Réserve écologique William-Baldwin
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Réserve écologique William-Baldwin
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| location | Abitibi , Quebec, Canada | |
| surface | 2.91 km² | |
| WDPA ID | 67195 | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 55 ' N , 78 ° 24' W | |
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| Setup date | 1992 | |
| administration | MDDEP | |
The Réserve écologique William-Baldwin is a 291.38 hectare protected area in the west of the Canadian province of Québec in the Canton de Berry around 50 km northwest of Amos .
As part of the province's protected area system, the park represents the county community of Abitibi and in particular the low and high moors there.
The area is located in a depression, about 300 m above sea level. The glaciers of the last Ice Age abraded the hills and partially filled in the depressions. The bogs created there have an average height of 2.5 m.
Spruces dominate the boreal forest in the reserve; there they are not called épicéa , as in France, but épinettes , whereby the Acadians call the tree le prusse . There are also East American larches , but above all grasses such as the turf rush ( Trichophorum cespitosum ), which the Francophones call scirpe gazonnant . The orchid species Arethusa bulbosa is also endangered, as are long-leaved sundew , Xyris montana from the family of the Xyridaceae and Utricularia geminiscapa from the genus of the water hoses .
The sanctuary was named after the botanist William Kirwan Willcoks Baldwin, who was the first to examine the plants in the Abitibi region.
Web links
- Réserve écologique William-Baldwin , government website
- Commission de toponymie du Québec: Réserve écologique William-Baldwin
Remarks
- ↑ William Kirwan Willcoks Baldwin: Botanical excursion to the Boreal Forest region in northern Quebec and Ontario ., 1959