Ruisseau-de-l'Indien Ecological Reserve

IUCN Category Ia - Strict Nature Reserve

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The Réserve écologique du Ruisseau -de- l'Indien is an ecological reserve in the extreme southwest of the Canadian province of Quebec, which was named after the small river that runs through it.

It was established in 1991 on an area of ​​324 ha and is located in the northwest of the Outaouais administrative region, in the MRC Pontiac, on the northern banks of the Ottawa.

It protects sugar - maple forests, which are mixed with yellow birch, as it is typical for the ecoregion Lac Pythonga.

The hilly area on the Canadian Shield lies between 250 and 500 m above sea level. The subsoil consists of gneiss, quartzite and calcareous rock. Post-glacial floods have shaped the terraces of the India River.

Are strongly represented Weymouth pine (Pin blanc called ) and red pine, then grandidentata Populus, a poplar species that exist only in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada, eventually American Aspen Tree. On a sandy plateau site you will find here the pin gris called Jack Pine, another a silver maple forest.

Many other plants are associated with the different forest and soil types, such as the endangered ochroleucus Lathyrus in the family Fabaceae.

In the river, there are glass eyes perch. Also live maps - bump turtle toad Anaxyrus americanus, which in English as mink frog, grenouille verte known in French as frog Rana septentrionalis, and the bullfrog Ouaouaron says here in greater numbers.

Archaeological surveys indicate that the area was inhabited more than 4000 years ago.