The Goal Healthy and diverse native ecosystems at Haynes Point now and for future generations Haynes...
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Haynes Point Provincial Park Restoration The Goal Healthy and diverse native ecosystems at Haynes Point now and for future generations Haynes Point Ecosystems Rare ecosystems found nowhere else in Canada with rare species that are vulnerable to extinction or extirpation. The issue Over time non-native and invasive trees have established, shading out and out-competing native species that rely on native ecosystems for survival Russian olive How did we get here? Introduction of invasive species, water level control, lake eutrophication (adding nutrients) and recreational development have all contributed to changing the growing conditions and species Restoration objective To remove non-native invasive trees and replace them with native trees and shrubs to ensure: • Healthier ecosystems • Habitat for rare species • Education opportunities How we get there • Careful planning of removal of non-native invasive trees (Russian Olive, Tree of Heaven and Siberian Elm) in select areas •Re-planting with native species over the next 10-15 years (antelope brush, willow, etc.) •Community volunteers and partnerships Tree of heaven Measuring success Monitor outcomes 8 Treatment units Planting by ecological community Cottonwood-water birch
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Haynes Point Provincial Park RestorationThe GoalHealthy and diverse native ecosystems at Haynes Point now and for future generations
Haynes Point Ecosystems
Rare ecosystems found nowhere else in Canada with rare species that are vulnerable to extinction or extirpation.
The issueOver time non-native and invasive trees have
established, shading out and out-competing native species that rely on native ecosystems for survival
Russian olive
How did we get here?Introduction of invasive species, water level control, lake eutrophication (adding nutrients) and recreational development have all contributed to changing the growing conditions and species composition at Haynes Point.
Restoration objectiveTo remove non-native invasive trees and replace them with native trees and shrubs to ensure:• Healthier ecosystems• Habitat for rare species• Education opportunities
How we get there• Careful planning of removal of non-native invasive trees (Russian Olive, Tree of Heaven and Siberian Elm) in select areas•Re-planting with native species over the next 10-15 years (antelope brush, willow, etc.)•Community volunteers and partnerships
Tree of heaven
Measuring success Monitor outcomes
8 Treatment units
Planting by ecological community
Cottonwood-water birch
2013 planned activities
Species Composition by Ecological CommunityLayer Cottonwood-waterbirch Waterbirch-roses Antelope brush/ needle-
and-thread grass
Tree Black cottonwood (major)
black cottonwood (minor) NA
Trembling aspen (minor)
Black hawthorne (minor)
Shrub Nootka rose (major) Waterbirch (major) Antelope-brush (major)
Red-osier dogwood (major)
Red-osier dogwood (major) Rabbit-brush (major)
Waterbirch (major) Bebb’s willow (major)
Mountain alder (minor)
Prairie rose (major)
Nootka rose (minor)
Douglas maple (minor)
Herb White clematis Common horse tail Needle and thread grass (major)
Star-flowered false solomon’s seal
Sand dropseed (minor)
Scouring rush Brittle prickly-pear cactus (minor)
Bluebunch wheatgrass
Planting Plan
Estimating Planting density
Antelope brush needle and threadCottonwood-waterbirchWaterbirch-rosesPeach-leaf narrow leaf willow
Planting by ecological community
