Sandy Scott Davis
Botanist, birder, naturalist.
It all started at age 6 when I made a terrarium at Brownie Camp using mosses. I'm very lucky to have had family and amazing teachers/mentors who could teach me about birds and plants. My first love is bryophytes but birds and vascular plants are a close second. I appreciate any advice and help with identifications.

My BIG project is the Calgary Natural Area Book update with Nature Calgary and the Alberta Native Plant Council. The original CNAB "Green Book", was published in 1980 and we want to do an update of the original 11 Calgary Parks to monitor the changes in our parks. We are primarily using iNaturalist for our observations. Our hope is to have this completed on the 50th anniversary in 2030. If you are in Calgary or visiting we would be pleased if you would join our projects to add to our observations. I have attached the iNaturalist links for the various parks:

Calgary Natural Areas Bioinventory: https://inaturalist.ca/projects/parks-of-calgary-bioinventory

Sandy Beach: https://inaturalist.ca/projects/sandy-beach-park-bio-inventory

Carburn Park: https://inaturalist.ca/projects/carburn-park-bio-inventory

Beaverdam Flats: https://inaturalist.ca/projects/beaverdam-flats-bio-inventory-calgary

Nose Hill: https://inaturalist.ca/projects/nose-hill-park-bioinventory

Pearce Estates: https://inaturalist.ca/places/pearce-estate-park

Weaselhead/Glenmore: https://inaturalist.ca/projects/weaselhead-glenmore-park-biodiversity

Fish Creek Park: https://inaturalist.ca/projects/fish-creek-provincial-park

Bowmont/Dale Hodges Park: https://inaturalist.ca/projects/bowmont-and-dale-hodges-park-bioinventory

Inglewood Bird Sanctuary: https://inaturalist.ca/projects/inglewood-bird-sanctuary-bio-inventory

Inglewood: https://inaturalist.ca/projects/inglewood-bird-sanctuary-bio-inventory

Edworthy Park - https://www.inaturalist.org/places/edworthy-park

RESOURCES I use for identification in no particular order;

Flora of North America Vol 27 & 28

Vascular Flora of Alberta; An Illustrated Guide; Linda Kershaw & Lorna Allen
Vascular Flora of Alberta; Illustrations and Maps; Linda Kershaw & Lorna Allen

Plants of the Western Forest, Alaska to Minnesota, Boreal and Aspen Parkland; Johnson, Kershaw, MacKinnon and Pojar

Plants of Coastal British Columbia; Pojar & MacKinnon

Mosses, Lichens and Ferns of Northwestern North America; Vitt, Marsh and Bovey

A Guide to the Common Mosses and Liverworts of Alberta; Brittney Miller

Some Common Mosses of British Columbia; W.B. Schofield

Field Guide to Liverwort Genera of Pacific North America; W.B. Schofield

Lichens of North America; Irwin Brodo
Keys to Lichens of North America, revised and expanded; Irwin Brodo

Getting to Know Saskatchewan Lichens, Lichens of the Prairie, Aspen Parkland and Boreal Forest; B De Vries

Lichens, The Macrolichens of Ontario and the Great Lakes Region of the United States; T. McMullin

Flore Des Bryophytes Du Quebec-Labrador, Vol. 1; J. Flaubert

Mosses and Liverworts of Britain and Ireland - a field guide; British Bryological Society

European Bryaceae; David Holyoak

Mosses of Europe, A Photographic Flora; Michael Luth, Vol 1-3

Illustrated Flora of Nordic Liverworts and Hornworts; K. Damsholt