Catherine Babault

#BloomScrolling Here's a Columbia lily (Lilium columbianum) for my Canadian followers. 😉 🧡

#photography #Canada #nature

Feb 20 at 3:50amWeb
Show threadGreg JohnstonFeb 20
@CatherineBabault Hey down here they’re tiger lilies. For your US followers. 😀
Show threadCatherine BabaultFeb 20
@GPJohnston Oh, no! not another species with multiple names. 🤦‍♀️ 😁
Show threadGreg JohnstonFeb 20
@CatherineBabault The common name for it down here, the first people here harvested and ate the bulb. One of my favorite native wildflowers.
Show threadCarolannieFeb 20
@CatherineBabault
Just wait til you get into scientific names... which change all too often 😭
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Show threadGreg JohnstonFeb 20
@carolannie @CatherineBabault I hope they leave that one alone, it has a nice ring to it.
Show threadCatherine BabaultFeb 20
@carolannie I can't keep up. It already takes me time to accurately identify some species (fauna and flora) from reliable sources. Although, in some case, I support a name change like for the long-tailed duck, its previous name being racist.
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Show threadKarinLeggFeb 20
@CatherineBabault we used to call these tiger lilies when I was a kid
Show threadCatherine BabaultFeb 21
@KarinLegg6 It is also known as Columbia tiger lily. I have been called many different names too. 😆
Show threadKarinLeggFeb 21
@CatherineBabault I just thought we were wrong, as I have been on many other ids of flora and fauna from my youth.
Show threadCatherine BabaultFeb 21
@KarinLegg6 All three names are correct. I always add the Latin name because a species can be called differently depending on a region in the world. I have seen that with ducks too. And I am here to learn. :)