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...

By Patsy Cotterill Ranunculi: Part 3. The Central Parkland Species In previous articles, we described the buttercup species (members of...

By Patsy Cotterill For good reason, most of the trees we associate with Christmas in the northern hemisphere are evergreens, and also...

By Patsy Cotterill Conifers encountered in Alberta, either native or planted for landscaping In the list below, species native to Alberta...

Our member survey ENPS launched our first-ever member survey over the Christmas period, and we encourage everyone who received the form...

By Patsy Cotterill Ranunculi: Part 2. The Aquatic and Riparian Species In a previous article ( https://www.enps.ca/post/plant-profile-but...

By Susan Neuman For those of our readers unfamiliar with iNaturalist, here is a basic description of it, as given in Wikipedia :...

Sales display (of ENPS native plant seed packages) at Apache Seeds, 2023-09-21. Photo: M-J. Gurba-Flanagan. For those of you interested...

By Patsy Cotterill The genus Ranunculus – the buttercups, spearworts and water crowfoots This genus in the crowfoot family...

Prairie spikemoss ( Selaginella densa ), showing sporangia (spore-bearing capsules) in axils of leaves of a reproductive spike. Not...

By Kathleen Mpulubusi The Dunluce Treestand, located on 121 Street and 158 Avenue, is one of the largest remaining patches of natural...

Lingonberry ( Vaccinium vitis-idaea ), Whitemud Park South, 2024-09-02. Photo: M. Parseyan. Wild lily-of-the-valley ( Maianthemum...

By Patsy Cotterill Western poison ivy ( Toxicodendron radicans var. rydbergii ) and wild sarsaparilla ( Aralia nudicaulis ) are both...

By Patsy Cotterill The other day I was reading through my file of old BEN  ( Botanical Electronic News ) newsletters. BEN , which has...

By Patsy Cotterill The City of Edmonton’s River Valley Planning Modernization team will be presenting their reports on Phases 3 and 4 of...

The flowering season is coming to an end but the fruits of plants’ seasonal labours are now in full evidence as many species ripen their...

A visit to Fort Saskatchewan Prairie on August 26 revealed a few remaining wildflowers and grasses still in bloom. Purple prairie clover...

By Patsy Cotterill The Light Eaters, by Zoë Schlanger, 2024. New York, N.Y., HarperCollins Publishers. “A single plant is a marvel. A...