Periodic plant and animal life cycle events are influenced by climate and habitat. Phenology is often the dates of first occurrence of biological events in the annual cycles.
I have been posting my photos of different species I have encountered on the iNaturalist website. Many are species I have found here in the Metchosin Community.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=garryfletcher&verifiable=any
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One of the latest blooming native shrubs on the farm is the Ocean Spray. These bushes can be up to 10 metres in height.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Holodiscus
Species: H. discolor[1]
Holodiscus discolor (Pursh) Maxim.
Several small clumps of Mock orange survive in the roundabout in the laneway. It was transplanted here from Hornby Island.
Kingdom Plantae –
Subkingdom Viridiplantae
Infrakingdom Streptophyta – land plants
Superdivision Embryophyta
Division Tracheophyta – vascular plants,
Subdivision Spermatophytina
Class Magnoliopsida
Superorder Asteranae
Order Cornales
Family Hydrangeaceae –
Genus Philadelphus L. –, mock orange
Species Philadelphus lewisii Pursh – Lewis’ mock orange
Every week at this time of year brings a new set of the native plants on the farm into bloom.
Today’s new bloomers on the farm:
This past week brought the emergence of flowering on several more of the native plants we have on the farm.
Keeping track of some blooming times of native plants (phenology) .
Click on the phenology tag below for other examples.
I made a trip over to Tower Point today just less than a kilometre north of the farm and took a few pictures of the vegetation along the shoreline. Thought it would be useful for the Phenology topic
Phenology ( Greek φαίνω (phainō), “to show, to bring to light, make to appear” + λόγος (logos), amongst others “study, discourse, reasoning”.
Periodic plant and animal life cycle events are influenced by climate and habitat. Phenology is often the dates of first occurrence of biological events in the annual cycles.
In Metchosin, we are never really without a month when some plant is not blooming, and the Robins and crows don’t really fly south. Unless otherwise noted, all images are from our farm in Metchosin.
Another in my series of native plants phenology. These are all found on the farm
