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At 11:12 AM 7/21/2008, Ken McKenna wrote:
>Hi Derek
>Although not coastal, the Eden Lake area of Pictou Co has been
>called barren with a lot of pine although I think the topic of
>barren with trees came up on this line in the past as been a little
>contridiction. In the Canso area, ie Chapel Gully Trail, there is
>Jack Pine on the barrens.
A "pine barren" is defined as "a savanna-type community that has
0-50% canopy closure (overstory) in the form of clumps or individual
tress of jack pine, red pine, oak, and aspen species; with a
shrub-grassland underneath dominated by ericaceous (heath) species
and containing some prairie species. Fire is the dominant disturbance
mechanism; with a stand replacing fire interval of 5-50 years. Pine
barrens are globally rare."
I would suppose that much of my new (extended) "backyard," the
Herring Cove Backlands (see
http://www.publicland.ca/herringcovebacklands.html), would be
considered "pine barrens" and I would expect that the area around
Chebucto Head/Duncan's Cove and north along Halifax Harbour to
Purcell's Cove, could be easily considered "coastal pine barren."
Certainly, there is a fair bit of Jack Pine in the area around York
Redoubt, in the "Pine Island Ponds" area.
Hope this helps, Derek!
Phil
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At 11:12 AM 7/21/2008, Ken McKenna wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=2>Hi Derek<br>
Although not coastal, the Eden Lake area of Pictou Co has been called
barren with a lot of pine although I think the topic of barren with trees
came up on this line in the past as been a little contridiction. In
the Canso area, ie Chapel Gully Trail, there is Jack Pine on the
barrens. </font></blockquote><br>
A "pine barren" is defined as "a savanna-type community
that has 0-50% canopy closure (overstory) in the form of clumps or
individual tress of jack pine, red pine, oak, and aspen species; with a
shrub-grassland underneath dominated by ericaceous (heath) species and
containing some prairie species. Fire is the dominant disturbance
mechanism; with a stand replacing fire interval of 5-50 years. Pine
barrens are globally rare."<br><br>
I would suppose that much of my new (extended) "backyard," the
Herring Cove Backlands (see
<a href="http://www.publicland.ca/herringcovebacklands.html" eudora="autourl">
http://www.publicland.ca/herringcovebacklands.html</a>), would be
considered "pine barrens" and I would expect that the area
around Chebucto Head/Duncan's Cove and north along Halifax Harbour
to Purcell's Cove, could be easily considered "coastal pine
barren." Certainly, there is a fair bit of Jack Pine in the area
around York Redoubt, in the "Pine Island Ponds" area.<br><br>
Hope this helps, Derek!<br><br>
Phil<br><br>
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Dr. Phil Schappert<br><br>
27 Clovis Ave.<br>
Halifax, NS Canada, B3P 1J3<br>
Home: 902-404-5679<br>
Cell: 902-460-8343<br><br>
<a href="http://www.philschappert.com/" eudora="autourl">
www.philschappert.com<br>
</a><a href="http://www.aworldforbutterflies.com/" eudora="autourl">
www.aworldforbutterflies.com<br><br>
</a>"Just let imagination lead, reality will follow
through..."<br>
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