Vancouver Island
(south)
Potpourri
2024
© George Lum
Mary Vine falls, Sooke Hills
Mary Vine falls
Mary Vine Cr., Sooke Hills
Mary Vine Cr.
Mary Vine Cr.
Mary Vine Cr.
Mary Vine Cr.
Charters R.
'Condensation', Mary Vine Cr.
Olsynium douglasii
(satin flower, grass widow)
Olsynium douglasii
(satin flower, grass widow)
Olsynium douglasii
(satin flower)
Olsynium douglasii
(satin flower) from John Peak, Sooke Hills
bumper year for satin flowers
Dodecatheon pulchellum
(few-flowered shootingstar)
Dodecatheon pulchellum
(few-flowered shootingstar), Upper Flower Ridge, Sooke Hills
Lomatium utriculatum
(spring gold) through the detritus, Upper Flower Ridge, Sooke Hills
Cladonia cristatella
(British soldier lichen)
bent over Douglas fir on Lunch Peak, Sooke Hills
Mary Vine falls, Sooke Hills
Fritillaria affinis
(chocolate lily) on McDonald, Sooke Hills
Fritillaria affinis
(chocolate lily)
Fritillaria affinis
(chocolate lily)
Erythronium revolutum
(pink fawn lily), see this year's
Honeymoon Bay Eco. Res.
collection
Trientalis latifolia
(broad-leaved starflower), Edith Pt. Mayne Is.
Poecile rufescens
(chestnut-backed chickadee) chick
Pseudotsuga menziesii
(Douglas fir) cone
Monument (centre-right mountaintop) from Devastation Hill area, Sooke Hills, looking SW
Erythronium montanum
(avalanche lily), Kludahk Trail
Erythronium montanum
(avalanche lily), Kludahk Trail
Erythronium montanum
(avalanche lily), Kludahk Trail
more from this spectacular region:
Kludahk Trail (2016-2023)
Kludahk (Jun-Sep 2022)
Kludahk in Winter (Jan 2021)
Kludahk Trail, Noyse Lakes area (2020/8/7)
Kludahk Trail (Jun 2020)
Corallorhiza maculata
(spotted coral root orchid). Bert Lake, Sooke Hills
Strix varia
(barred owl), Metchosin Wilderness Park (100 Acre Wood)
Piperia elegans
(elegant rein orchid), East Sooke RP
Adiantum pedatum
(maidenhair fern), Juan de Fuca PP
bracket fungi
Mahonia aquifolium
(Oregon grape)
bumper year for Oregon grape berries
"Sugar Lump"
Thunderbird, Ragged and Pinnacle from David's Delight
Fritillaria affinis
(chocolate lily) gone to seed
Old Man Lake fire, Sooke Hills
Old Man Lake fire
Old Man Lake fire
Sooke Flowline, Sooke Hills
regrowth from after the fire
maple regrowth
Old Man Lake fire, Sooke Flowline
Hydnellum peckii
(bleeding Hydnellum, devil's tooth, strawberries and cream)
slime mould
slime mould
Amanita muscaria
