William-Baldwin Ecological Reserve

IUCN Category Ia - Strict Nature Reserve

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The Réserve écologique William Baldwin is a 291.38 -hectare sanctuary in the western Canadian province of Quebec in the Canton de Berry around 50 kilometers northwest of Amos.

The park represents within the protected area system of the province of the Abitibi County Municipality and in particular the local low and high moors.

The area is located in a valley, about 300 m above sea level. The glaciers of the last ice age have sanded the hills and the valleys filled partially. The resulting there Moore have an average height of 2.5 m.

Spruce trees dominate the boreal forest in the reserve; they are not named épicéa, as in France, but Epinettes, the Acadians call the tree le Prusse. Added to Ostamerikanische larches, but especially grasses like the grass bulrush ( Trichophorum cespitosum ), call gazonnant the Francophones Scirpe. The orchid Arethusa bulbosa is also considered endangered, as Langblättriger sundew, Xyris montana from the family of Xyridaceae and Utricularia geminiscapa from the kind of water hoses.

The reserve is named after the botanist William Kirwan Willcoks Baldwin, who examined first the plants in the Abitibi region.