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BOTANY WALK THROUGH TATLOW PARK AND VOLUNTEER PARK TO SEE THE CREEK DAYLIGHTING AND THE TREES

BOTANY WALK THROUGH TATLOW PARK AND VOLUNTEER PARK TO SEE THE CREEK DAYLIGHTING AND THE TREES

Trip report by Nina Shoroplova Botany committee members Nina Shoroplova and Lesley Douglas led a Nature Vancouver walk through Tatlow Park and Volunteer Park in Kitsilano, Vancouver, on sunny August 15. There are several weeping katsuras, Cercidiphyllum japonicum Weeping Group, in Tatlow so we went inside and there was room for all twenty of us! Tatlow began as a park in 1907 and was named in 1911 for “The Honourable R.G. Tatlow, Minister of Finance, and a former Park Commissioner who had…

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LOOKING AT STATUES, PLAQUES, AND TREES ON VANCOUVER CITY HALL’S GROUNDS

LOOKING AT STATUES, PLAQUES, AND TREES ON VANCOUVER CITY HALL’S GROUNDS

Trip Report by Nina Shoroplova We Nature Vancouver members interested in botany met on the Helen Gutteridge Plaza on Saturday, July 18, to look at the trees on the grounds. We saw a lot more than trees. This ninety-year-old municipal building was completed and opened at Cambie Street and 12th Avenue in November 1936, the city’s golden jubilee year, that is fifty years after Vancouver had been incorporated as a city. And though the handsome building was complete and even…

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OBSERVED SPECIES OF SPECIAL CONCERN, RE: TRIP REPORT JULY 4, 2026, GOLDIE AND FLOWER LAKES

OBSERVED SPECIES OF SPECIAL CONCERN, RE: TRIP REPORT JULY 4, 2026, GOLDIE AND FLOWER LAKES

Trip Report by Vicky Earle Plants and an Insect listed as Rare, Endangered, Special Concern, or Uncommon All observed on trails around Goldie and Flower Lakes, Mount Seymour Provincial Park, during the Nature Vancouver walk July 4th, 2026. The original trip report is posted at Mount Seymour Provincial Park: Goldie and Flower Lakes Nature Walk / bioblitz July 4, 2026 – Nature Vancouver. Nootka Cypress / Yellow Cypress / Yellow Cedar: (Callitropsis nootkatensis) is currently under review for listing as threatened…

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MOUNT SEYMOUR PROVINCIAL PARK: GOLDIE AND FLOWER LAKES NATURE WALK / BIOBLITZ JULY 4, 2026

MOUNT SEYMOUR PROVINCIAL PARK: GOLDIE AND FLOWER LAKES NATURE WALK / BIOBLITZ JULY 4, 2026

Trip report by Bev Ramey Our nature walk around Goldie and Flower Lakes was a rich experience with beautiful, close-up observations of plants, mosses, lichens, birds and generally the nature of this wetland habitat within old growth forest. Also wonderful was the sharing of knowledge amongst the participants. Our walk was slated for three hours, but we took four hours as there were many observation stops along the three km of trails. We’d even had plans to stop for sketching,…

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WALKING AND TREE-IDENTIFICATION IN NORTH VANCOUVER DISTRICT – MAY 23, 2026

WALKING AND TREE-IDENTIFICATION IN NORTH VANCOUVER DISTRICT – MAY 23, 2026

Trip report by Nina Shoroplova If you drive along Dollarton Highway to Dollarton, a neighbourhood in North Vancouver District, and take Dollar Road to its end, you will reach part of Burrard Inlet, with Belcarra across the water to the east and Simon Fraser University campus across the water in the southeast. Little Cates Park is just south of the end of Dollar Road and that is where some of us Nature Vancouver amateur botanists met on May 23 for…

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TREE-IDENTIFICATION WALK IN QUEEN ELIZABETH PARK, MAY 9, 2026

TREE-IDENTIFICATION WALK IN QUEEN ELIZABETH PARK, MAY 9, 2026

Trip report by Nina Shoroplova We tree-identifying botanists met at the Grace McCarthy Plaza in Queen Elizabeth Park, opposite the Bloedel Conservatory, early on Saturday May 9. First we looked at a couple of flowering dogwoods, Cornus florida. They are the ones whose white (or sometimes pink) bracts show the notch at the top, where they pulled apart after protecting the tiny green true flowers. The green leaves have a central vein and arcuate subveins. We set off northeast to…

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LEARNING FROM THE LAND WALK TRIP REPORT – MAY 10, 2026

LEARNING FROM THE LAND WALK TRIP REPORT – MAY 10, 2026

Trip report by Joanna Chin This Learning from the Land walk, organized by Nature Vancouver as part of the Vancouver Bird Celebration, brought together 27 participants for a morning of shared listening, observation, history, and natural history at Jericho Beach. LoriAnn Bird, Ryan Regier, and Joanna Chin each brought different perspectives to the walk. LoriAnn Bird shared knowledge as an Indigenous Métis herbalist, Ryan Regier brought his knowledge of trees and local history, and Joanna Chin guided participants through bird…

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TRIP REPORT – MEET THE MOSSES WITH CONNOR WARDROP, MARCH 28, 2026

TRIP REPORT – MEET THE MOSSES WITH CONNOR WARDROP, MARCH 28, 2026

Trip report by Nina Shoroplova Connor Wardrop, a bryologist and Ph.D. candidate at UBC, led twelve of us on a “Meet the Mosses” walk in Stanley Park on March 28, 2026. We met at North Lagoon Drive and set off on Cathedral Trail, where there are plenty of bryophytes (that is, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts). Bryophytes are nonvascular land plants (though for some groups, nonvascular is a bit of a misnomer!); they are very different from other land plants! Bryophytes,…

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TRIP REPORT – BOUNDARY BAY BIRDING – FEBRUARY 15, 2026

TRIP REPORT – BOUNDARY BAY BIRDING – FEBRUARY 15, 2026

 Trip Report by Christine Balkwill 13 enthusiastic birders joined trip leader Christine Balkwill on a calm and sunny day on Boundary Bay in celebration of the annual Great Backyard Bird Count.  We were pleased to see that every birder who registered attended.  There were a number of familiar faces and a handful of new ones.  At least 3 of our attendees were on their first birding outing with us. After some brief introductions we made our way onto the dyke,…

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TRIP REPORT YEW LAKE WALK, SEPTEMBER 7

TRIP REPORT YEW LAKE WALK, SEPTEMBER 7

A cloudy, cool morning with a bit of a breeze greeted us at the parking lot. As we set off, right at the trailhead we were treated to two adult Cooper’s Hawks in a snag. They then flew about for a few minutes before disappearing into the forest. We set out and were accompanied by Chestnut-backed Chickadees as we headed towards Yew Lake. Stopping to check out plants along the way, we noted Bunchberry berries, Copperbush berries, Pearly Everlasting in…

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