Ellen Jakubowski, Author at WWF.CA

Ellen Jakubowski

Posts count: 20

Nature feels the need… the need for seeds!

February 5, 2026

Restoring healthy ecosystems across Canada will take millions, or even billions, of plants and trees. And not just any plants and trees; to keep ecosystems robust they need to be well adapted to local... Read More

Restoring healthy ecosystems across Canada will take millions, or even billions, of plants and trees. And not just any...
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Close-up of a person's hands digging a hole for soil sampling.

Digging into the importance of healthy soils

December 3, 2025

We asked two WWF-Canada experts for the dirt on why soil matters and how to keep it healthy. Read More

We asked two WWF-Canada experts for the dirt on why soil matters and how to keep it healthy.
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A row of one dozen young adults with shovels, turning over turfgrass in a field.

Students tell us why restoring nature on campus matters

October 7, 2025

When it comes to learning about nature — and turning your passion for it into a career — an hour outside is worth many hours of indoor study. Read More

When it comes to learning about nature — and turning your passion for it into a career — an...
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Eight-petalled white flowers with yellow centres growing low to the ground.

Northwest Territories’ native plants combine function, resilience and whimsy

July 24, 2025

Discover three of the hardy, useful and sometimes adorable plant species that help shape Northwest Territories’ ecosystems and culture. Read More

Discover three of the hardy, useful and sometimes adorable plant species that help shape Northwest Territories’ ecosystems and culture.
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Two plants with pouch-shaped bright pink flowers growing side by side surrounded by moss.

Native plants of PEI to celebrate and cherish

June 5, 2025

There is plenty more to PEI plant life than potato farms. Discover three emblematic native plant and tree species. Read More

There is plenty more to PEI plant life than potato farms. Discover three emblematic native plant and tree species.
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Lush patch of purple flowers growing in front of foothills, mountains and a cloudy sky.

Yukon’s native plants uplift the territory’s people and ecosystems

April 17, 2025

Yukon boasts a perhaps-surprising amount of biodiversity, including over 1,250 species of flowers plants. Read More

Yukon boasts a perhaps-surprising amount of biodiversity, including over 1,250 species of flowers plants.
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Eight plants with nodding flowers and leaves forming container shapes around the bases of the stems growing in very wet soil among various other plants.

Native plants of Newfoundland and Labrador: rugged, useful — sometimes carnivorous

February 28, 2025

Newfoundland and Labrador don’t boast Canada’s most fertile growing conditions, but resilient species have found plenty of ways to put down roots. Read More

Newfoundland and Labrador don’t boast Canada’s most fertile growing conditions, but resilient species have found plenty of ways to...
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Pale pink star-shaped flowers bloom among fuzzy green leaves on a short plant growing between fallen branches and leaves.

Nova Scotia’s native plants stir spirits with sweet and salty seaside scents

September 19, 2024

What’s that on the breeze? It could be the salt air, sure, or maybe it’s a sweet or spicy scent emanating from one of these three native plant species. Read More

What’s that on the breeze? It could be the salt air, sure, or maybe it’s a sweet or spicy...
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A large bee buzzes its wings as it grasps a downward-pointing tomato flower with its front legs.

How native flowers help your veggie garden

July 23, 2024

You can help your fruit and veggie plants, native bees and your local ecosystem all at once by taking steps to welcome pollinators. Read More

You can help your fruit and veggie plants, native bees and your local ecosystem all at once by taking...
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A large reddish-brown and beige moth spreads its wings as it holds onto its empty cocoon suspended from a tulip-tree branch.

The misunderstood mystique of moths

July 22, 2024

Butterflies like the stately monarch and elegant swallowtail are celebrated for their ornate beauty and role as crucial pollinators, but what about moths? Read More

Butterflies like the stately monarch and elegant swallowtail are celebrated for their ornate beauty and role as crucial pollinators,...
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A small purple flower blooms on a short stem surrounded by small leaves fringed with hairs

Nunavut’s native plants are among the planet’s toughest

July 9, 2024

Hardy native plants provide a strong foundation for Nunavut’s land-based food webs, which sustain people as well as wildlife like lemmings, ptarmigan, barren-ground caribou and more. Read More

Hardy native plants provide a strong foundation for Nunavut’s land-based food webs, which sustain people as well as wildlife...
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A flower with three white petals blooms among leaf litter at the base of a tree in a forest.

Singing the praises of Ontario’s landscapes and native plants

June 10, 2024

Ontario’s natural wonders cover a large expanse, but efforts to restore them can start small, in our own parks, backyards and balcony planters. Read More

Ontario’s natural wonders cover a large expanse, but efforts to restore them can start small, in our own parks,...
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