A Few Toxic Fruits
PEI’s landscape is full of wild fruits right now, but not all are edible. Let’s look at two of the species I’ve been getting a lot of...
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katemacquarrie22
Oct 23 min read
Butternut
When you hear the words ‘endangered species’, I’m betting animals like Piping Plover and Monarch Butterflies – or maybe Elephants and...
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katemacquarrie22
Sep 253 min read
Highbush Cranberry
It’s been a great growing season on PEI, and our fall fruits are showing the result. Wild berries are everywhere right now, including the...
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katemacquarrie22
Sep 183 min read
Gingko
Humans think in decades, forests operate in centuries, but the land’s timeframe spans hundreds of millions of years. We can read...
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katemacquarrie22
Aug 143 min read
Japanese Beetles
Welcome back to Ask a Naturalist: your own personal “Google” for information on all things natural on PEI. Summer is peak season for...
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katemacquarrie22
Aug 112 min read
Soapwort
No soap? No problem! This PEI plant has you covered. Meet Soapwort (aka Bouncing Bet, Saponaria officinalis ). I learn new things about...
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katemacquarrie22
Jul 283 min read
Wild Parsnip
The Carrot Family (Apiaceae) is among the most interesting groups of plants on PEI. It includes commercially important vegetables and...
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katemacquarrie22
Jul 172 min read
Beach Wormwood
If you’ve been enjoying PEI’s famous beaches during this hot weather, you may have noticed a distinctive silvery-green plant standing out...
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katemacquarrie22
Jul 72 min read
Pineapple Weed
Summer on PEI is short and it’s important to take time to stop and smell the flowers. This month I’ll be profiling some Island plants...
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katemacquarrie22
Jun 303 min read
Black Locust
There’s a line in E.B. White’s book Stuart Little that I love “…orchards so old they have forgotten where the farmhouse is”. I often...
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katemacquarrie22
May 52 min read
Mullein
If you’ve walked PEI’s roadsides, coastline, or the Confederation Trail lately, you may have spotted rosettes of fuzzy grey-green leaves...
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katemacquarrie22
Apr 213 min read
The Myth of No Mow May
This time last year, I posted about why I’m not a fan of #NoMowMay. You can read it here (https://www.pei-untamed.com/post/early-spring-...
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katemacquarrie22
Sep 6, 20232 min read
Woodland Angelica
Earlier (https://www.pei-untamed.com/post/cow-parsnip-and-giant-hogweed) I posted about two superficially similar PEI plants that people...
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katemacquarrie22
Jun 21, 20232 min read
A Landscape of Lupins
I recently posted about PEI’s Provincial flower, the Pink Lady’s Slipper. Now let’s look at a plant many people think should be our...
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