Project Wingspan Yellowknife

Collecting Seed in Northern Canada

Welcome to Project Wingspan Yellowknife! Through this project, Pollinator Partnership Canada is planning to increase the amount of pollinator habitat in Yellowknife by training volunteers on how to collect seeds from common native plants. The target plant species include Prickly Rose, Shrubby Cinquefoil, Fireweed, Common Yarrow, Labrador Tea, and Western Sticky Goldenrod. These species were chosen because they support at-risk bumble bees and other pollinators. The future goal of this project is to create a free native seed library to help with future conservation work and pollinator gardening around Yellowknife. Thank you to Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Habitat Stewardship Program for funding and supporting this project.

To learn more about the bees and pollinators found in Yellowknife, check out our Plan Bee Community Science project by clicking here.

This guide is perfect for anyone wanting to learn more about the bumble bee and pollinator species found around Yellowknife and the common native plants they visit for pollen and nectar. Inside this guide you will find pictures of bumble bees, other native bees, and other pollinators observed during our summer field seasons. You will also find a list of native plants and all the bees and pollinators that were observed visiting them. This guide can help with future conservation efforts in Yellowknife by providing information on plant and pollinator interactions, showing which native plant species attract the most pollinator diversity. Especially for at-risk bumble bee species in the NWT. Data was collected and compiled through observations posted to iNaturalist. If you would like to contribute valuable pollinator data to our project, click here!

The following plant profiles were created to help Project Wingspan Yellowknife volunteers identify common native plants found around Yellowknife and collect seed from them. If you are interested in volunteering to help with seed collection, please reach out to our project lead, Anthony Colangelo, by emailing ac@pollinator.org.

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