Day 4 - Wet Land Area

October 16^th

1- 3pm

On my forth time down to the river I really wanted to try to identify as many species and animals as I could. I brought along my granddad that has lived in the Okanagan for many years. I was set out on going to a wetland area that was a couple kilometers up the trail. The area looks like it is flooded in the spring but in the summer and fall it is full of life. There are different plants and species everywhere. In a couple of the small little ponds there were a couple mallard ducks. Along the side of the path there were several different berry plants like the low bush blue berry plant and large patches of snake berries. My Granddad pointed out the different types of trees like the black cotton wood tree that left a little bit of shade on the warm afternoon. In the areas that had a little bit more water then others there was a plant I was use to seeing a lot on the west coast called the western redcedar. The beautiful tree was a lot smaller then the huge ones I had seen in Vancouver but it still looked very healthy. The little ecological zone reminded me a lot of being in Vancouver or on the Island. It was very unique to go to an area like that in Kelowna.

This is the western redCedar that is usually seen around the cost on British Columbia.

This is a photo of the dense bushes that fill the surroundings of the wet lands.