Réserve écologique du Ruisseau-de-l'Indien
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Réserve écologique du Ruisseau-de-l'Indien
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| location | Pontiac , Quebec, Canada | |
| surface | 3.24 km² | |
| WDPA ID | 23121 | |
| Geographical location | 46 ° 7 ′ N , 77 ° 29 ′ W | |
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| Setup date | 1991 | |
| administration | MDDEP | |
The Réserve écologique du Ruisseau-de-l'Indien is an ecological reserve in the extreme southwest of the Canadian province of Québec , which was named after the small river that runs through it.
It was established in 1991 on an area of 324 hectares and is located in the northwest of the Outaouais administrative region , in the regional county town of Pontiac , on the north bank of the Ottawa .
It protects sugar maple forests mixed with yellow birch trees , which are typical of the Lac Pythonga ecoregion .
The hilly area on the Canadian Shield is between 250 and 500 meters above sea level. The subsoil consists of gneiss , quartzite and calcareous rock. Post-glacial floods have shaped the terraces of the India River.
Weymouth pine (called pin blanc) and red pine are strongly represented , followed by Populus grandidentata, a type of poplar that is only found in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada, and finally American quivering aspen . On one sandy plateau site there is the Banks pine , called pin gris , and on another a silver maple forest.
Numerous other plants are associated with the various forest and soil types, such as the endangered Lathyrus ochroleucus from the legume family .
Glass eyeglasses can be found in the river . Also live northern map turtle , the toad Anaxyrus americanus , which in English as frog mink , in French as grenouille verte known frog Rana septentrionalis , and the bullfrog here Ouaouaron is, in greater numbers.
Archaeological studies have shown that the area was inhabited more than 4000 years ago.
literature
- JL Brown: Essais de différentes intensités d'éclaircie dans les pinèdes d'âges multiples situées dans la forêt d'expérimentation du Ruisseau-de-l'Indien, circonscription de Pontiac, Québec (Mémoire de recherche forestière 110), Québec 1994.
Web links
- Réserve écologique du Ruisseau-de-l'Indien , government website