J.-Clovis-Laflamme Ecological Reserve

IUCN Category Ia - Strict Nature Reserve

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The Réserve écologique J.- Clovis Laflamme is furnished on an area of 1015 ha in 1991 reserve in the south of the Canadian province of Quebec in the MRC Le Domaine -du- Roy.

It is located on the territory of the commune of Saint- Edwidge, southwest of Lac Saint- Jean, about 30 km south-west of Roberval. At the same time it is located in the so-called zone d'exploitation de la Lievre contrôlée, an area more or less controlled exploitation of natural resources.

It represents and protects the rivière for the Hautes Collines de la trenches, the high hills of the trenches River, typical forests where the yellow birch predominates.

The increasing from northeast to southwest area reaches a maximum height of about 470 m above sea level. Vertical sloping valleys surround the area. The subsoil consists of Precambrian migmatite, on the during and after the last glacial tillite deposited. Interspersed by rock and rock Podsol circumscribes the bottom of the region, which is thinner at higher altitudes.

In addition to the yellow birch, the Jack Pine is (Pinus banksiana, French pin gris ), but also black spruce (Picea mariana ) and American aspen and gray alder (French Aulnaie américaine ). The majority of the trees because of the forest fires only about 30 to 50 years old, but in some protected sites and in the vicinity of the lake are also older trees.

Moose, hare and ruffed grouse are typical representatives of the regional fauna.

The name of the area dates back to Monseigneur Joseph- Clovis Kemner Laflamme (1849-1910) from Saint Anselme, who is considered the first Canadian- French geologist. He taught mineralogy and geology at the Université Laval, however, he published not only to these areas of science, but also to paleontology.

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