144 – Friends of Ecological Reserves

Yale Garry Oak ER # 144 Biological and Physical Overview

7FebruaryGarry Fletcher144, Management, Rare Species, Reports, Species Listbluebuch wheatgrassn, Dendroalsia abietina, Gaillardia aristata, Heterocodon rariflorum, long-stoloned sedge, moss, Orthotrichum lyellii), Polypodium hesperium, Pseudoroegneria spicata, Quercus garryana, rough-stemmed fleabane, Zygodon viridissimus

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To protect the most easterly isolated stand of Garry oak and associated ecosystem in British Columbia Physical: The reserve consists of a series of rocky outcrops and bluffs that have been cut through by the Canadian National Railway line which separates the upper part of the stand from the more open lower portion.

Draft Management Plan for the Garry Oak (Quercus garryana) Stand in and Adjacent to the Yale ER, March 31, 2002

(Including Details of Activities to Date) March 31, 2002 Prepared by: Biospherics Environmental Inc. 1. INTRODUCTION This document describes initial restoration-related activities and presents a draft restoration plan for the Garry oak (Quercus garryana) stand in and adjacent to the Yale Ecological Reserve north-east of Yale, British Columbia (Appendix 1, Fig. 1). The Yale Garry