Siberian Miners’ Lettuce is a member of the purslane family and it had a variety of medicinal uses among aboriginal peoples in coastal BC. It’s related to the traditional miners’ lettuce which was used as a spring salad green.
Siberian Miners’ Lettuce (Claytonia sibirica)
The season for fiddleheads is past, and ferns are now unfolding into summer. These sword ferns (Polystichum munitum) are a fixture of the west coast woods.
Sword fern (Polystichum munitum) near the Cheakamus River, British Columbia.
A walk along the Lynn Headwaters trail in North Vancouver resulted in the following image.
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