DOCSLIB.ORG

Historical Vegetation of Central Southwest Oregon, Based on GLO Survey Notes : Final Report to USDI Bureau of Land Management, Medford District

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Historical Vegetation of Central Southwest Oregon, Based on GLO Survey Notes : Final Report to USDI Bureau of Land Management, Medford District Portland State University PDXScholar Institute for Natural Resources Publications Institute for Natural Resources - Portland 10-31-2011 Historical Vegetation of Central Southwest Oregon, Based on GLO Survey Notes : Final Report to USDI Bureau of Land Management, Medford District O. Eugene Hickman John A. Christy Portland State University Follow this and additional works at: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/naturalresources_pub Part of the Natural Resources and Conservation Commons, and the Soil Science Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Citation Details Hickman, O. Eugene and John A. Christy. 2011. Historical Vegetation of Central Southwest Oregon Based on GLO Survey Notes. Final Report to USDI Bureau of Land Management. Medford District, Oregon. 124 pp. This Technical Report is brought to you for free and open access. It has been accepted for inclusion in Institute for Natural Resources Publications by an authorized administrator of PDXScholar. Please contact us if we can make this document more accessible: [email protected]. HISTORICAL VEGETATION OF CENTRAL SOUTHWEST OREGON, BASED ON GLO SURVEY NOTES Final Report to USDI BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT Medford District October 31, 2011 By O. Eugene Hickman and John A. Christy Consulting Rangeland Ecologist Oregon Biodiversity Information Center Retired, USDA - NRCS Portland State University 61851 Dobbin Road PSU – INR, P.O. Box 751 Bend, Oregon 97702 Portland, Oregon 97207-0751 (541, 312-2512) (503, 725-9953) [email protected] [email protected] Suggested citation: Hickman, O. Eugene and John A. Christy. 2011. Historical Vegetation of Central Southwest Oregon Based on GLO Survey Notes. Final Report to USDI Bureau of Land Management. Medford District, Oregon. 124 pp. ______________________________________________________________________________ 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................................................................ 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................................................................... 5 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................................. 7 SW OREGON PRE-GLO SURVEY HISTORY ....................................................................................................................... 7 THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE, ITS FUNCTION AND HISTORY............................................................................................ 10 Transition to Southern Oregon ................................................................................................................................. 10 SW Oregon GLO Survey Program ........................................................................................................................... 11 PROJECT OBJECTIVES ...................................................................................................................................................... 12 PRODUCTS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Viewing GLO Data and Project Deliverables .......................................................................................................... 12 STUDY AREA .................................................................................................................................................................. 13 BLM FUNDED PROJECT .................................................................................................................................................. 13 OSU PROJECT AND COMBINED STUDY AREA ................................................................................................................. 16 ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING ............................................................................................................................................. 17 Ecological Divisions ................................................................................................................................................. 17 Geology .................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Topography .............................................................................................................................................................. 20 Climate ..................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Soils .......................................................................................................................................................................... 24 THE GLO SURVEY SYSTEM AND RECORDS ......................................................................................................... 26 LOCAL SURVEY PROCEDURE .......................................................................................................................................... 26 GLO RECORDS ............................................................................................................................................................ 27 Bearing or Witness Tree Data .................................................................................................................................. 27 Section Line Measurements, Intercepts and References ........................................................................................... 27 Descriptions of Section Lines ................................................................................................................................... 28 General Description of Townships ........................................................................................................................... 28 Township Plat ........................................................................................................................................................... 28 COMMENTS REGARDING THE USE AND INTERPRETATION OF GLO RECORDS ................................................................. 28 METHODS AND PROCEDURES ................................................................................................................................. 30 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................... 30 PREPARATION OF ACCESS DATABASE ............................................................................................................................. 32 Overview ................................................................................................................................................................... 32 Township Table Preparation .................................................................................................................................... 32 Line Table Preparation ............................................................................................................................................ 32 Completed Line Tables ............................................................................................................................................. 33 PREPARATION OF HISTORICAL VEGETATION MAPS ........................................................................................................ 33 Overview ................................................................................................................................................................... 33 Development of Fine-Scale Map Units (Vegetation Subclasses) .............................................................................. 33 Development of Coarse-scale Map Units (Vegetation Classes) ............................................................................... 34 Forest. ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 35 Woodland. ............................................................................................................................................................................... 35 Savanna. .................................................................................................................................................................................. 35 Shrubland. ............................................................................................................................................................................... 35 Prairie. ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 35 2 RESULTS: GLO SURVEY, PRODUCTS AND DISCUSSION .................................................................................. 36 SOUTHWEST OREGON GLO SURVEYS ............................................................................................................................. 36 Surveyors .................................................................................................................................................................
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Dog Mountain
    Dog Mt. Columbia River Gorge Skamania County, WA T3N R9E S 19, 20, 29, 30, 31, 32 Updated May 5, 2011 Flora Northwest- http://science.halleyhosting.com List compiled after numerous visits by Paul Slichter, from historical records and from NPSO and WNPS lists. Common Name Scientific Name Family Vine Maple Acer circinatum Aceraceae Big-leaf Maple Acer macrophyllum Aceraceae Poison Oak Toxicodendron diversiloba Anacardiaceae Sharp-tooth Angelica Angelica arguta Apiaceae Bur Chervil Anthriscus caucalis Apiaceae Wild Chervil ? Anthriscus sylvestris ? Apiaceae Queen Anne's Lace Daucus carota Apiaceae Cow Parsnip Heracleum maximum Apiaceae Gray's Lovage Ligusticum grayi Apiaceae Fernleaf Desert Parsley Lomatium dissectum v. dissectum Apiaceae Slender-fruited Desert Parsley? Lomatium leptocarpum ? Apiaceae Martindale's Desert Parsley Lomatium martindalei Apiaceae Bare-stem Desert Parsley Lomatium nudicaule Apiaceae Nine-leaf Desert Parsley Lomatium triternatum (v. anomalum ?) Apiaceae Nine-leaf Desert Parsley Lomatium triternatum v. triternatum Apiaceae Common Sweet Cicely Osmorhiza berteroi Apiaceae Mountain Sweet Cicely Osmorhiza occidentalis Apiaceae Sierra Snake Root Sanicula graveolens Apiaceae Flytrap Dogbane Apocynum androsaemifolium Apocynaceae Common Periwinkle Vinca minor Apocynaceae Devils Club Oploplanax horridum Araliaceae Wild Ginger Asarum caudatum Aristolochaceae Yarrow Achillea millefolium Asteraceae Pathfinder Adenocaulon bicolor Asteraceae Large-flowered Agoseris ? Agoseris grandiflora Asteraceae Annual Agoseris Agoseris heterophylla
    [Show full text]
  • July 2018 Newsletter FOUNDATION
    Bear Creek Greenway July 2018 Newsletter FOUNDATION Meet Board Member Shana Thomas Roxy Ann I grew up in a family where spending time outdoors was just the norm. We would camp and hike year round, and I developed a deep appreciation for green spaces. I continue On the Central Point Section of the Greenway Trail at this lifestyle today with my own children, fostering in them the same love for the outdoors. Mile 24 looking to the southeast, you’ll see a prominent, My family and I moved to the Rogue Valley in the summer of 2015 for my job at a co-op cone-shaped peak called “Roxy Ann” (elevation 3,756 where my personal and professional passions align. We were ecstatic at the opportunity feet). The upland Takelma (or Latgawa) Indians that lived to live so close to rivers, mountains, and trees. We often refer to our family as “the circus,” in the Table Rock/Central Point area called this mountain raising three rambunctious daughters, and we couldn’t wait for the outdoor adventures that “Alwiya.” They gathered acorns and hunted deer on its would ensue. Shortly after we arrived in Medford, our youngest daughter was diagnosed with Transverse Myelitis and Acute Flaccid Paralysis, a neuro-muscular condition with an slopes. The Rogue Valley’s first Euro-American settlers unknown prognosis. Once we wrapped our heads around our new reality of life with a dubbed the peak “Skinner’s Butte” for Alonzo A. Skinner special needs child, we made a commitment to continue to prioritize outdoor experiences (whose log cabin, the first settler’s house in the valley, as a family.
    [Show full text]
  • CDFG Natural Communities List
    Department of Fish and Game Biogeographic Data Branch The Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program List of California Terrestrial Natural Communities Recognized by The California Natural Diversity Database September 2003 Edition Introduction: This document supersedes all other lists of terrestrial natural communities developed by the Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB). It is based on the classification put forth in “A Manual of California Vegetation” (Sawyer and Keeler-Wolf 1995 and upcoming new edition). However, it is structured to be compatible with previous CNDDB lists (e.g., Holland 1986). For those familiar with the Holland numerical coding system you will see a general similarity in the upper levels of the hierarchy. You will also see a greater detail at the lower levels of the hierarchy. The numbering system has been modified to incorporate this richer detail. Decimal points have been added to separate major groupings and two additional digits have been added to encompass the finest hierarchal detail. One of the objectives of the Manual of California Vegetation (MCV) was to apply a uniform hierarchical structure to the State’s vegetation types. Quantifiable classification rules were established to define the major floristic groups, called alliances and associations in the National Vegetation Classification (Grossman et al. 1998). In this document, the alliance level is denoted in the center triplet of the coding system and the associations in the right hand pair of numbers to the left of the final decimal. The numbers of the alliance in the center triplet attempt to denote relationships in floristic similarity. For example, the Chamise-Eastwood Manzanita alliance (37.106.00) is more closely related to the Chamise- Cupleaf Ceanothus alliance (37.105.00) than it is to the Chaparral Whitethorn alliance (37.205.00).
    [Show full text]
  • Arctostaphylos Hispidula, Gasquet Manzanita
    Conservation Assessment for Gasquet Manzanita (Arctostaphylos hispidula) Within the State of Oregon Photo by Clint Emerson March 2010 U.S.D.A. Forest Service Region 6 and U.S.D.I. Bureau of Land Management Interagency Special Status and Sensitive Species Program Author CLINT EMERSON is a botanist, USDA Forest Service, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, Gold Beach and Powers Ranger District, Gold Beach, OR 97465 TABLE OF CONTENTS Disclaimer 3 Executive Summary 3 List of Tables and Figures 5 I. Introduction 6 A. Goal 6 B. Scope 6 C. Management Status 7 II. Classification and Description 8 A. Nomenclature and Taxonomy 8 B. Species Description 9 C. Regional Differences 9 D. Similar Species 10 III. Biology and Ecology 14 A. Life History and Reproductive Biology 14 B. Range, Distribution, and Abundance 16 C. Population Trends and Demography 19 D. Habitat 21 E. Ecological Considerations 25 IV. Conservation 26 A. Conservation Threats 26 B. Conservation Status 28 C. Known Management Approaches 32 D. Management Considerations 33 V. Research, Inventory, and Monitoring Opportunities 35 Definitions of Terms Used (Glossary) 39 Acknowledgements 41 References 42 Appendix A. Table of Known Sites in Oregon 45 2 Disclaimer This Conservation Assessment was prepared to compile existing published and unpublished information for the rare vascular plant Gasquet manzanita (Arctostaphylos hispidula) as well as include observational field data gathered during the 2008 field season. This Assessment does not represent a management decision by the U.S. Forest Service (Region 6) or Oregon/Washington BLM. Although the best scientific information available was used and subject experts were consulted in preparation of this document, it is expected that new information will arise.
    [Show full text]
  • “We'll All Start Even”
    Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives Gary Halvorson, Oregon State “We’ll All Start Even” White Egalitarianism and the Oregon Donation Land Claim Act KENNETH R. COLEMAN THIS MURAL, located in the northwest corner of the Oregon State Capitol rotunda, depicts John In Oregon, as in other parts of the world, theories of White superiority did not McLoughlin (center) of the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) welcoming Presbyterian missionaries guarantee that Whites would reign at the top of a racially satisfied world order. Narcissa Whitman and Eliza Spalding to Fort Vancouver in 1836. Early Oregon land bills were That objective could only be achieved when those theories were married to a partly intended to reduce the HBC’s influence in the region. machinery of implementation. In America during the nineteenth century, the key to that eventuality was a social-political system that tied economic and political power to land ownership. Both the Donation Land Claim Act of 1850 and the 1857 Oregon Constitution provision barring Blacks from owning real Racist structures became ingrained in the resettlement of Oregon, estate guaranteed that Whites would enjoy a government-granted advantage culminating in the U.S. Congress’s passing of the DCLA.2 Oregon’s settler over non-Whites in the pursuit of wealth, power, and privilege in the pioneer colonists repeatedly invoked a Jacksonian vision of egalitarianism rooted in generation and each generation that followed. White supremacy to justify their actions, including entering a region where Euro-Americans were the minority and — without U.S. sanction — creating a government that reserved citizenship for White males.3 They used that govern- IN 1843, many of the Anglo-American farm families who immigrated to ment not only to validate and protect their own land claims, but also to ban the Oregon Country were animated by hopes of generous federal land the immigration of anyone of African ancestry.
    [Show full text]
  • Investigating Processes Shaping Willamette Valley
    BEHIND THE SCENES: INVESTIGATING PROCESSES SHAPING WILLAMETTE VALLEY ARCHITECTURE 1840-1865 WITH A CASE STUDY IN BROWNSVILLE by SUSAN CASHMAN TREXLER A THESIS Presented to the Interdisciplinary Studies Program: Historic Preservation and the Graduate School of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science June 2014 THESIS APPROVAL PAGE Student: Susan Cashman Trexler Title: Behind the Scenes: Investigating Processes Shaping Willamette Valley Architecture 1840-1865 With a Case Study in Brownsville This thesis has been accepted and approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Science degree in the Interdisciplinary Studies Program: Historic Preservation by: Dr. Susan Hardwick Chairperson Liz Carter Committee Member and Kimberly Andrews Espy Vice President for Research and Innovation; Dean of the Graduate School Original approval signatures are on file with the University of Oregon Graduate School. Degree awarded June 2014 ii © 2014 Susan Cashman Trexler iii THESIS ABSTRACT Susan Cashman Trexler Master of Science Interdisciplinary Studies Program: Historic Preservation June 2014 Title: Behind the Scenes: Investigating Processes Shaping Willamette Valley Architecture 1840-1865 With a Case Study in Brownsville This thesis studies the diffusion of architectural types and the rise of regionally distinct typologies in the Willamette Valley’s settlement period (1840-1865) in Oregon. Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to analyze the dispersion of architectural types within the Willamette Valley revealed trends amongst the extant settlement architecture samples. Brownsville, Oregon, was identified to have a locally-specific architectural subtype, the closer study of which enabled deeper investigation of the development of architectural landscapes during the Willamette Valley’s settlement period.
    [Show full text]
  • Vascular Plants of Horse Mountain (Humboldt County, California) James P
    Humboldt State University Digital Commons @ Humboldt State University Botanical Studies Open Educational Resources and Data 4-2019 Vascular Plants of Horse Mountain (Humboldt County, California) James P. Smith Jr Humboldt State University, [email protected] John O. Sawyer Jr. Humboldt State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/botany_jps Part of the Botany Commons Recommended Citation Smith, James P. Jr and Sawyer, John O. Jr., "Vascular Plants of Horse Mountain (Humboldt County, California)" (2019). Botanical Studies. 38. https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/botany_jps/38 This Flora of Northwest California: Checklists of Local Sites of Botanical Interest is brought to you for free and open access by the Open Educational Resources and Data at Digital Commons @ Humboldt State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Botanical Studies by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Humboldt State University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. VASCULAR PLANTS OF HORSE MOUNTAIN (HUMBOLDT COUNTY, CALIFORNIA) Compiled by James P. Smith, Jr. & John O. Sawyer, Jr. Department of Biological Sciences Humboldt State University Arcata, California Fourth Edition · 29 April 2019 Horse Mountain (elevation 4952 ft.) is located at 40.8743N, -123.7328 W. The Polystichum x scopulinum · Bristle or holly fern closest town is Willow Creek, about 15 miles to the northeast. Access is via County Road 1 (Titlow Hill Road) off State Route 299. You have now left the Coast Range PTERIDACEAE BRAKE FERN FAMILY and entered the Klamath-Siskiyou Region. The area offers commanding views of Adiantum pedatum var. aleuticum · Maidenhair fern the Pacific Ocean and the Trinity Alps.
    [Show full text]
  • Oregon Land Donation Records
    Oregon Land Donation Records Lyn Rasmussen, CGsm FamilySearch Introduction An offer of free land was hard to resist. The Donation Land Claim Act of 1850 offered just that in Oregon Territory’s Willamette Valley. The act became law on September 27, 1850. For those living in the Territory, or who arrived before the December 1, 1850 deadline, the grant was 320 acres for a male citizen 18 or older (or those who had legally declared intention to become a citizen) or 640 acres to a married couple. This legitimized the provisional land claims made before the 1850 act. Disallowed from land were African Americans and Indians, but American Indian half-breeds could apply. Those arriving in Oregon after the December 1, 1850 deadline and before December 1, 1855 (the expiration of the law) were eligible to receive half the amount of donation land. The size of the land piece was dependent upon the date of arrival and the marital status of the claimant. The law allowed for 320 acres of designated land free to a married man and his wife. A single man was eligible for 160 acres. In an extension of the law in 1854 land was available but sold for $1.25 per acre, with the cap of 320 acres. After 1862 the Homestead Law applied to Oregon land. Claimants were to live on the land and cultivate it for four years and after having done so would own it outright.1 The potential for a nice homestead in Oregon was motivation for tens of thousands of white settlers to migrate to the Oregon Territory from 1850 through 1855.
    [Show full text]
  • Interpretation and Conclusions
    "LIKE NUGGETS FROM A GOLD MINEu SEARCHING FOR BRICKS AND THEIR MAKERS IN 'THE OREGON COUNTRY' B~f' Kmtm (1 COfwer~ ;\ th¢...i, ...uhmineJ Ilt SOIl(mla Slale UFU vcr,il y 11'1 partial fulfiUlT'Ietlt of the fCqlJln:mcntfi for the dcgr~ of MASTER OF ARTS tn Copyright 2011 by Kristin O. Converse ii AUTHORlZAnON FOR REPRODUCnON OF MASTER'S THESISIPROJECT 1pM' pernlt"j(m I~ n:pnll.lm.:til.m of Ihi$ rhais in ib endrel)" \Ii' !tbout runt\er uuthorilAtlOO fn.)m me. on the condiHt)Jllhat the per",)f1 Of a,eocy rl;!'(lucMing reproduction the "'OS$. and 1:Jf't)vi~ proper ackruJwkd,rnem nf auth.:If'l'htp. III “LIKE NUGGETS FROM A GOLD MINE” SEARCHING FOR BRICKS AND THEIR MAKERS IN „THE OREGON COUNTRY‟ Thesis by Kristin O. Converse ABSTRACT Purpose of the Study: The history of the Pacific Northwest has favored large, extractive and national industries such as the fur trade, mining, lumbering, fishing and farming over smaller pioneer enterprises. This multi-disciplinary study attempts to address that oversight by focusing on the early brickmakers in „the Oregon Country‟. Using a combination of archaeometry and historical research, this study attempts to make use of a humble and under- appreciated artifact – brick – to flesh out the forgotten details of the emergence of the brick industry, its role in the shifting local economy, as well as its producers and their economic strategies. Procedure: Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis was performed on 89 red, common bricks archaeologically recovered from Fort Vancouver and 113 comparative samples in an attempt to „source‟ the brick.
    [Show full text]
  • Native Plant List CITY of OREGON CITY 320 Warner Milne Road , P.O
    Native Plant List CITY OF OREGON CITY 320 Warner Milne Road , P.O. Box 3040, Oregon City, OR 97045 Phone: (503) 657-0891, Fax: (503) 657-7892 Scientific Name Common Name Habitat Type Wetland Riparian Forest Oak F. Slope Thicket Grass Rocky Wood TREES AND ARBORESCENT SHRUBS Abies grandis Grand Fir X X X X Acer circinatumAS Vine Maple X X X Acer macrophyllum Big-Leaf Maple X X Alnus rubra Red Alder X X X Alnus sinuata Sitka Alder X Arbutus menziesii Madrone X Cornus nuttallii Western Flowering XX Dogwood Cornus sericia ssp. sericea Crataegus douglasii var. Black Hawthorn (wetland XX douglasii form) Crataegus suksdorfii Black Hawthorn (upland XXX XX form) Fraxinus latifolia Oregon Ash X X Holodiscus discolor Oceanspray Malus fuscaAS Western Crabapple X X X Pinus ponderosa Ponderosa Pine X X Populus balsamifera ssp. Black Cottonwood X X Trichocarpa Populus tremuloides Quaking Aspen X X Prunus emarginata Bitter Cherry X X X Prunus virginianaAS Common Chokecherry X X X Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas Fir X X Pyrus (see Malus) Quercus garryana Garry Oak X X X Quercus garryana Oregon White Oak Rhamnus purshiana Cascara X X X Salix fluviatilisAS Columbia River Willow X X Salix geyeriana Geyer Willow X Salix hookerianaAS Piper's Willow X X Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra Pacific Willow X X Salix rigida var. macrogemma Rigid Willow X X Salix scouleriana Scouler Willow X X X Salix sessilifoliaAS Soft-Leafed Willow X X Salix sitchensisAS Sitka Willow X X Salix spp.* Willows Sambucus spp.* Elderberries Spiraea douglasii Douglas's Spiraea Taxus brevifolia Pacific Yew X X X Thuja plicata Western Red Cedar X X X X Tsuga heterophylla Western Hemlock X X X Scientific Name Common Name Habitat Type Wetland Riparian Forest Oak F.
    [Show full text]
  • Historical Vegetation of Central Southwest Oregon, Based on GLO
    HISTORICAL VEGETATION OF CENTRAL SOUTHWEST OREGON, BASED ON GLO SURVEY NOTES Final Report to USDI BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT Medford District October 31, 2011 By O. Eugene Hickman and John A. Christy Consulting Rangeland Ecologist Oregon Biodiversity Information Center Retired, USDA - NRCS Portland State University 61851 Dobbin Road PSU – INR, P.O. Box 751 Bend, Oregon 97702 Portland, Oregon 97207-0751 (541, 312-2512) (503, 725-9953) [email protected] [email protected] Suggested citation: Hickman, O. Eugene and John A. Christy. 2011. Historical Vegetation of Central Southwest Oregon Based on GLO Survey Notes. Final Report to USDI Bureau of Land Management. Medford District, Oregon. 124 pp. ______________________________________________________________________________ 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................................................................ 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................................................................... 5 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................................. 7 SW OREGON PRE-GLO SURVEY HISTORY ....................................................................................................................... 7 THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE, ITS FUNCTION AND HISTORY...........................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Selecting Plants for Pollinators Selecting Plants for Pollinators
    Selecting Plants for Pollinators A Guide for Gardeners, Farmers, and Land Managers In the Eastern Vancouver Island Ecoregion Sooke, Victoria and area Nanaimo, Port Alberni, and Campbell River Table of CONTENTS Why Support Pollinators? 4 Getting Started 5 Eastern Vancouver Island 6 Meet the Pollinators 8 Plant Traits 10 Developing Plantings 12 Farms 13 Public Lands 14 Home Landscapes 15 Plants That Attract Pollinators 16 Habitat hints 20 Habitat and Nesting requirements 21 S.H.A.R.E. 22 Checklist 22 This is one of several guides for different regions of North America. Resources and Feedback 23 We welcome your feedback to assist us in making the future guides useful. Please contact us at [email protected] 2 Selecting Plants for Pollinators Selecting Plants for Pollinators A Guide for Gardeners, Farmers, and Land Managers In the Eastern Vancouver Island Ecoregion Sooke, Victoria and area Nanaimo, Port Alberni, and Campbell River A NAPPC and Pollinator Partnership Canada™ Publication Eastern vancouver Island 3 Why support pollinators? IN THEIR 1996 BOOK, THE FORGOttEN POLLINATORS, Buchmann and “Flowering plants Nabhan estimated that animal pollinators are needed for the reproduction of 90% of flowering plants and one third of human food crops. Each of us depends on these industrious pollinators in a practical way to provide us across wild, with the wide range of foods we eat. In addition, pollinators are part of the intricate web that supports the biological diversity in natural ecosystems that helps sustain our quality of life. farmed and even Abundant and healthy populations of pollinators can improve fruit set and quality, and increase fruit size.
    [Show full text]