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For thousands of years, Indigenous people have shared the Great Bear Rainforest with wolves, eagles, sea otters, salmon and herring, as well as many other animals. It is the only home of BC’s provincial mammal, the Spirit Bear.
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British Columbia has high mountains. Lots of them. In fact, more than 12 per cent of the province is alpine tundra—land above the trees. The alpine tundra is a land of extremes. Trees can’t grow at such high elevations because of cold temperatures. The growing season is brief, and some areas are covered by snow…
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Learning about native plants can connect us to the places we live. Studying First Peoples’ uses of plants can teach us which native berries are edible and which are not.
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We're all in this together. An ecosystem is a natural community. When species disappear it can throw an entire system off balance, with far-reaching consequences for ecosytems, for the planet, and for us. What can we do about it?
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American botanist Mary Gibson Henry collected plants in northeastern BC in 1931. Her pioneering journey was recorded on film. Lucky for us, BC Archives has a copy.
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Living Link
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Climate Change and Plate Tectonics in BC
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Fossil Leaf
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The Journey of a Fossil
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Dawn Redwood
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Fossil Plant
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Fossil Leaves
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Fossil Plant
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Fossil and Living
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Dr. Arbour and Fossil Plant
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The Journey of a Fossil
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Temperature and Vegetation Changes
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Collecting
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Plant Extractor
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Mountain Collecting
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Scenic Workspace
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Tiny Botanist
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Alpine avens- a plant we rarely see
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Willow at sea level
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Plant Genetics
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Plant Detectives and Pollen Analysis
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Alpine Plant Adaptations
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Alpine Biome
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Tree Line and Temperature
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After the Last Ice Age
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Oldest plant in the botany collection
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Rapid glacial retreat
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Habitat Diversity
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Plant Dryer
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BioBlitz Discoveries
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Great Tundra
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Small size
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Tundra Death Camas
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Low elevation Locoweed
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Alpine Locoweed
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Dwarf Willow
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Tolmie’s Saxifrage cushion
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Growing close to the ground
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Tolmie’s Saxifrage
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Moss Campion butterfly
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Moss Campion flowers
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Moss Campion cushion
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Moss Campion
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Spreading Stonecrop
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Mountain Sorrel
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Seaweed and Bugs
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Ice Grass
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Scotch Thistle
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Sarracénie Pourpre
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Polystic de Kruckeberg
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Lesson Plan Native Plants
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Edible Plants
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Gentiane Delicate
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Slender Gentian Mini Museum 2017
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Saskatoon Berry
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Salmonberry
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Elderberry
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Elderberry
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Salal with Fruits
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Salal
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Sword Fern Leaves
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Sword Fern
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Snowberry
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Tall Oregon Grape
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Thimbleberry
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Fawn Lily
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Fawn Lily
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Giant Camas
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Giant Camas
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Garry Oak meadow with camas.
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Garry Oak
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Bigleaf Maple
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Arbutus
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Arbutus
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Douglas Fir
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Yellow Cedar Cones
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Yellow Cedar
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Western Red Cedar Cones
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Western Red Cedar
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Common Pitcher-plant
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This Week in History Season 4 Episode 14 Mary Gibson Henry
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Unpacking the specimens
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Mary Gibson Henry collection
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Close-up of one of Mary Gibson Henry’s plant specimens.
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The Specimens Arrive
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Specimen Records
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Yellow Coralroot
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Dwarf Rattlesnake Orchid
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Round Leaved Orchis
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Hooded Ladies Tresses
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Golden Sedge
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Boreal Sandwort
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Western Spring Beauty
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Alpine Bistort
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Short-Fruited Willow
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Northern Bush Willow
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Common False Asphodel
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Wild Chives
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Close-up of Museum Record
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Mountain Death Camas
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SusanTreadwayHerbarium
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Phantom Orchid drawing #2
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Phantom Orchid #1
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Pale Poppy drawing #2
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Pale Poppy drawing #1
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Mary Gibson Henry Expeditions
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Botany at the Royal BC Museum
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Dr. Ken Marr
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Dr. Erica Wheeler
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Mary Gibson Henry
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Mary Gibson Henry in BC
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Mary Gibson Henry Expedition
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