Good information and illustration.

One of the most mysterious of the mystery-meat style UIs I've seen, though. Click on random parts of a plant to get random bits of information.

Fraser представляет Россию в лиге придумок. (aw BabelFish!)

Nice graphics, as always. It looks all nifty and professional. Very shiny!

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Reáchtáim Brianna pobal na héireann in cumann na nóisean.
(Brianna [despite her ill-formed Gaelic] represents Ireland in the League of Notions.

Far out dude! Cool clickable plant! ha!

First off, thank goodness you provided a full-screen version. :)

This format works very well for these kinds of presentations. It provides a high-bandwidth flow of information, but keeps things very organized and interesting at the same time. Good choice. And the animations were kept simple and clean -- again, another good choice. No complaints about the information, either.

Two issues though: it would have been helpful to include (somewhere?) an actual photo of devil's club to help make the connection to those unfamiliar with the plant. Also, a few simple sound effects would have helped on clicking. The presentation was so acoustically barren that I ended up cranking some Metallica in the background just to keep things interesting.

I got a giggle out of making thing glow and pop up; easily entertained, yes. I enjoyed the flash format. I have a feeling Flash is your strong suit. I hope you can use it in the next challenge, I'd like to see more.
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Je représente la France dans la Ligue des Notions

Is one even *allowed* to use the words 'smooth' & 'devil's club' in the same sentence? Maybe only if you are talking about a clean presentation like this. Dattebayo, you obviously know how to make the medium work for you.

Areas for improvement? I found the interactivity a bit confusing. In the blocks of text there are highlighted words that kind of looked like hyperlinks but when I clicked on them the blocks of text just disappeared. So maybe it's just that I'm a bit click-happy but I found the setup confusing. Two other critiques: I would have liked to have seen more research, esp. using BC sources. The range you suggest for the distribution of devil's club is incorrect: it's found in many places of BC, especially in damp areas of the Coast, but you say it's in the North & Rocky Mtn. park areas only. Not true & I know this from personal suffering. Another critique: your written English, while not bad, would have benefitted from tighter editing. Errors in grammar & sentence structure brought down your 'quality' grade somewhat.