Great Barren & Quinan Lakes Nature Reserve

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The reserve includes ridges supporting outstanding examples of mature, Red Oak- dominated forest. The Red Oak is mixed with varying amounts of Yellow Birch, White Pine, Red Maple, Witch-hazel, Striped Maple, and Balsam Fir. Eastern portions of the reserve also contain Red Spruce, Large-toothed Aspen, and Eastern Hemlock. It also includes islands in Quinan Lake containing old-growth and mature climax, mixed Acadian forest. The islands support a mosaic of pure groves and mixed forest types of Eastern Hemlock–Red Spruce–Sugar Maple–Yellow Birch and American Beech–White Pine– Balsam Fir–Red Maple. The islands host large populations of Canada Yew, a species which was once common but which has disappeared from much of the Province.
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