Rare And Endemic Vascular Plants Of Gwaii Haanas South Moresby Park Queen Charlotte Islands British Columbia

Report on inventories of the vascular flora of seven mountains and one estuary in Gwaii Haanas (South Moresby) Park. Field inventories were carried out in August 1992, with voucher specimens of critical species collected, identified, and deposited in the herbarium of the Royal British Columbia Museum. Additional observations were recorded in each area of sightings, signs, and browsing effects of introduced black-tailed deer.

The most isolated archipelago on the west coast of the Americas, inhabited for at least 10,500 years, Haida Gwaii has fascinated scientists, social scientists, historians, and inquisitive travellers for decades. This book brings together the results of extensive and varied field research by both federal agencies and independent researchers, and carefully integrates them with earlier archaeological, ethnohistorical, and paleoenvironmental work in the region. It imparts significant new information about the natural history of Haida Gwaii, also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, and the adjacent areas of Hecate Strait. Chapters analyze new data on ice retreat, shoreline and sea level change, faunal communities, and culture history, providing a more comprehensive picture of the history of the islands from the late glacial through the prehistoric period, to the time of European contact, known to the Haida as the "time of the Iron People."

Sitka spruce, the largest of the world's spruces, is an important component of British Columbia's coastal forests. Its ecology gives it a special place in the sustainable management of the province's forests. However, in west coast forestry it is poorly known in comparison with its main coniferous companions -- Douglas-fir, western redcedar, and western hemlock. As an important international forestry resource, it is crucial that Sitka spruce -- its ecology and the ecosystems in which it occurs -- be clearly understood by those who are involved with its management.

"Canada-British Columbia South Moresby Forest Replacement Account".

Brooks Peninsula, extending into the Pacific from the north-west coast of Vancouver Island, exhibits physical and biological characteristics of a region which may have escaped the last glaciation. This volume is a compilation of papers resulting from a multi-disciplinary research project to collect specimens and data on the human and natural history of this remote, uninhabited, and little-explored area. The objectives of the project were to determine the age of the land surface and describe its environmental history, determine the degree to which the plant and animal populations differ from adjacent glaciated areas, and to document past use of the landscape by people. Topics covered include bedrock and Quaternary geology, soils, plants, vascular plant cytology, paleoecology, terrestrial arthropods, fishes, vertebrates, ethnographic history, archaeology, and the peninsula as an ice age refugium. The final chapter reviews the multi-disciplinary research expedition strategy used to study the Brooks Peninsula.

The Olympic Peninsula. This remarkable and isolated corner of Washington State is a land where snowy peaks tumble down to a mist-shrouded coast and majestic rainfores lies only 34 miles from dry oak savanna. Within its borders grows a remarkably diverse flora, with nearly the same number of vascular plants as the British Islesan area 30 times larger. Rugged and remote, the Olympic Peninsula is a place where naturalists can still experience the thrill of discovering aspecies previously unknown to the area.This book is the first comprehensive inventory of the Peninsula's flora, bringing together the results of nearly a century of botanical explorations by the authors. With it's inclusion of recent changes in plant names, this text is also a crucial taxonomic reference. It is an essential tool for anyone involved in the study, restoration, preservation, or enjoyment of native plants and their habitats on the Olympic Peninsula.

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