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isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=7348</guid> <description><![CDATA[Whenever I come in my back door, I’m greeted by two pots of hardy native succulents that I planted last summer: Oregon stonecrop and broad-leaved stonecrop. Attractive rosettes of fleshy leaves have completely engulfed the pots, and I marvel at the vigour of these plants that thrive in wet winters and dry summers with no [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2012/02/a-succulent-story/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Here&#8217;s to Hemlocks!</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2011/12/heres-to-hemlocks/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2011/12/heres-to-hemlocks/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:15:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jocie Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Botany]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Natural History]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trees]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mountain Hemlock]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tsuga heterophylla]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tsuga mertensiana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Western Hemlock]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=7206</guid> <description><![CDATA[Western Hemlock Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) is one of coastal BC’s most common conifers. It is also a very beautiful tree, with fine needles and attractive downward-sweeping boughs. Early settlers called the tree “hemlock” because they thought that the odour of the crushed needles resembled a European plant. “Tsuga” translates from Japanese as “tree mother,”and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2011/12/heres-to-hemlocks/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Refresh the Spirit at Tsolum Spirit Regional Park</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2011/11/refresh-the-spirit-at-tsolum-spirit-regional-park/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2011/11/refresh-the-spirit-at-tsolum-spirit-regional-park/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:19:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jocie Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Destinations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nature Viewing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[North Vancouver Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Comox Valley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Comox Valley Regional District]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dove Creek]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Merville]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tsolum River]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tsolum Spirit Regional Park]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=7119</guid> <description><![CDATA[This week I put on my gumboots and headed into the heart of Merville, British Columbia to explore Tsolum Spirit Regional Park. It’s a nice place to take a leisurely stroll (the trail isn’t too long, so no need to rush) and enjoy the fall colours as well as a viewpoint overlooking the river. The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2011/11/refresh-the-spirit-at-tsolum-spirit-regional-park/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sojourn to South Pender</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2011/10/sojourn-to-south-pender/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2011/10/sojourn-to-south-pender/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:58:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jocie Ingram</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Destinations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Environmental Issues]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Landscapes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Gulf Islands]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brooks Point]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brooks Point Regional Park]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Capital Regional District]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gowlland Point]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Green Hill]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Greenburn Lake]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pender Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Salish Sea]]></category> <category><![CDATA[South Pender Island]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Southern Gulf Islands]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island]]></category><guid
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