Daily Archives: Thursday,May 15, 2008

Calendula officinalis: marigold–The Race Rocks Taxonomy

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Calendula officinalis growing every month at Race Rocks– photo G.Fletcher

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Many of the pathways are lined by this plant.

Although introduced to Race Rocks by  lightkeepers to brighten up their garden years ago, Calendula sp.is an interesting exotic since because of the ocean moderated temperature of the Ecological Reserve, it blooms at Race Rocks every month of the year. The reason it is so successful there is probably that it is not grazed by gulls or geese.

 

Also see the notation and images by Ecoguardian Anne Stewart, Sept 13 2015.

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Calenduleae
Genus: Calendula
species: officinalis

Other Angiosperms (flowering plants) at Race Rock

taxonomyiconReturn to the Race Rocks Taxonomy
and Image File
pearsonlogo2_f2The Race Rocks taxonomy is a collaborative venture originally started with the Biology and Environmental Systems students of Lester Pearson College UWC. It now also has contributions added by Faculty, Staff, Volunteers and Observers on the remote control webcams.

 

Pat Carney finally wins her lighthouse fight, TC, May 15, 2008

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News Column: By Jack Knox, Pat Carney finally wins her lighthouse fight, Times Colonist, May 15, 2008

“Busy Saturday for Pat Carney on Saturna Island this weekend. After the market at the recycling centre, where she’ll be selling garden plants for her church, it’s off to the open house at the East Point lighthouse.

That open house might not seem like a big deal to some, but to Carney, just retired from the Senate, it symbolizes victory.

For almost 10 years, Carney has been striving to save B.C.’s crumbling, historic lighthouse buildings, or at least arrange it so that community groups can get their mitts on them and put them to good use. Six times she tried to push through legislation that would allow that to happen. Six times she failed, Sisyphus pushing that boulder up the hill, only to see it roll back again.

But lo and behold, her seventh attempt finally made it all the way through Parliament this month — four months after the Saturna resident flew home from Ottawa for the last time. Shows what persistence will do.”

…….Continued, see the full article here:
Pat Carney finally wins her lighthouse fight, Times Colonist, May 15, 2008