Aug 19th
Tod Flats, looking to find Triantha occidentalis, a bog-dwelling western false asphodel, recently discovered to be carnivorous. First described in the scientific literature in 1879, this is a new discovery. While we didn’t expect to find Triantha occidentalis on the Flats, we did take the opportunity to see the north end of the flats and all the foliage there.
See our “Information Page” for a full report with photo here: https://www.todcreekwatershed.ca/information-resources.
Looking north, after walking behind the Red Barn towards north. 
This dry waterway is one of the protective channels Peninsula Streams dug into the flats to give the fish routes to Tod Creek [ie not to be stranded on the flats as the water levels seasonally drop]. 
Same waterway, our backs are to West Saanich Road, facing west. 
Same waterway, mid-way, here facing West Saanich Road, facing east. 
American bur-reed [Sparganium americium]. 
Yellow flag Iris [Iris pseudacorus] a noxious weed. 
with the seeds pods. 
Walking through massive clumps of Broadleaf cattail [Typha latifolia]; aka: Common cattail, Common bulrush. 
Common marsh bedstraw [Galium palustre]; aka: Bedstraws. 
Hardstem tule [Schoenoplectus acuuts]. 
We spent this flats tour along the main channel. Here we stand facing south. 
German chamomile [Matricaria chamomilla]. 
Fringed willow herb [Epilobium ciliatum]. 
Hardhack [Spiraea douglasii].