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Jun. 2, 2008
Nature NS
Friday, May 30th, my mother took ds12, dd10, and me to our first Nature NS meeting. The special speaker was Dr. Sherman Boates, Manager of Wildlife Resources, NS Dept of Natural Resources. He spoke on "A Sense of Place: Biodiversity Treasures in Southwest NS." [www.gov.ns.ca/natr/wildlife/conserva/03-02-5.htm ]
There are eleven species of plants unique to southwest NS. They are at risk of becoming extinct.
1. Pink Tickseed (Coreopsis rosea)
2. Plymouth Gentain (Sabatia kennedyana)
3. Sweet Pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia)
4. Thread-leaved Sundew (Drosera filiformis)
5. Tubercled Spikerush (Eleocharis tuberculosa)
6. Water Pennywort (Hydrocotyle umbellata)
7. New Jersey Rush ( Juncus caesariensis)
8. Long's Bullrush (Scirpus longii)
9. Redroot (Lachnanthes caroliana)
10. Golden-crest (Lophiola aurea)
11. Bladderwort (Utricularia resupinata) [www.speciesatrisk.ca]
Dr. M. L. Fernald led an expedition to Ns in the 1920's. He was a botanist from Gray Herbarium at Harvard University. He named and classified many of the plant species in this area.
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