Blue-eyed Grass
PEI’s showy flowers dominate our June landscape, but it’s worth taking a moment to notice the subtle blooms as well. One of my favorites...
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katemacquarrie22
Jan 243 min
Springs
Bubbling Spring. The Healing Spring. Spirit Spring. Fountainhead. PEI’s springs are so culturally important that many have names. We may...
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katemacquarrie22
Sep 10, 20233 min
Wild Blackberries
Late summer is peak harvest season on PEI – not only for crops and gardens, but also for wild foods. It’s a banner year for our Island’s...
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katemacquarrie22
Sep 6, 20232 min
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
Aug 30, 20232 min
Using King Boletes / Wild Porcini Mushrooms
King Boletes (aka Porcini) are among the best edible wild mushrooms on Prince Edward Island. You can learn how to identify them in this...
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katemacquarrie22
Aug 30, 20233 min
King Boletes / Wild Porcini Mushrooms
One of my favourite things about PEI’s wild foods is how they sometimes appear when you least expect it. On two different outings...
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katemacquarrie22
Aug 27, 20233 min
Common Terns
[Note: No eggs, nests, or birds were harmed in the taking of this photo] Not all birds nest in trees. Here on PEI, you can find nests in...
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katemacquarrie22
Aug 23, 20233 min
Goldenrod vs. Ragweed
Here are two native PEI plants, both flowering now. One gets unfairly maligned for causing seasonal allergies and the other was once the...
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katemacquarrie22
Aug 20, 20232 min
Post-Fiona Dune Recovery
Many people were heartbroken at the sight of PEI’s world-famous sand dunes following Hurricane Fiona last fall. At the time, I wrote...
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katemacquarrie22
Aug 16, 20232 min
Bastard Toadflax
Today’s PEI plant has a strange name and an even stranger lifestyle. Meet the Provincially uncommon Bastard Toadflax (Comandra...
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katemacquarrie22
Aug 9, 20232 min
Beach Pinweed
What comes to mind when you think “species at risk” on Prince Edward Island: Piping Plovers? Bats? Swallows? If you said any of these,...
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katemacquarrie22
Aug 2, 20232 min
Ghost Pipe
A beautiful ghostly-white creature is popping up in forests around PEI right now. You could be forgiven for thinking it’s a fungus, but...
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katemacquarrie22
Jul 30, 20232 min
St. John's Wort
PEI has a wealth of medicinal wild plants. One of the most well-studied is Common St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum, Photo 1). St....
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katemacquarrie22
Jul 19, 20232 min
Earthstar Fungi
Making a living in PEI’s coastal habitats isn’t easy. Conditions are harsh: temperature extremes, salt spray, low organic matter, and...
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katemacquarrie22
Jul 16, 20232 min
Wild Orchids
It’s Orchid season on PEI! To celebrate, I’d like to introduce you to some of the Island species whose paths I’ve crossed recently. The...
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katemacquarrie22
Jul 9, 20232 min
Wood Sorrel
If you’ve been working in your garden lately, you’ve likely seen this shamrock-like plant. Did you know it is edible and delicious? This...
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katemacquarrie22
Jul 9, 20232 min
Wood Sorrel Recipes
The Wood Sorrels are among my favourite wild greens (Photo 1). You can read more about them in the Wood Sorrel post in the Plant (and...
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katemacquarrie22
Jul 5, 20232 min
Spittlebugs
Welcome back to Ask a Naturalist: your own personal “Google” for information on all things natural on PEI! Over the past week, I’ve had...
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katemacquarrie22
Jun 28, 20232 min
Burdock Roots
I enjoy tasks that let me to two things at once. With today’s plant I’m not only foraging for a delicious wild root, but also getting rid...
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katemacquarrie22
Jun 28, 20232 min
Burdock Root Recipes
All parts of Burdock (Arctium minus) are edible, but in my opinion the roots are the best part. In some areas they are grown commercially...
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