139 – Friends of Ecological Reserves

Yellowpoint Bog Field Trip, 2011

8MayGarry Fletcher139, Photosbog, water lily

The Friends of Ecological Reserves Board Members visited the Yelllowpoint Bog on May 8 of 2011. The following are a set of images by Garry Fletcher that represent our views of the area. See also the Spring summer 2011 newsletter where there is commentary on the trip made the same day to Woodley Range ER.

Mid-Island Ecological Reserve relative locations

15FebruaryGarry Fletcher128, 139, 142, 151, 17, 18, Maps

This map is adapted from the BC Parks website

Woodley Range ER#142 and Yellowpoint Bog ER # 139 Location Map

15FebruaryGarry Fletcher139, 142, Maps

These maps are adapted from the BC Parks website.

Yellowpoint Bog ER #139 Maps

9FebruaryGarry Fletcher139, Maps

This map is from the BC parks Website:

Summary of Plant Community Types of Ladysmith Bog (Yellowpont Bog ER)

27OctoberGarry Fletcher139, Reports, Species Listbog, Hans Roemer

Hans Roemer compiled this detailed plant community list based on two trips to Yellowpoint Bog. See the PDF: Yellowpoint bog ER Roemer Plant Community 1994_2000

Yellowpoint Bog ER #139 Overview: Biological and Physical

9FebruaryGarry Fletcher139, Climate change, Invasive Species, Issues, Management, Rare Species, Reports, Species Listbeaver, Bidens amplissima, Glyceria leptostachya, humped bladderwort, slender-spike mannagrass, Utricularia gibba, Vancouver Island beggarticks

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To protect a highly diverse mosaic of ecosystem types from aquatic, peat bog and forest to dry-site ecosystems. Physical: The reserve comprises gently undulating lowlands formed by glacially scoured rocks of the cretaceous Nanaimo Formation. For the most part the cover of surficial deposits and soils on the NW-SE trending, rounded ridges is