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Ontario Trillium Protection Act
The Ontario Trillium Protection Act (also known as Bill 184) of 2009 is an amendment to the Floral Emblem Act of Ontario, Canada proposed as a private member's bill by Liberal politician Jeff Leal. The Act, if approved, would prohibit the picking of trilliums in Ontario. Having not received final approval, the act remains unapproved. Background Since 1937, trilliums have been the official flower of Ontario. They are easily damaged by picking, and picking them is illegal in British Columbia, leading people to commonly believe that is also illegal in Ontario. Jeff Leal is a Canadian municipal and provincial politician who previously worked as the Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Ontario Trillium Protection Act The Ontario Trillium Protection Act is a private members bill introduced to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario by Liberal politician Jeff Leal in 2009. The Act, if passed, will forbid picking trilliums in public spaces, but permit pickin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trillium Grandiflorum At Backus Woods
''Trillium'' (trillium, wakerobin, toadshade, tri flower, birthroot, birthwort, and sometimes "wood lily") is a genus of about fifty flowering plant species in the family Melanthiaceae. ''Trillium'' species are native to temperate regions of North America and Asia, with the greatest diversity of species found in the southern Appalachian Mountains in the southeastern United States. Description Plants of this genus are perennial herbs growing from rhizomes. There are three large leaf-like bracts arranged in a whorl about a scape that rises directly from the rhizome. There are no true aboveground leaves but sometimes there are scale-like leaves on the underground rhizome. The bracts are photosynthetic and are sometimes called leaves. The inflorescence is a single flower with three green or reddish sepals and three petals in shades of red, purple, pink, white, yellow, or green. At the center of the flower there are six stamens and three stigmas borne on a very short style, if any ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
