Ecological Assessment of the Plant Communities of the Williams Lake Backlands

• Main Authors: Hill, Nick, Patriquin, David
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: The Williams Lake Conservation Company 2014
• Subjects: Jack Pine; Broom Crowberry; Pinus banksiana; Corema conradii; Nova Scotia; Halifax Regional Municipality; barrens; pine barrens; fire; fire-dependent plant community; Mountain Holly washes; vernal pools; boulder fields; wetlands; Herring Cove; Williams Lake; Crowberry
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/45661

The Williams Lake Backlands (WLB), covering approximately 200 ha, are the larger, undeveloped part of the Williams Lake Watershed which includes Colpitt Lake and Williams Lake. The WLB are part of "Purcell's Cove Backlands" (approximately the 1350 ha) which include the land between Pu...