Nature makes use of bunchberry, ferns, sweet woodruff, and European or wild ginger in shady areas. |
Scientifically, bunchberry is Cornus canadensis while our other friend is Maianthemum canadense, both obviously very patriotic plants, growing right across the country. |
It seemed quite natural then to find adder's-tongue and to see wake-robins and bunchberry everywhere. |
American dogwoods include the miner's dogwood, C. sessilis, whose fruits are sweet when fully ripe, and the less flavourful bunchberry, C. canadensis. |
Faster than a Venus Flytrap snapping shut, the bunchberry dogwood's acceleration is about 800 times the force astronauts go through on take-off. |
The rapid opening of the bunchberry is thought to enhance cross-pollination in two ways. |