Botany Section
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The programs of the Botany Section of Nature Vancouver are organized by David Cook. David would like other members to get involved with the Botany Section and help him with the organistaion of various programs. If you can help, please contact David.
Programs:
The evening programs of the Botany Section are held from January through April and September through November on the third Thursday of the month at 7:30 pm. The location of the evening programs has been changed once again and will now be at the Unity Church, 5840 Oak St, Vancouver. There will be no program in February 2010 due to the Winter Olympics. For more information and suggestions for future programs please contact the Program Coordinator David Cook. Click on Program Schedule for a list of upcoming programs.
Trees in Metro Vancouver Area:
In 2001, the Botany Section of Nature Vancouver published a brochure that listed public arboretums, urban forests and tree walks in the Metro Vancouver Area. For a PDF copy please click on TREES IN THE LOWER MAINLAND. For a revised and updated text of the original document please click on Trees in Metro Vancouver Area.
Professor John Davidson:
For a profile of BC's first Provincial Botanist and founder of Vancouver Natural History Society, Click on Professsor John Davidson
Removal of Naturalised Plants:
Click on Concerns with the Removal of Naturalized Plants in the Lower Fraser Valley for a PDF copy of the article by Kevin Bell and Al Grass, published in Fall 2008 isuue of Discovery. For additional information not published with the article please click on the following links.
Bibliography (pdf)
List of Bird Species That Use Himalayan and Evergreen Blackberry Thickets in SW BC in the winter (pdf)
List of Bird Species That Eat Berries and Seeds of Naturalized Shrub and Tree Species in SW BC (pdf)
List of Ground and Low Nesting Bird Species in SW British Columbia That May Use Blackberry Thickets (pdf)
Other Links of interset to Botanists:
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