The plant life of Newfoundland is quite diverse.
Trees are primarily pine, birch or black spruce. Especially black spruce. Newfoundland's boreal forest is changing. This useful tree is starting to disappear in many places, which might be a natural forest rejuvenation. When this tree goes, the forest opens up and new species move in and the cycle repeats. Its not necessarily a bad thing.
We are used to seeing driftwood and a ton of life on our BC beaches, and, in comparison, Newfoundland's beaches are actually pretty empty. However, if you look closely, there is bounty, and beauty.
Now that it is June, and well into June, we are seeing wildflowers upon wildflowers. In the forest:
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| lots of juniper about |
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| I don't this one, but it's pretty |
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| wild strawberris |
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| crackerberry |
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| ladies slipper |
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| blue bead lily |
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| a drizzle of water brings out the green |
Some are even deadly to insects and animals, including the provincial flower, the pitcher plant, which drowns its victims in it deep "pitchers" of sticky liquid:
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| pitchers ready for a flying meal to come by |
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| pitcher plant beginning to blossom |
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| this is another pretty plant that is toxic to animals |
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