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NATURESCAPE BRITISH COLUMBIA Caring for Wildlife Habitat at Home The Stewardship Series NATURESCAPE BRITISH COLUMBIA Caring for Wildlife Habitat at Home Native Plant and Animal Booklet, Southern Interior Naturescape British Columbia IS FUNDED BY For More information, call 1-800-387-9853 National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data Main entry under title: Naturescape British Columbia. Native plant and animal booklet, Southern Interior (Stewardship series) On cover: Caring for wildlife habitat at home. ISBN 0-7726-3261-8 1. Biontic communities - British Columbia. 2. Nature conservation - British Columbia. I. Cannings, Richard J. (Richard James) II. Naturescape British columbia. III. Title: Caring for Wildlife habitat at home. IV. Series. QH77.C3N37 1997 577.8’2 2” 09711 C97-960148-7 Notice: The information contained in the Naturescape British Columbia Guide and booklets is true and complete to the best of our knowledge. All recommendations are made without any guarantees on the part of the authors and Naturescape British Columbia sponsors. Because the means, materials and procedures followed by home- owners are beyond our control, the authors and Naturescape British Columbia disclaim all liability in connection with the use of this information. Naturescape British Columbia publications are copyright© 1995 by the Government of British Columbia. All rights reserved. Except for use in review, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including xerography, photocopying, and recording, and in any information storage and retrieval system is forbidden without the written permission of Naturescape British Columbia and Havitat Conservation Trust Foundation Photo credits: Front Cover Poderosa Pine and Okanagan Lake S.R. Cannings Back Cover Anise Swallowtail Butterfly E. Durance Manposa Lily E. Durance Spotted Frog D. Lybarger Steller’s Jay D. Lybarger Naturescape British Columbia Western Rattlesnake D. Lybarger Havitat Conservation Trust Foundation Black-capped Chickadee on pinecone D. Lybarger Suite 107 19 Dallas Road Victoria BC V8V 5A6 www.naturescapebc.ca NAT U R E S C A P E BR I T I S H CO L U M B I A Native Plant and Animal Booklet, Southern Interi o r W r itten and compiled by Richard Cannings Suzanne Schmiddem M a r garet Holm C r ispin Guppy Susan Campbell Updated by Saila Hull G r aphic Design and Electronic Assembly Bobolo Graphic Design I l l u s t r a t o r s John Salsnek Pa t r icia Shantz About Naturescape British Columbia ABOUT NATURESCAPE BRITISH COLUMBIA Naturescape British Columbia promotes caring for wildlife habitat at home. It is funded by W i l d l i fe Habitat Canada, E nvironment Canada (Canadian W i l d l i fe Serv i c e ) , B r itish Columbia Ministry of E nv i r o n m e n t , Lands and Pa r k s , the Habitat Conservation Trust Fund and the participants who register in the Naturescape Progra m . The support and assistance of the Federation of British Columbia Natura l i s t s , B r itish Columbia N u r s e r y Trades A s s o c i a t i o n , B r itish Columbia Society of Landscape A r c h i t e c t s , and the Urban W i l d l i fe Committee ( Va n c o u ver ) is greatly appreciated. The financial contri but ion of the Okanagan Region W i l d l i fe Heritage Fund Society made the printing of this publ i c a t i o n p o s s i bl e . H O N O U R A RY PAT RO N The Honoura ble John A . F r a s e r,P. C . , O. C . , O. B . C . , Q. C . , L L . B . SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBU TORS N ATURESCAPE A DV I S O RY AND REVIEWERS C O M M I T T E E Paulette A n d e r s o n , We s t b a n k Richard Beard, Ve r non C. B r i n k , Va n c o u ve r WBT Wild Bird Trust of B. C . , West Va n c o u ve r Ve r non C. B r i n k , Anthea Byra n , Pe n t i c t o n Va n c o u ver Natural History Society,Va n c o u ve r Susan Campbell,Va n c o u ve r Susan Campbell, Dennis Demarchi,V i c t o r i a G r i f fin Wo r k s , Va n c o u v e r Michael Dunn, D e l t a Michael Dunn, Theresa Duynstee, D e l t a Canadian W i l d l i fe Serv i c e , D e l t a D ave Fra s e r,V i c t o r i a Theresa Duynstee, Stewardship Pledge Progra m , D e l t a Pa t r icia Leslie,V i c t o r i a Linda Georg e , Malcolm Mart i n , Ve r n o n E nvironmental Educators P. S . A . , V i c t o r i a Rod Silve r,V i c t o r i a Ruth Keogh, Liz Stanlake,V i c t o r i a Habitat Gardener, S i d n e y Dennis St.John, Okanagan Falls Linda Kingston, B r ian Stretch, S u m m e r l a n d F e d e r ation of B. C . N a t u r alists and Va n c o u v er Natural History Society, B u r n a by Paulus V r i j m o e d , L a n g l e y Pa t r icia Leslie, F r ancis V y s e , K a m l o o p s Naturescape British Columbia,V i c t o r i a Willie MacGillivray, Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary,V i c t o r i a B a r b a r a Stevenson Nield, Habitat Conservation Trust Fund,Va n c o u v e r Sylvia Pincott, A bb o t s ford Backyard Habitat Program and Federation of B. C . N a t u r a l i s t s , A bb o t s f o r d D avid Reid, B. C . Society of Landscape A r c h i t e c t s , N a n a i m o Rod Silve r, representing W i l d l i fe Habitat Canada,V i c t o r ia (Committee Chair) Liz Stanlake, M i n i s t r y of Env i r o n m e n t , Lands and Pa r k s , W i l d l i fe Bra n c h , V i c t o r i a Paulus V r i j m o e d , B. C . N u r s e r y Trades A s s o c i a t i o n , L a n g l e y Maureen Way n e , Habitat Conservation Trust Fund,V i c t o r i a Brent Zahari a , City of Richmond, R i c h m o n d Ta b le of Contents TA B L E O F CO N T E N T S I n t r o d u c t i o n . .2 Ecosystems and Ecosystem Dive r s i t y . .2 Ecosystems Defined . .2 D i v e r sity of Ecosystems . .3 H ow Ecosystems are Classified in British Columbia . .5 The Southern Interior Ecoprov i n c e . .5 L o c a t i o n . .5 C l i m a t e . .5 Veg e t a t i o n . .5 Wi l d l i fe . .7 The Protection of Grasslands in the Southern Interi o r . .1 0 Putting It All Together In Your Ya r d . .1 1 X e r i s c a p e : Water Conservation for a Naturescape Garden . .1 3 S u m m a r y of Plant and Animal Ta bl e s , S o u t h e r n Interi o r . .1 9 Ta b le 1: Native Plants . .1 9 Ta b le 2: Non-native Plants . .2 9 Plants for Special A r e a s . .3 2 Ta b le 3: B u t t e r f l i e s , Moths and Other Insects . .3 3 Ta b le 4: Amphibians and Reptiles . .4 0 Ta b le 5: B i r d s . .4 2 Ta b le 6: M a m m a l s . .5 3 PLANT AND ANIMAL BOOKLET, SOUTHERN INTERIOR • Naturescape British Columbia 1 I n t r o d u c t i o n I N T RO D U C T I O N o r c h a r d s , v i n e yards and golf cours e s . While it is still The Provincial Guide has give n p o s s i ble in British Columbia to look over the you the basic how-to info r m a t i o n mountains and plateaus and see large expanses of for creating wildlife habitat in your ya r d . The next n a t u r al ecosystems, the valley bottoms have been step is to consider the type of habitat appropriate to ra d i c a l ly changed, e s p e c i a l ly in the Southern Interi o r.
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