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Western Canadian Rockies
Ecoregion
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The high, rugged, glaciated Western Canadian Rockies ecoregion lies west of the Continental Divide and is affected by moist Pacific maritime air masses. Precipitation significantly exceeds that of the rainshadow area on the eastern slopes and groundwater levels are typically closer to the surface. Groundwater recharge rates are slow where the terrain is steep and the permeability of the bedrock is low. The climax vegetation of Ecoregion 41c is subalpine fir, Douglas-fir, grand fir, and Engelmann spruce forests and contrasts with that of the
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Plants
Reed Canarygrass
Phalaris arundinacea (species),
“Reed-Grass”
54
Observations
JAN - DEC
Bluebell Bellflower
Campanula rotundifolia (species),
“Harebell”
18
Observations
JAN - DEC
Shortstalk Sedge
Carex podocarpa (species)
12
Observations
JAN - DEC
Thimbleberries
Rubus parviflorus (species),
“Western Thimbleberry”, “Snow Bramble”
11
Observations
JAN - DEC
Common Beargrass
Xerophyllum tenax (species),
“Bear-Grass”
11
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
Mountain Goat
Oreamnos americanus (species),
“Rocky Mountain Goat”
19
Observations
JAN - DEC
Bighorn Sheep
Ovis canadensis (species),
“Mountain Sheep”, “American Bighorn Sheep”
17
Observations
JAN - DEC
Columbian Ground Squirrel
Urocitellus columbianus (species)
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
Hoary Marmot
Marmota caligata (species),
“Montague Island Hoary Marmot”
5
Observations
JAN - DEC
Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel
Callospermophilus lateralis (species)
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Birds
American Robin
Turdus migratorius (species)
4,736
Observations
JAN - DEC
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata (species),
“Butterbutt”, “Myrtle Warbler”
3,685
Observations
JAN - DEC
Pine Siskin
Spinus pinus (species)
3,397
Observations
JAN - DEC
Dark-Eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis (species)
3,371
Observations
JAN - DEC
Swainson's Thrush
Catharus ustulatus (species)
3,330
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Zapada cordillera
SPECIES
7
Observations
JAN - DEC
Zapada cinctipes
SPECIES
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
Lygocoris pabulinus
SPECIES ·
“Common Green Capsid”
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Athous rufiventris
SPECIES
3
Observations
Lednia tumana
SPECIES
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Fungi
Letharia vulpina
SPECIES ·
“Wolf Lichen”
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Pine-Pine Gall Rust
Endocronartium harknessii (species)
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Phellinus Pini
Porodaedalea pini (species)
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Hoof Fungus
Fomes fomentarius (species),
“Tinder Fungus”
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Ceriomyces mirabilis
SPECIES
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
49
Ecoregion
Classified As
Ecoregion
Western Canadian Rockies
Western Canadian Rockies
Western Canadian Rockies
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