Of all the plants on PEI, I think Mayflowers (Epigaea repens) are the ones with which Islanders have the deepest connection. If you...

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-...

In early spring, flashes of green in the PEI landscape can be welcome reminders that longer days and warmer weather are returning....

There’s not much in the way of fresh greens in PEI’s landscape yet, but there are a few wild plants that can be eaten year-round. One of...

It’s that time of year when winter wildlife tracking is over, but most spring plants and fungi are still a few weeks away. I’m looking...

Is it edible? Is it good for anything? As PEI transitions out of winter and into spring, these are two of the most common questions I’ll...

Welcome back to Ask a Naturalist: your own personal “Google” for information on all things natural on PEI! In October, I posted about...

Welcome back to Ask a Naturalist: your own personal “Google” for information on all things natural on PEI! Recently, we looked at the...

PEI’s colourful fall leaves are mostly gone, but one native tree is still putting on a show: Eastern Larch, also known as Juniper,...

Welcome back to Ask a Naturalist: your own personal “Google” for information on all things natural on PEI! One of my favourite things...

PEI’s wild plants have all sorts of innovative ways to disperse their seeds. Some use wind, others water, and a rare few go with...

July is peak orchid season on PEI, and so I am always pleasantly surprised to run into one of our late-flowering species in fall. I came...

Welcome back to Ask a Naturalist: your own personal ‘Google’ for information on all things wild on PEI! I love getting photos of plants...

This time of year, PEI’s wildflowers are busy dispersing their seeds and they’ve come up with many ingenious ways to do this. I've...

Hurricane Fiona took many things from PEI last year, including our fall leaf colour. As we move into the shorter, cooler days of...

On PEI, autumn is for Asters. These beautiful and often colourful flowers can be found in literally every Island habitat right now: sand...

I love finding new populations of PEI’s rarest plants, and ferns are my favourite plant group. So, you can imagine how excited I was to...

I love ferns, but find the technical keys are not very user-friendly for non-botanists. So, here is my key to some of our most common...

There’s a pretty, useful, and downright fun plant flowering along PEI’s streams right now. Meet Spotted Touch-me-not (Impatiens...

If I had to choose my favourite wild food, I think it would be Common Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis). This plant is abundant, easy to...