Plants and Fungi

Death by a Thousand Invasive Cuts: Slowing the Spread of Plant Invasions in Alberta

18 October 2024

BY MEGAN EVANS

Attack of the Zombie Weed! This is no Hollywood horror—it’s the onslaught of invasive plants facing the province right now. Find out what you can do to slow the spread… while you still can!

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Mosses of Alberta: A Miniature Leafy World

18 October 2024

BY BRITTNEY MILLER

At last! Answers to all the questions about moss you didn’t know you had! A surprisingly fascinating peek into a tiny, often overlooked, remarkably beautiful part of Alberta’s natural world.

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Alberta’s Peatlands

5 July 2024

BY TINA MCLEAN AND JAY WHITE

Peatlands comprise 90% of Alberta’s wetlands. Get a closer look at their composition, variety, and ecological importance.

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British soldier club lichen can be found in Bellis North Natural Area. MIKE LEWINSKI

Sand Dune Plant Communities of Northern Alberta

22 April 2024

You don’t have to go out of this world to explore dunes — Alberta’s own sand dunes are home to remarkable plant communities!

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The alien invasion: Protecting Alberta’s native plants from the ever-pressing threat of invasive species!

28 January 2024

Recorded Presentation
Speaker: Megan Evans
Host: Alberta Native Plant Council

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Pixie cups and reindeer lichens. Both are Cladonias, which are some of our most charming and taxonomically challenging lichens. RICHARD SCHNEIDER

For the Love of Lichens

19 January 2024

There’s lots to love about lichens! Meet some of Alberta’s most colourful examples of these fascinating amalgam organisms.

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Bad But Beautiful

7 July 2023

BY LORNA ALLEN
The Lakota people called them “mako sica,” or “bad lands.” French trappers and traders had the same opinion and called them “les mauvaises terres à traverser” — “bad lands to cross.” Since then, the term “badlands” has stuck.

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Growing a Garden

29 May 2023

Watch your garden grow… underground!

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Journey of a Seed

24 May 2023

Follow these steps to test the germination rate of your seeds to decide how many seeds to plant.

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Common Lichens of Edmonton

11 December 2022

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