On Monday, June 13th, the Native Plant Stewardship working group, and a few community members, led by Dr. Catherine Tarasoff, removed some yellow flag iris at a site on Miles Road off Beddis.
Yellow flag iris can displace native plants and dry out wetlands, altering the local ecosystem and reducing the habitat available for native fish species and bird nesting sites.
Dr. Catherine Tarasoff has a grant to demonstrate a benthic barrier technique of smothering the yellow flag iris and is taking this demonstration to 10 communities on Vancouver Island including Salt Spring.
If you’d like to learn more about the TSS Native Plant Stewardship group and the work they are doing, check out our Native Plan Stewardship Group.