Natural History
The Richmond Nature Park provides a remnant example of the original bog habitats of Lulu Island and Richmond, British Columbia.  As an example of a raised peat bog, it supports numerous species of plants and animals, including black-tailed deer, coyotes, frogs, turtles and extensive heath communities.  Click on the following links to learn more about the plants, animals and ecology of the park.

 

  

FLORA/VEGETATION	FAUNA
RICHMOND NATURE PARK	RICHMOND NATURE PARK
--About Bogs	--Bird Checklist RNP
--Vegetation Mapping/change over time	--Mammal Checklist RNP
--Checklist of the Vascular Plants RNP	--Invertebrates RNP
--Mosses RNP	--Herpetofauna RNP
RICHMOND	RICHMOND
--Comparative Vascular Plant Checklist of  the  Bogs of the Lower Mainland	Birds of Iona Island
--Vascular plants of Richmond
--Non-vascular plants of Richmond
--Checklist of the vascular plants of the  natural areas of Richmond
--Fire in the Bog
--Bog literature

 

LINKS TO OTHER NATURAL HISTORY SITES

BOG LINKS:

--Burns Bog Conservation Society

--Camosun Bog

LOWER MAINLAND NATURAL HISTORY:

--Vancouver Natural History Society

NATURE CENTRES:

--Ojibway Nature Centre in Windsor Ontario

BRTISH COLUMBIA NATURAL HISTORY

--British Columbia Conservation Data Centre

--British Columbia Wildlife Watch

BOTANY:

--Botanical Electronic News (BEN)

--Flora North America

--Plants Database

--Synthesis of North American Flora

--Invasive Plants Fact Sheets

BIRDS:

--American Ornithological Union

--Birdnet

--The Owl Pages

--Owl Research in North America

--Barn Owl Status in Canada and BC

--Breeding Biology of the Barn Owls of the Lower Mainland (PDF file)

HERPS:

--The Centre for Amphibians and Reptiles

--Frogwatch BC

--Status of the Oregon Spotted Frog

--Checklist of the Herps of BC

--BC Herps

INVERTEBRATES

--Dragonflies

MAMMALS: