#PacificBlackberry aka #TrailingBlackberry
#Yellow #Avens
#CreepingButtercup
#RobertsGeranium

#bloomscrolling #florespondence #Saanich #VictoriaBC #QuicksBottom #YYJ #Spring #Wsanec #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #PNW #botanical #SaanichParks #Nature #FlowersIdentification #PlantIdentification #botany #NatureLovers

First #IndianPlums spotted.
The #berries eaten in small quantities - fresh, cooked or dried. Some #BritishColumbia #FirstNations made a purgative tonic out of the bark. Their crushed leaves smell like cucumbers.

Good soil-binding qualities on moist sites. Possible #BioEngineering species (Washington State Department of Ecology, 1993).

#OemleriaCerasiformis #NativePlants #WildFoods #osoberry #chokecherry #QuicksBottom #Nature #VancouverIsland #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #PNW #PlantIdentification

I LOVE #GarryOak #meadows so much 😍

#QuicksBottom #Wsanec #SaanichParks #WalkInThePark #GetOutside #Nature #VancouverIsland #YYJparks #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #NatureTrail #TreeLovers #Trees #TreeHugger #TreesDefender #StopDeforestation #ecosystem

The #horses that live right beside the park. I always love to see them, on every walk at this local park.

I love horses & was a competitive para-equestrian for several years. I competed in both para-equestrian competitions & non-disabled equestrian competitions - in dressage & in pole bending & barrel racing. I rode mostly English but had Western training too.

#Saanich #QuicksBottom #equine

Killed this #InvasiveSlug because it's a big #threat to our native banana slugs & to our ecosystems here. I hate killing any living creature but these #slugs breed faster & in higher numbers than our native banana slugs. They're a huge threat to our garry oak habitats here. They graze on many at risk & endangered plants too.

#BlackSlugs aka chocolate slugs are self-fertilizing. They can produce up to 150 eggs. They can quickly reproduce and become too numerous to effectively control. Kill them.

Some of the #footpath #NatureTrails we walked on today 😊 It was sure nice to see no other humans in the park. We enjoyed a lot of nature delights, loved all the birds calling & singing, saw a squirrel & muskrat in creek areas & had a lovely time together ❤️

#QuicksBottom #Wsanec #SaanichParks #WalkInThePark #GetOutside #Nature #VancouverIsland #YYJparks #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #NatureTrail