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Mainland Moose Concentration Areas (1)

Moose population concentration areas were identified using a scientifically-based geographic model, expert review, and the best available data. The model included an estimate of total occupied range, relative population density, and significant population concentration areas. It was developed using 3272 moose observational records (includes animal sightings, pellets, tracks, and other reliable moose signs) compiled between 1999 and 2011. Additional information on the model and moose population distribution patterns in Nova Scotia can be obtained from NSDNR, Wildlife Division.

Marten Habitat Management Zone (3)

The Marten Recovery Team has defined a Marten Habitat Management Zone (MHMZ) derived from modeling and local experience to restore a self-sustaining population of the Cape Breton marten. Special management practices that were developed for the marten’s recovery apply to areas within this zone.

Marten Range Patches 2019 (5)

Stand volumes were grown according to the Department of Natural Resources forest inventory site classification system used in Nova Scotia. Stand heights were forecasted based the site class of the stand, and a maximum height of 14m was assumed for all stands not already exceeding this threshold. Softwood basal area was then calculated from the forecasted heights, crown closures and volumes. More detailed information regarding forecasting techniques and equations can be found in the attached Appendix 1 of the American Marten Special Management Practices.

Atlantic Coastal Plain Flora Buffers (7)

TheAtlantic Coastal Plain Flora (ACPF) Recovery Strategy and Management Plan identified 42 priority ACPF species (ranked as red, orange, yellow, and undetermined). These species locations were extracted from the Atlantic Canada Conservation Centre database and buffers placed around them.All of these locations were buffered by 100 metres, as well any lake which had a point within 100 metres was buffered 100 metres. When there were buffers within 100 metres of each other, the buffers were joined When along a river/stream, and there were groups of buffers, if there was greater than 100 metres between groups but less than 600 metres, the buffers were joined.Scientific Name Common Name Canada General Status RankProvincial General Status RankCoreopsis roseaPink CoreopsisAt riskRedDrosera filiformisThread-leaved Sundew At riskRedSabatia kennedyanaPlymouth Gentian At riskRedBaccharis halimifoliaEastern BaccharisMay be at riskRedClethra alnifoliaSweet Pepperbush SensitiveYellowEleocharis tuberculosaTubercled Spike-rush At riskRedHydrocotyle umbellataWater Pennywort At riskRedLachnanthes carolinianaRedroot SensitiveRedLophiola aureaGoldencrest At riskRedJuncus caesariensisNew Jersey RushSensitiveYellowLilaeopsis chinensisEastern LilaeopsisSensitiveYellowPotamageton pulcherSpotted PondweedMay be at riskYellowScirpus longiiLong's Bulrush SensitiveYellowAmelanchier nantucketensisNantucket Shadbush (Nantucket Serviceberry)May be at riskOrangeEupatorium dubiumJoe-Pye-Weed (Coastal Plain Joe-Pye-Weed)May be at riskOrangeIris prismaticaSlender Blue FlagMay be at riskOrangePanicum dichotomiflorum var. puritanorumSpreading Panic-Grass (Fall Panic Grass)SecureOrangeProserpinaca intermediaIntermediate MermaidweedMay be at riskOrangeProserpinaca palustris var. palustrisMarsh Mermaid-WeedSecure4OrangeRhynchospora macrostachyaTall Beakrush (White Beakrush)May be at riskOrangeSalix sericeaSilky WillowSecureOrangeSisyrinchium fuscatumCoastal-Plain Blue-Eyed-GrassMay be at riskOrangeToxicodendron vernixPoison SumacSecureOrangeElymus virginicus var. halophilusTerrell Grass (Virginia Wild Rye)SecureUndeterminedSuaeda maritima ssp. richiiRich's Sea-Blite (White Sea-Blite)SecureUndeterminedAgalinis maritimaSalt-Marsh False-Foxglove (Saltmarsh Agalinis)May be at riskYellowAlnus serrulataBrook-Side Alder (Smooth Alder)SensitiveYellowCarex longiiGreenish-White Sedge (Long’s Sedge)May be at riskYellowCephalanthus occidentalisButtonbush (Common Buttonbush)SecureYellowDecodon verticillatusWater-Willow (Swamp Loosestrife)SecureYellowEleocharis olivacea (Eleocharis flavescens var. Olivacea)Capitate Spikerush (Yellow Spikerush)SecureYellowEleocharis rostellataBeaked SpikerushSensitiveYellowGalium obtusumLarge Marsh Bedstraw (Blunt-Leaved Bedstraw)SecureYellowHudsonia ericoidesHudsonia (Pinebarren Golden Heather)SensitiveYellowIva frutescens ssp. orariaMarsh Elder (Big-Leaved Marsh Elder)SensitiveYellowJuncus marginatusGrassleaf Rush (Grass-Leaved Rush)SensitiveYellowJuncus subcaudatusRush (Woodland Rush)SensitiveYellowNajas gracillimaThread-Like NaiadSensitiveYellowPlatanthera flava var. flavaFringed Orchid (Tubercled Orchid)SensitiveYellowSchoenoplectus americanusThree-Square Bulrush (Olney’s Bulrush)SensitiveYellowSpiranthes casei var. novaescotiaeCase's Ladies'-TressesSecureYellowUtricularia resupinataNortheastern Bladderwort (Inverted Bladderwort)SecureYellow

Wetlands (10)

The classified wetlandsof the province of Nova Scotia.

Deer Zones (13)