Wild edible and medicinal plants of British Columbia of edible seaweed. Laver is usually gathered in great amounts in Spring. They were used traditionally by virtually all the coastal groups, with the possible exception of some Nuu-chah-nulth, or Westcoast peoples, and some Salishan peoples of Vancouver Island, and various species were used. They are harvested at their young growing stage in the spring, usually around May, the exact time depending on latitude, local conditions, and type of laver. Older plants were too tough to be eaten. Traditionally, Women were often the primary seaweed harvesters. Working from canoes, women would pull seaweed from the rocks until their canoes were
Edible-nest swiftlet is darker with a rump that is less obviously paler. Several calls are uttered including a loud, rattling call used for echolocation in dark caves. There are six subspecies of the edible-nest swiftlet: German's swiftlet ("Aerodramus germani"), with two subspecies "germani" and "amechanus", was formerly considered to be conspecific with the edible-nest swiftlet, but is now often considered to be a separate species. It occurs in the Malay Peninsula, central Thailand, coastal Vietnam and Cambodia, Hainan, northern Borneo and parts of the Philippines. The edible-nest swiftlet feeds over a range of habitats from coastal areas to the mountains, occurring up