Inspired by my last piece, this time I've made a funky little display of the wildlife of the Okanagan, which I first visited for the first time last year. Find your favourite species!

And I've also got this up as a shirt, if you want to rep this fascinating region's biodiversity!

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Another extreme close-up of one of my best friend plants, Selaginella! This is Selaginella scopulorum (Rocky Mountain Spikemoss), which was a new species for me this year.

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More of my beloved Selaginella wallacei, I love finding it no matter where I am. Lycophytes represent a fascinating part of the evolutionary history of plants.

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Selaginella wallacei, one of my most-observed species, and probably the most common lycophyte in southern BC.

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Selaginella wallacei (Wallace's spikemoss) is one of the more common plants I most like to spot in the wild. A member of the lycophytes, this spore-bearing plant is part of the oldest group of vascular plants, with members represented in the fossil record as early as 425 million years ago.

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This is Selaginella uncinata, a lycophte that can sometimes be found in the horticulture trade, particularly among plants sold for terrarium or vivarium use. Sometimes called ferns or mosses, they are technically neither; lycophytes are a sister clade to all other vascular plants, and their lineage includes some famous fossil trees and plants from hundreds of millions of years ago, like Lepidodendron and Pleuromeia.

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Fir Clubmoss (Huperzia selago) in wet heath. Slowly increasing at one of my study sites after rewetting. A lovely little #Lycophyte of #Eryri.

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