Projects BCKCDB

We had to get to Edmonton before the end of day,
Rammin' our way up the valley,
But as we came to Little Fort
As plain as you could see
Was a brown woolly mat of Azolla.

(If you want your floating Ferns,
This lesson you must learn:
come to BCKCDB for Azolla).

Back in '81, when the Mimp was but a mite,
We saw the same effect at Rockport.
The fleuve St. Laurent was discovered long ago,
But we saw it crimson with Azolla .

Ducks may come and go,
Some with ferns stuck on their toe
(As taught by the great Professor Clausen).
But when you see a northern bay
That's blanketed that way
You know you've found Canadian Azolla.

So in the year 2000, eh?, September twenty-sixth,
We slid down into the Thompson oxbow.
The furry velvet braids of leaves,
Megaspores like Mustard seed:
It's Canadian Mexican Azolla .

(If you want your floating Ferns,
This lesson you must learn:
come to BCKCDB for Azolla).

Projects

Northeastern Chorus Frogs

Bishops Mills Natural History Centre

Clams of Drought

Some Ontario Crayfish

Watercolour of Water Shrew

Recent paintings by Aleta Karstad

Drifted paintings by Aleta Karstad

Watercolours by Aleta Karstad

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