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=2C Nova Scotia=2C and Prince This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_OVMOEjLbwBjQp2yRI9ejPA) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT 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 > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.869 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3256 - Release Date: 11/14/10 > 03:34:00 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.869 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3256 - Release Date: 11/14/10 03:34:00 --Boundary_(ID_OVMOEjLbwBjQp2yRI9ejPA) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <STYLE>.hmmessage P { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } BODY.hmmessage { FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt } </STYLE> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18975"></HEAD> <BODY class=hmmessage bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>If you can find some seepy rock faces in those highlands, all the better. DW</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <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>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<BR>> Version: 9.0.869 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3256 - Release Date: 11/14/10 <BR>> 03:34:00<BR>> <BR> <P> <HR> <P></P><BR>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <BR>Version: 9.0.869 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3256 - Release Date: 11/14/10 03:34:00<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_OVMOEjLbwBjQp2yRI9ejPA)--
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