Red Alder (Alnus rubra) begins to produce pollen as early as late February on Vancouver Island. When my husband starts sneezing and snuffling, I know that allergy season has arrived. Here on the coast, pollen allergies can start in late February and continue through to September. To better understand my husband’s suffering I went to the source, the pollen itself. …
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Seeds on the Wind
It was a very windy day on the east coast of Vancouver Island today and tree seeds were on the move. We took a family walk in Miracle Beach Provincial Park this morning. At one point it seemed like it was snowing seeds! Bigleaf Maple Seeds At first we thought that the seeds were all bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) due …