the 2022 December Issue of the WildFlower News Co-evolution of flowers and bees When people are...
Oanh Nguyễn
May 34 min read
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susan5383
Apr 140 min read
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Conifers of the Edmonton Area: A Word Puzzle
See if you can find the listed words in the puzzle. Words can go in any direction (vertically, horizontally, diagonally). Words can share...
susan5383
Apr 141 min read
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ENPS Member and Volunteer Survey Summary
The Edmonton Native Plant Society (ENPS) conducted a member and volunteer survey from December 12, 2024, to January 25, 2025. Our goals...
jessica36732
Apr 123 min read
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Plant Talk: Know Your Christmas Trees/Conifers, Part 2
By Patsy Cotterill Conifers: Part 2. The Pines As described in Part 1 of this article ( https://www.enps.ca/post/plant-talk-know-your-chr...
jessica36732
Apr 29 min read
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Plant Profile: Buttercups, Part 3
By Patsy Cotterill Ranunculi: Part 3. The Central Parkland Species In previous articles, we described the buttercup species (members of...
susan5383
Mar 275 min read
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Plant Talk: Know Your Christmas Trees/Conifers, Part 1
By Patsy Cotterill For good reason, most of the trees we associate with Christmas in the northern hemisphere are evergreens, and also...
susan5383
Jan 2014 min read
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List of Conifers encountered in Alberta
By Patsy Cotterill Conifers encountered in Alberta, either native or planted for landscaping In the list below, species native to Alberta...
susan5383
Jan 181 min read
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Calling on Volunteers for 2025
Our member survey ENPS launched our first-ever member survey over the Christmas period, and we encourage everyone who received the form...
susan5383
Jan 183 min read
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Plant Profile: Buttercups, Part 2
By Patsy Cotterill Ranunculi: Part 2. The Aquatic and Riparian Species In a previous article ( https://www.enps.ca/post/plant-profile-but...
susan5383
Jan 95 min read
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What is iNaturalist and How to Use It
By Susan Neuman For those of our readers unfamiliar with iNaturalist, here is a basic description of it, as given in Wikipedia :...
susan5383
Oct 31, 20247 min read
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Getting a Headstart on Seeds and How to Sow Them
Sales display (of ENPS native plant seed packages) at Apache Seeds, 2023-09-21. Photo: M-J. Gurba-Flanagan. For those of you interested...
susan5383
Oct 29, 20241 min read
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Plant Profile: Buttercups, Part 1
By Patsy Cotterill The genus Ranunculus – the buttercups, spearworts and water crowfoots This genus in the crowfoot family...
susan5383
Oct 24, 20244 min read
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Fruits of October
Prairie spikemoss ( Selaginella densa ), showing sporangia (spore-bearing capsules) in axils of leaves of a reproductive spike. Not...
susan5383
Oct 23, 20242 min read
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Dunluce Treestand: Natural Area or Not?
By Kathleen Mpulubusi The Dunluce Treestand, located on 121 Street and 158 Avenue, is one of the largest remaining patches of natural...
susan5383
Oct 23, 20244 min read
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Getting Your Wildflower Bed Ready For Winter
Originally published in the 2020 November Issue of the WildFlower News Fall maintenance Most of the wildflowers and grasses in our...
Kate Wilson
Sep 29, 20242 min read
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Fruits Of September
Lingonberry ( Vaccinium vitis-idaea ), Whitemud Park South, 2024-09-02. Photo: M. Parseyan. Wild lily-of-the-valley ( Maianthemum...
susan5383
Sep 16, 20241 min read
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