Furbish's Lousewort Is
A Herb Endemic
To
The Shores Of
The Upper Saint John River
Most Of New Brunswick
Is Forested With Secondary Forest Or Tertiary Forest
At
The Start Of European Settlement
The Maritimes Were Covered From Coast
To Coast By
A Forest Of Mature Trees
Giants
By Today's Standards
Today Less Than One Per Cent Of Old-growth Acadian Forest Remains, And
The World Wide Fund
For Nature Lists
The Acadian Forest
As Endangered. Following
The Frequent Large Scale Disturbances Caused
By Settlement
And Timber Harvesting
The Acadian Forest
Is Not Growing Back As
It Was
But
Is Subject
To Borealization
This Means That Exposure-resistant Species That
Are Well Adapted
To
The Frequent Large Scale Disturbances Common
In
The Boreal Forest
Are Increasingly Abundant
These Include Jack Pine
Balsam Fir
Black Spruce
White Birch
And Poplar. Forest Ecosystems Support Large Carnivores Such As
The Bobcat
Canada Lynx
And Black Bear
And
The Large Herbivores Moose
And White-tailed Deer
Fiddlehead Greens
Are Harvested From
The Ostrich Fern Which Grows
On Riverbanks
Furbish's Lousewort
A Perennial Herb Endemic
To
The Shores Of
The Upper Saint John River
Is An Endangered Species Threatened
By Habitat Destruction
Riverside Development
Forestry
Littering
And Recreational Use Of
The Riverbank. Many Wetlands
Are Being Disrupted By
The Highly Invasive Introduced Species Purple Loosestrife
Geology
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