[NatureNS] Clarification of "Northumberland Coastal Plain species"

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