Tag: Wildflowers
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5 Ontario wildflowers to spot this spring
The sun is shining, birds are chirping, and splashes of beautiful colour are beginning to pop up in parks. Spring wildflowers bloom for only a short amount of time, and we’ve got our sights set on spotting as many as we can! Here are five beautiful ephemerals you may find on your spring adventures:
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Ontario's trilliums
Today’s post comes from Assistant Zone Ecologist Pilar Manorome. Spring is probably my favourite season as it brings new life to our parks in the form of migrating birds and emerging spring ephemerals, giving our forests their long-awaited pops of vibrant colours and contrast. Most people know of the White Trillium — also referred to…
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April's digital download
When you see a wildflower, does it put a little “spring” in your step? Take a walk through your favourite park and see what blooming beauties you can spot! This month’s FREE digital download features the aptly-named Spring Beauties. Throughout 2022, we’re sharing a free downloadable graphic for you to use as wallpaper for your…
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5 Ontario wildflowers to spot this spring
The sun is shining, birds are chirping, and splashes of beautiful colour are beginning to pop up in parks. Spring wildflowers bloom for only a short amount of time, and we’ve got out sights set on spotting as many as we can! Here are five beautiful ephemerals you may find on your spring adventures:
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April's digital download
We’re all familiar with the White Trillium — also referred to as Wake Robin or Large-leaved Trillium — as Ontario’s provincial flower. But have you seen a Red Trillium? You can find these jewel-toned beauties in the understory of rich deciduous or mixed forests. Throughout 2021, we’re sharing a free downloadable graphic for you to use…
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Chilling out by the lake: arctic-alpine disjunct plants along Lake Superior
Today’s post comes from Park Naturalist Lesley Ng of Sleeping Giant Provincial Park. Did you know there are blooming beauties which are adapted for the arctic tundra or alpine environments? In short, they like it cold! And we don’t need traverse tundra or climb mountains to see them. We just need to take a spring hike along…
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April's digital download
Looking to spring-ify your device? This month’s FREE digital download of our provincial flower is sure to bring a smile to your face.
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Under the Volcano Trail at Neys Provincial Park
Today’s post comes from Grace McGarry and Meghan Drake, Discovery Program staff at Neys and Mark Puumala, Resident Geologist at the Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines. Neys Provincial Park is a special place. It has so many qualities that stand out when compared to other parks. One of these qualities is the park’s Under…
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June's digital download
Just look at this spring-blooming pink Prairie Smoke. Why not decorate your device with this June gem? This cheery flower turns rare alvar habitat into a sea of fluffy pink! This month’s FREE digital download was snapped at Balsam Lake Provincial Park.