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isPermaLink="false">http://islandnature.ca/?p=5408</guid> <description><![CDATA[Most of us are familiar with the grey wispy lichens that garland tree trunks and branches. If you’ve been cross-country skiing at Mount Washington you’ve probably seen this stringy stuff that locals call “old man’s beard” or “witches hair” growing on tree trunks. Darker forms are known as “horsehair” or “bear’s hair.” Lichens appear in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2011/01/looking-at-lichens/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Hemlock is a Beautiful Tree</title><link>http://islandnature.ca/2011/01/hemlock-is-a-beautiful-tree/</link> <comments>http://islandnature.ca/2011/01/hemlock-is-a-beautiful-tree/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 01:32:37 +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[Sub-alpine]]></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=5265</guid> <description><![CDATA[I drive through Miracle Beach Provincial Park quite regularly, en route to my mother&#8217;s house. I always enjoy going through the park, where the boughs of western hemlock fan out on each side of the road in broad, sweeping sprays. When dusted with snow the effect is even more enchanting, like entering a scene from [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://islandnature.ca/2011/01/hemlock-is-a-beautiful-tree/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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