Ministry of Environment
Environmental Stewardship Division
Sensitive Ecosystems Inventory: Preliminary results
Sensitive Ecosystems |
Comox_Str-VI1 |
Nanaimo-VI2 |
Cowichan-VI3 |
Capital-VI4 |
Islands5 |
Study Area |
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| ha | % | ha | % | ha | % | ha | % | ha | % | ha | % | |
| Coastal Bluff (CB) | 34.1 |
<0.1 |
43.7 |
<0.1 |
41.8 |
<0.1 |
312.1 |
0.5 |
611.2 |
0.9 |
1042.9 |
0.3 |
| Terrestrial Herbaceous (HT) | 1327.3 |
1.2 |
446.0 |
0.5 |
744.0 |
0.9 |
1042.6 |
1.7 |
641.4 |
1.0 |
4201.3 |
1.0 |
| Older Forest (OF) | 1117.0 |
1.0 |
1463.4 |
1.5 |
729.7 |
0.9 |
5031.9 |
8.1 |
2263.3 |
3.5 |
10605.1 |
2.6 |
| Riparian Ecosystem (RI) | 2818.0 |
2.6 |
2146.5 |
2.3 |
1323.8 |
1.6 |
381.7 |
0.6 |
36.5 |
<0.1 |
6706.4 |
1.6 |
| Sparsely Vegetated (SV) | 92.7 |
<0.1 |
48.9 |
<0.1 |
24.6 |
<0.1 |
38.0 |
<0.1 |
136.2 |
0.2 |
340.4 |
<0.1 |
| Woodland (WD) | 24.3 |
<0.1 |
82.0 |
<0.1 |
357.2 |
0.4 |
1156.3 |
1.9 |
898.9 |
1.4 |
2518.8 |
0.6 |
| Wetland (WN) | 3271.4 |
3.0 |
1556.8 |
1.6 |
1196.2 |
1.5 |
537.9 |
0.9 |
491.6 |
0.8 |
7053.9 |
1.7 |
| TOTAL sensitive ecosystems | 8684.8 |
8.0 |
5787.3 |
6.1 |
4417.3 |
5.4 |
8500.5 |
13.8 |
5079.1 |
7.8 |
32468.8 |
7.9 |
| Total land area | 108,154.8 |
95,048.1 |
81.973.4 |
61,792.7 |
65,157.5 |
412,126.4 |
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Other Ecosystems
|
Comox_Str-VI1
|
Nanaimo-VI2
|
Cowichan-VI3
|
Capital-VI4
|
Islands5
|
Study
Area
|
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| ha | % | ha | % | ha | % | ha | % | ha | % | ha | % | |
| Second Growth (SG) | 8594.2 |
7.9 |
7736.3 |
8.1 |
3294.1 |
4.0 |
10754.8 |
17.4 |
14552.8 |
22.3 |
44932.2 |
10.9 |
| Seasonally Flooded Fields (FS) | 491.4 |
0.5 |
953.8 |
1.0 |
772.5 |
0.9 |
325.2 |
0.5 |
232.9 |
0.4 |
2778.7 |
0.7 |
| TOTAL SG/FS | 9085.6 |
8.4 |
8693.1 |
9.1 |
4066.6 |
5.0 |
11080.0 |
17.9 |
14785.7 |
22.7 |
47710.9 |
11.6 |
| Total land area | 108,154.8 |
95,048.1 |
81,973.4 |
61,792.7 |
65,157.5 |
412,126.4 |
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These figures are the results of preliminary analysis. Final results may vary slightly.
1 Regional District of Comox-Strathcona, Vancouver Island portion
only.
2 Regional District of Nanaimo, Vancouver Island portion only.
3 Cowichan Valley Regional District, Vancouver Island portion
only.
4 Capital Regional District, Vancouver Island portion only.
5 Gulf Islands in the SEI study area.
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