Species List – Page 20 – Friends of Ecological Reserves

Oak Bay Islets , Alpha Island, Field Notes , H. Roemer

10MayGarryF94, Rare Species, Reports, Species List

Hans Roemer provides field notes on his field trip to Alpha Islet on May 10, 1982. 1982 See the PDF: Oak Bay Islets ER 1982 plant survey

Doc English Purpose Statement, 1987

30AprilGarryF101, Reports, Species List

Notes on McQueen Creek ER Established 1982

12AprilGarryF110, Reports, Species List

An exceptionally well-preserved small sample of grassland ecosystems and adjacent forest in the wetter subzone of the Ponderosa Pine -bunchgrass zones. Roemer and Zirul original rough notes: PDF file: McQeen ER plant lists by communitiy type

Ultraviolet Components of Flower Color in a Bog Habitat

27FebruaryGarryF52, Research, Species List

This research by Sheila Douglas, indicates that Floral coloration is an important component of pollinator attraction among entosophilous flowers, reflectance of wavelengths in both the visible and the near uv contribute to color patterns……. The present study examines UV reflectance among 12 species of flowering plants found in the Sphagnum bog habitat. See this PDF:

List of Invertebrates from Ten Mile Point by Bisgrove, 1982

1FebruaryGarryF66, Species List

This is a fairly comprehensive list of invertebtrates with an addendum of Fish and invertebrates observed by Stewart in 1977. See the PDF: invertsbisgrove

Vascular Plants of Drizzle lake ER: Species List and Habitat Description, 1981

12NovemberGarryF52, Rare Species, Reports, Species ListJuncus nevadensis Watson

75 species of vascular plants are found in this reserve, Their habitats and general sabundance are listed A species not previously known to QGI , Juncus nevadensis (Watson) forms a large colony in the major inlet of the lake. See complete PDF: vascular_plants_species_list_and_habitat

Preliminary Checklist of the Lichens of Doc English Bluff Ecoreserve

30SeptemberGarryF101, Rare Species, Species Listlichen, Limestone

Anna Roberts, Trevor Goward and Rainer Schuen did the field work for this impressive list of Lichens in September, 1981

Westwick Lake warden report 1981

12AugustGarryF35, Species List, Warden Reports

Anna Roberts checked the reserve several time during the year and submitted thius report: roberts_1981_field_observations_westwick_big_creek_doc_english_ers

IBP Criteria checklist for Trial Island ER proposal

15JanuaryGarryF132, Reports, Species List

Ceska, Pojar, and Roemer submitted this proposal for an Ecological reserve on Trial Island in 1981 See the PDF: Trial Islands Ceska, Pojar and Roemer 1981 survey

Trial Islands Plant Communities, Pojar and Ceska 1981

15JanuaryGarryF132, Reports, Species List

Partial List of Plant communities compiled from notes of Dr. A. Ceska (1974,76,80) and Dr. Jim Pojar(1977). See the PDF:Trial Island ER plant community list Ceska and Pojar(1977)

Soap Lake Report and Management

14DecemberGarryF3, Management, Reports, Species List

FROM BC PARKS: Soap Lake ER 3 PDF FILE Exerpts below: ORIGINAL PURPOSE To conserve an alkaline lake, its associated flora and fauna, and representative ecosystems of the Interior Douglas-Fir Zone COMPOSITION Physical:Soap Lake, about 9 ha in size and located in a shallow valley in the center of the reserve, is very alkaline (pH

Queen Charlotte Islands Herbarium

15JuneGarryF52, Rare Species, Species List

## sites on Haida Gwaii were sampled by Mary Morris and Sheila Douglas as part of a natural history Project conducted by the Queen Charlotte Islands Museum for its herbarium. See this PDF file for the complete species list.qci_herbariumqci_herbarium

Overview Ilgachuz Range To preserve extensive and diverse alpine-subalpine ecosystems in an isolated massif of volcanic origin

16AprilGarryF64, Reports, Species ListCaribou boreal, Iceland koenigia, milky draba, Payson’s draba

Original Purpose: To preserve extensive and diverse alpine-subalpine ecosystems in an isolated massif of volcanic origin Physical: The Ilgachuz Range is one of three distinct mountain masses which lie within the confines of the Fraser Plateau in the Anahim Lake area. All were formed by shield volcanoes of Miocene age which built up dome-like piles

Oribatid Mites ( Acari: orbatida) of Hayne’s Lease ER

8AprilGarryF100, Reports, Species ListExechocepheus, oribatid mites, Passalozettes

Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier of Biosystematics Research Centre , Agriculture Canada, Ottawa did this research in the 1980s. Oribatida are a quantitatively important component of most soils. They affect litter decomposition by feeding on and dispersing fungi, and by stimulating senescent fungal colonies through grazing. See the PDF: oribatid_mites_of_haynes_lease It notes that two generas were found

Hayne’s Lease Araneae (Spiders) (2)

8AprilGarryF100, Reports, Species List

Hayne’s Lease Araneae: ( Spiders) Spencer Entomological Museum, UBC, Determined by C.Dondale and J. Redner haynes_lease_araneae_in_spencer_entomological_museum

The Osoyos Arid Biotic Area

8AprilGarryF100, Reports, Species ListAmbystoma tigrinum slater, Antelope Brush, Antrozous pallididus cantwelli, bitterroot, Canyon wren, Eumeces skiltonianus, Great-basin spadefoot toad, Lewisia rediviva, myotis leibii melananorhinus, Opuntia fragilis, Pallid bat, Purshia tridentata, Scaphiopus intermontanus, short-horned lizard, small footed bat, Tiger salamander, western skink

G.G.E. Scudder of the Dept of Zoology, UBC The Osoyoos-arid Biotic Area has a distinctive faunal assemblege found nowhere else in Canada. Some of the species are found nowhere else in British Columbia. While they may not all be endangered, that they occur to the south, the populations in BC are peripheral ones. See the

Beresford Island ER #12 Overview: Physical and Biological

5AprilGarryF12, Reports, Species ListAbalone, Black, brandt's cormorant, Cassin's Auklet, Common Murre, Deermouse, Fork-tailed, Leach’s, Oystercatcher, Pelagic Cormorant, Peregrine Falcon spp. pealei, peromyscus maniculatus, Pigeon Guillemots, Storm-petrel

Original Purpose: To protect colonies of nesting seabirds and their habitat Physical: A small, rocky island, roughly oval in shape, which rises steeply from deep water to a rounded top. The shore is rock and the upper slopes tend to have less soil cover than Triangle and Sartine islands. A number of rocks and reefs

Sartine Islands Ecological Reserve Ecological Overview, Physical and Biological

5AprilGarryF11, Rare Species, Reports, Species Listbrandt's cormorant, Cassin's Auklet, Common Murre, Northern Abalone, Peregrine Falcon spp. pealei, Sea Otter, Steller Sea Lion, Tufted Puffin

Original Purpose: To protect colonies of breeding seabirds and their habitat Physical: This is a rugged, elongate island which rises steeply from the sea to a series of pinnacles and humps. The shoreline is rock, rising directly from the water, except for a narrow boulder beach along the northeastern shore. Though steep, most of the

New Species of Oligochaetes from Kerouard and Anthony Islands : Randy Baker

30MarchGarryF95, 96, People, Rare Species, Research, Species ListBathydrilus, Family Randiellidae, Grania, Oligochaeta, Order Randiellida, Pectinodrilus tempedstatis, Phallodrilus, Randy Baker, Subclass Randiellata, Tubificoides

Several species new to science of the class Oligochaeta were sampled in the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii) by Randy Baker in 1980. His samples were from the West side of Anthony Island in the mid-intertidal sediment , and on Kerourd Island from near the the south west side of St. James Island. See the

Flora List for Mahoney lake

5FebruaryGarryF130, Species List