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BC Conservation Data Centre: Ecological Community Summary

Quercus garryana - Arbutus menziesii
Garry oak - arbutus


 
Scientific Name: Quercus garryana - Arbutus menziesii
English Name: Garry oak - arbutus
Scientific Name - Concept Reference: McMinn, R.G., S. Eis, H.E. Hirvonen, E.T. Oswald, and J.P. Senyk. 1976. Native vegetation in British Columbia's Capital Region. Environ. Can., Can. For. Serv., Rep. BC-X-140. Victoria, BC.
Ecosystem Group: Terrestrial Realm - Forest: Broadleaf - dry
   
Conservation Status / Legal Designation
Global Status: G1
Provincial Status: S1 (Oct 2004)
BC List: Red
Provincial FRPA list:   
Notable Species:
 
Ecology & Dynamics
Environmental Summary:
Vegetation Summary:
Dynamic Processes Summary:
Spatial Pattern: Small patch
 
Distribution
Endemic: Y
   
Authors / Contributors
Author: Cadrin, C.M. and H.K. Yearsley
Last updated: Oct 30, 2009
   
References and Related Literature
Erickson, W. 1993. Garry Oak Ecosystems. B.C. Minist. Environ., Lands and Parks, Wildl. Branch. Victoria, B.C. 6 pp.
McMinn, R.G., S. Eis, H.E. Hirvonen, E.T. Oswald, and J.P. Senyk. 1976. Native vegetation in British Columbia's Capital Region. Environ. Can., Can. For. Serv., Rep. BC-X-140. Victoria, BC.
McPhee, M., P. Ward, J. Kirkby, L. Wolfe, N. Page, K. Dunster, N.K. Dawe, and I. Nykwist. 2000. Sensitive Ecosystems Inventory: East Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands, 1993 - 1997. Volume 2: Conservation Manual. Tech. Rep. Ser. No. 345, Can. Wildl. Serv., Pac. and Yukon Reg., BC.
Sensitive Ecosystems Inventory [SEI] of East Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands: Sensitive Ecosystems Mapping, Disturbance Mapping and Re-evaluation of Major Riparian Corridors. 2004. Prepared by Axys Environ. Consulting Ltd. for Environ. Can., Can. Wildl. Serv., B.C. Minist. Sustainable Resour. Manage., and B.C. Minist. Water, Land and Air Prot., and the Habitat Conserv. Trust Fund. 66 mapsheets, 1:20 000 scale.
Sensitive Ecosystems Inventory [SEI] of the Sunshine Coast and Adjacent Islands. 2005. Cadrin, C., C. Erwin, B. Fuller, C. Schaefer and J. Stacey. 1:20 000 spatial data.
Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping [TEM] of the Coastal Douglas-fir Biogeoclimatic Zone. 2008. Prepared for B. Zinovich, Integrated Land Management Bureau, B.C. Minist. of Agric. and Lands, Nanaimo B.C. by Madrone Environmental Services, Duncan B.C. 1:20,000 spatial data.
Ward, P., G. Radcliffe, J. Kirkby, J. Illingworth, and C. Cadrin. 1998. Sensitive Ecosystems Inventory: East Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands 1993-1997. Volume 1: Methodology, Ecological Descriptions and Results. Tech. Rep. Ser. No. 320, Can. Wildl. Serv., Pac. and Yukon Reg., BC.
 

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Suggested Citation:

B.C. Conservation Data Centre. 2009. Ecological Community Summary: Quercus garryana - Arbutus menziesii. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 20, 2026).