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If you can find some seepy rock faces in those highlands, all the better. DW
----- Original Message -----
From: Mary Macaulay
To: Nature Nova Scotia
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 7:40 PM
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Clarification of "Northumberland Coastal Plain species"
Well just to confuse matters Angevine Lake is nestled happily in the Wallace Highlands!
> From: dwebster@glinx.com
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Clarification of "Northumberland Coastal Plain species"
> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 18:57:57 -0400
>
> Thanks David. Too bad Ken (I am assuming this was Ken Webb) didn't call the
> Cumberland lowlands something like 'Northumberland Lowlands'.
>
> I notice that Goldthwait (1924) used the heading 'Cumberland-Pictou
> Plain' for a section of his Lowlands chaper but on his map has
> 'Cumberland-Pictou Lowlands'.
> DW
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Patriquin" <patriqui@DAL.CA>
> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>; "Mary Macaulay" <marymacaulay@hotmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 8:28 PM
> Subject: [NatureNS] Clarification of "Northumberland Coastal Plain species"
>
>
> >I had figured Mary was using "Northumberland Coastal Plain" in the
> > context it is used by Parks Canada & others, not in reference to the
> > "Coastal Plain Flora", which she has confirmed (below, as posted to
> > NatureNS)
> >
> > The term "Northumberland Coastal Plain" applies to a physiographic
> > unit in Ag Canada's Ecoregions and Ecodistricts system, see
> > Ecoregions and Ecodistricts of Nova Scotia (Webb and Marshall, 2003):
> > "The Atlantic Maritime Ecozone covers 210 507 km2 and includes all of
> > New Brunswick , Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. It also covers
> > Iles-de-Ia-Madeleine and the part of Quebec extending southwesterly
> > from the Gaspe Peninsula through the Appalachian complex of eastern
> > Quebec to the U.S. border south of Sherbrooke....The ecozone is
> > dominated by the interior Appalachian Upland and the Northumberland
> > Coastal Plain physiographic units. The uplands are composed of
> > granite, gneiss, and other hard, crystalline rocks. This upland
> > terrain is covered by glacial till. Humo-Ferric Podzols are the
> > dominant soils. In the coastal lowland areas, Luvisolic and Podzolic
> > soils have formed on surficial materials derived from the underlying
> > sedimentary bedrock (e.g., sandstone, shale, and limestone)."
> >
> > I think the term has no intended phytogeographic relationship to the
> > Atlantic Coastal Plain flora, commonly referred to in NS as our
> > "Coastal Plain Flora", or "Nova Scotias Coastal Plain Flora" .
> > (However there is some overlap in regard to disjunct distributions,
> > see Majka et al. 2009 ZooKeys 22:347 ff)
> >
> > The website at http://www.speciesatrisk.ca/coastalplainflora/ gives a
> > list of Nova Scotia's Atlantic coastal plain plant species at risk,
> > which are mostly confined to SW Nova Scotia, and a complete list which
> > includes some species that have spread well beyond SW Nova Scotia.
> >
> > The introductory section to The Flora of N.S.: Part 2 The Dicotyledons
> > by Roland & Smith* in which they talk about the floral elements in
> > Nova Scotia's flora still seems to be the best available overview of
> > the origins of our flora; it includes a lengthy discussion of "THE
> > SOUTHWESTERN FLORA". (It would be nice if this whole section (pp
> > 279-311) were freely available on the NSIS website, also if it was
> > updated - anyone interested?!!!)
> >
> > *Proceedings of the N.S. Institute of Science 26(4): 278-746, 1969,
> > also available as The Flora Of Nova Scotia by Roland and Smith 1983,
> > published by The N.S. Museum
> >
> >
>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=marymacaulay@hotmail.com href="mailto:marymacaulay@hotmail.com">Mary
Macaulay</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">Nature Nova Scotia</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, November 20, 2010 7:40
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [NatureNS] Clarification of
"Northumberland Coastal Plain species"</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Well just to confuse matters Angevine Lake is nestled happily
in the Wallace Highlands!<BR> <BR>> From: <A
href="mailto:dwebster@glinx.com">dwebster@glinx.com</A><BR>> To: <A
href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A><BR>>
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Clarification of "Northumberland Coastal Plain
species"<BR>> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 18:57:57 -0400<BR>> <BR>> Thanks
David. Too bad Ken (I am assuming this was Ken Webb) didn't call the <BR>>
Cumberland lowlands something like 'Northumberland Lowlands'.<BR>> <BR>>
I notice that Goldthwait (1924) used the heading 'Cumberland-Pictou <BR>>
Plain' for a section of his Lowlands chaper but on his map has <BR>>
'Cumberland-Pictou Lowlands'.<BR>> DW<BR>> ----- Original Message -----
<BR>> From: "David Patriquin" <patriqui@DAL.CA><BR>> To:
<naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>; "Mary Macaulay"
<marymacaulay@hotmail.com><BR>> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 8:28
PM<BR>> Subject: [NatureNS] Clarification of "Northumberland Coastal Plain
species"<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> >I had figured Mary was using
"Northumberland Coastal Plain" in the<BR>> > context it is used by Parks
Canada & others, not in reference to the<BR>> > "Coastal Plain
Flora", which she has confirmed (below, as posted to<BR>> >
NatureNS)<BR>> ><BR>> > The term "Northumberland Coastal Plain"
applies to a physiographic<BR>> > unit in Ag Canada's Ecoregions and
Ecodistricts system, see<BR>> > Ecoregions and Ecodistricts of Nova
Scotia (Webb and Marshall, 2003):<BR>> > "The Atlantic Maritime Ecozone
covers 210 507 km2 and includes all of<BR>> > New Brunswick , Nova
Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. It also covers<BR>> >
Iles-de-Ia-Madeleine and the part of Quebec extending southwesterly<BR>>
> from the Gaspe Peninsula through the Appalachian complex of
eastern<BR>> > Quebec to the U.S. border south of Sherbrooke....The
ecozone is<BR>> > dominated by the interior Appalachian Upland and the
Northumberland<BR>> > Coastal Plain physiographic units. The uplands are
composed of<BR>> > granite, gneiss, and other hard, crystalline rocks.
This upland<BR>> > terrain is covered by glacial till. Humo-Ferric
Podzols are the<BR>> > dominant soils. In the coastal lowland areas,
Luvisolic and Podzolic<BR>> > soils have formed on surficial materials
derived from the underlying<BR>> > sedimentary bedrock (e.g., sandstone,
shale, and limestone)."<BR>> ><BR>> > I think the term has no
intended phytogeographic relationship to the<BR>> > Atlantic Coastal
Plain flora, commonly referred to in NS as our<BR>> > "Coastal Plain
Flora", or "Nova Scotias Coastal Plain Flora" .<BR>> > (However there is
some overlap in regard to disjunct distributions,<BR>> > see Majka et
al. 2009 ZooKeys 22:347 ff)<BR>> ><BR>> > The website at
http://www.speciesatrisk.ca/coastalplainflora/ gives a<BR>> > list of
Nova Scotia's Atlantic coastal plain plant species at risk,<BR>> > which
are mostly confined to SW Nova Scotia, and a complete list which<BR>> >
includes some species that have spread well beyond SW Nova Scotia.<BR>>
><BR>> > The introductory section to The Flora of N.S.: Part 2 The
Dicotyledons<BR>> > by Roland & Smith* in which they talk about the
floral elements in<BR>> > Nova Scotia's flora still seems to be the best
available overview of<BR>> > the origins of our flora; it includes a
lengthy discussion of "THE<BR>> > SOUTHWESTERN FLORA". (It would be nice
if this whole section (pp<BR>> > 279-311) were freely available on the
NSIS website, also if it was<BR>> > updated - anyone
interested?!!!)<BR>> ><BR>> > *Proceedings of the N.S. Institute
of Science 26(4): 278-746, 1969,<BR>> > also available as The Flora Of
Nova Scotia by Roland and Smith 1983,<BR>> > published by The N.S.
Museum<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
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