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Botany Ramblings:
1 July to 30 Sept., 2002
James P. Goltz
Reprinted from the N.B. Naturalist
BRYOPHYTES By Bruce Bagnell
New discoveries of bryophytes continue in the province with a find of a rare moss for Canada in Carleton county near Florenceville. Similar to the tiny Apygmy mosses found last spring, Aphanorrhegma serratum inhabits disturbed field habitats, likely in areas of more calcareous soils. However, this species matures its sporophytes in the late summer to fall, in contrast to the early spring pygmy mosses. A minute moss (3-4 mm high), bearing tiny globelike sporophytes hidden in its leaves, it was found on August 27 at the edge of a field and nearby beaver meadow while doing survey work with Gart Bishop for the new Trans-Canada Highway alignment. It is considered rare in Canada, and was previously known only from southern Ontario and Quebec. A small population of the uncommon Hornwort, Aspiromitus punctatus subsp. agrestis was also found at this site.
Also found during recent survey work in Carleton county was the uncommon to rare moss, Calliergonella cuspidata. This species occurs typically in swampy, calcareous or fen habitats, and was found in damp woods at the margin of a small, shallow pond. It is known from only four previous locations in the province and is widespread in the Maritimes. The collection in Carleton county is the most northerly collection to date in the province for this species. It is a large attractive moss, resembling in many ways the common Schreber's Moss (Pleurozium schreberi) of woodlands.
A collection of the rare moss Fissidens bushii was also made in Carleton County, in its typical habitat on sandy soil along the margin of an old logging road in deciduous woods. This small yellow-green species is known in New Brunswick only from Carleton county where three previous collections of this species have been made near Belleville and Woodstock. All mosses in the genus Fissidens have a unique leaf structure and an overall flattened appearance to the plants. Fissidens bushii and another rare species in NB in this genus (Fissidens taxifolius), are restricted to the Appalachian Hardwood Forests in our province.
While reviewing collections of bryophytes made during preliminary inventory work in Odell Park at Fredericton with Julia Marmont last 23 May, a rare moss, Pseudotaxiphyllum distichaceum was identified in two of the collections made that day on soil banks. This moss had only been known in the province from a single previous collection by R.R. Ireland (the author of the Moss Flora of the Maritimes), near New River Beach in 1970. A subsequent review of Pseudotaxiphyllum specimens at the New Brunswick Museum uncovered another collection that was made by Stephen Clayden near Breau Creek in Westmorland county in 1976. This species is considered rare in Canada at present. A very shiny moss with wide spreading leaves, it bears small filiform asexual brood bodies in the axils of the leaves near the apex of the stems. It looks very much like the more common Pseudotaxiphyllum elegans, a species that occurs more often on rock exposures and has brood bodies restricted to the axils of lower leaves.
During research on bryophytes this summer near Petitcodiac, Nicole Fenton (University of New Brunswick at Saint John) made a small collection of the rare liverwort, Bazzania tricrenata. This tiny liverwort has been only known previously in our province from Mt. Carleton, and was an interesting find in the southern area of the province. There are three species of Bazzania so far in NB; the most common species is the liverwort most people first take notice of in the woods, Bazzania trilobata, a larger species with three tiny lobes at the tip of each leaf.
During fieldwork on the St. John River, Gart Bishop collected an uncommon to rare liverwort, Riccia huebeneriana subsp. sullivantii on soil of the riverbank near Baker Brook, west of Edmundston on August 31. This unusual bright green thalloid liverwort forms small circular rosettes about the size of a penny or smaller, scattered over bare soil in areas where water has receded during the summer. Once considered very rare in our province, more recent collections indicate it is more widespread and possibly more common than early collections indicated. Still, there are only five known sites confirmed for this species in New Brunswick. Other species of Riccia should be looked for at the edges of dried up pools and rivershores etc., where water levels have dropped and exposed underlying soils for some time. They are difficult to identify to species and, when found, small collections should be made for proper identification, being careful to leave numerous individual plants for future survival of the populations.
Excellent digital photographs, taken by Nelson Poirier and forwarded to me for visual identification, included two of our common thalloid liverworts, Pellia sp. (P. neesiana or P. epiphylla) and Marchantia polymorpha, and the showy broad-leaved moss Rhizomnium appalachianum. In addition, Dwayne Sabine and Stephen Clayden, among others, have been observing and collecting bryophytes, and I hope to report on their findings in the coming months.
VASCULAR PLANTS
Species and Hybrids New for New Brunswick
On July 31, in roadside gravel near Grand Falls, Gart Bishop found a huge colony of Mountain Tarweed (also called Stinking Tarweed, Madia glomerata), a very pungent, foul-smelling weed that is covered in sticky glands, has unusual tiny yellow flowers, and originates from western North America.
Although the Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is extensively cultivated as a commercial and garden crop in New Brunswick, it was surprising to see dozens of these plants on a steep open embankment near the mouth of the Aroostook River on August 5, growing in sand and asphalt that had been thoughtlessly dumped over the river bank (NTNB).
While looking for Atlantic coastal plains plants at Williams Lake on the Kingston Peninsula on the evening of August 22, Dwayne Sabine found some robust plants of a Yellow-eyed-grass that most closely resemble Carolina Yellow-eyed-grass (Xyris difformis), growing in sphagnum along the lakeshore. Careful perusal of the Marsh St. John's-worts at Williams Lake that same evening resulted in the discovery of some plants that most closely resemble Southern Marsh St. John's-wort (Triadenum virginicum)(JPG) growing in gravel and peat on a small island. Plants resembling both of these species were also found at South Oromocto Lake by Sean Blaney. Although these species occur in Nova Scotia and should occur in New Brunswick, they are readily confused with more common species that are widespread in the province and more expertise is being sought to help with the identification.
A small clump of 3 flowering stems of Spiked Blazing Star (Liatris spicata) was found in an old field at Burnt Ridge near St. Stephen on August 28 (JPG, Tom Currie, Danny Sears). These plants had presumably escaped from cultivation but there was no evidence that they had been planted at the site.
At the mouth of the Salmon River, Victoria Co., Sean Blaney found the hybrid between Goldie's Fern and Marginal Wood-fern (Dryopteris x neowherryi, = Dryopteris goldiana x Dryopteris marginalis).
Endangered Species
The discovery of new locations for three of New Brunswick's endangered plant species was cause for great excitement. While searching for Southern Twayblade (Listera australis) in ten peatlands that were identified by the Dept. of Natural Resources and Energy (DNRE) as having good potential for this diminutive orchid, Gart Bishop and Bruce Bagnell found it at two bogs located near Marcelville, doubling the number of sites where this species is known to occur in New Brunswick and increasing its total known provincial population from 4 to 42 individuals. Collaborative work among the Nature Trust of New Brunswick, the Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre and DNRE resulted in the discovery of Furbish's Lousewort (Pedicularis furbishiae) near Medford (SB) and south of North Tilley (MT, JPG), increasing the number of known sites in the province from 3 to 5. Sabine Dietz discovered at least 1000 plants of Gulf of St. Lawrence Aster (Symphyotrichum laurentianum) on Sept. 19 at Malbaie Sud on Miscou Island. This species had not been seen on the island for nearly 20 years but had previously occurred near the lighthouse. Violent coastal storms seem to wreak havoc on populations of this species, as at Kouchibouguac National Park, where the species hasn=t been seen for the past two years, and at the Bouctouche Dune, where aster numbers were drastically reduced this summer as a result of storm-induced habitat changes.
Pinedrops (Pterospora andromedea), a species subject to tremendous fluctuation in population size at any site where it occurs in the province, was found to be still extant along the St. John, Eel and Restigouche Rivers. Ten plants of this species were seen at Meductic, one nearly waist high with 96 blooms (JPG, Mana Sharma, Don Vail), 13 at Currie Mountain (MT), including at least one of exceptional size, and 1 just above the Rafting Ground (DS, GB, SD).
Rare and Uncommon Species
Perhaps the most intriguing report was the rediscovery of Downy Rattlesnake-plantain (Goodyera pubescens) in New Brunswick. While perusing some of his notes and photographs, Michael Burzynski came across photos he had taken of this species in Odell Park at Fredericton in 1981, 100 years after this species had last been seen in the province at Petitcodiac. Michael's excellent photos clearly document the occurrence of this very rare species at Odell Park, but we are awaiting more detailed location information and/or a site visit with Michael so we can find out if Downy Rattlesnake-plantain is still extant there 20 years after he photographed it.
While exploring a rich wet cedar swamp near Madran, Sean Blaney found the very rare Lapland Buttercup (Ranunculus lapponicus), known previously only from Shea Lake and two sites in the Black Brook area. Other noteworthy discoveries in that area were Small Yellow Water Crowfoot (Ranunculus gmelinii), Large Yellow Lady's-slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens), and Little Grapefern (Botrychium simplex), and a previously unknown calcareous fen in which Northern Bog Sedge (Carex gynocrates) and Sheathed Sedge (Carex vaginata) were very abundant (SB).
At Belledune Pond (a bit N of Antinouri Lake), there was another rich cedar swamp that had 2 plants of Calypso (Calypso bulbosa; found by Claudia Hanel), Triangle Grapefern (Botrychium lanceolatum) and much Giant Rattlesnake-plantain (Goodyera oblongifolia), the latter also occurring in nearby aspen-red maple forest. The pond here appeared quite acidic and had Small Pond-lily (Nuphar microphylla) and Tuckerman's Pondweed (Potamogeton confervoides). Additional sites for Giant Rattlesnake-plantain in that part of New Brunswick included Belledune Lake and Hendry Brook; Triangle Grapefern was also seen at Belledune Lake (SB).
At Antinouri Lake, Sean found Wiegand's Sedge (Carex wiegandii), Clammy Hedge-hyssop (Gratiola neglecta) and Northern Comandra (Geocaulon lividum). Other interesting finds made during the second week of July, while he was exploring northern New Brunswick for calcareous fens and other calcareous wetlands, included Broad-lipped Twayblade (Listera convallarioides; Alots at several sites), Hooker's Orchid and Large Round-leaved Orchid (Platanthera hookeri and Platanthera orbiculata; Aquite common at several sites), Spotted Coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata; two sites), Checkered Rattlesnake-plantain (Goodyera tesselata; three sites), Tufted Loosestrife (Lysimachia thyrsiflora; two sites), Round-leaved Pyrola (Pyrola americana; two sites) and Red-disk Pond-lily (Nuphar x rubrodisca; one site).
Screwstem (Bartonia paniculata) and Pickering's Blue-node (Calamagrostis pickeringii) were found growing with tens of thousands of Arethusa (Arethusa bulbosa) on July 6 in a bog-fen complex near Musquash. In a wet meadow at one end of that wetland complex, there were hundreds of Northern Long Sedge (Carex folliculata) interspersed among equal numbers of its more narrow-leaved near look-alike, Michaux's Sedge (Carex michauxiana)(NCC).
Rejean Doiron found Massachusetts Fern (Thelypteris simulata), Halberd-leaved Tearthumb (Persicaria arifolia) and Marsh Arrow-grass (Triglochin palustris) growing in and around a bog located near Chatham.
Some of the fringe benefits of DNRE's bog surveys for Southern Twayblade included the discovery of Rope-root Sedge (Carex chordorrhiza) near Pokiok Settlement, and thousands of each of the three species of pink bog orchids, Arethusa (Arethusa bulbosa), Grass-pink (Calopogon tuberosus) and Rose Pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides) in a bog near Bonny River (GB, BB).
Tubercled Orchid (Platanthera flava) was in peak bloom on July 10 at Fredericton Junction, its only known location in the province (JPG, SS, MA, FG, DG), and Cases's Ladies-tresses (Spiranthes casei) was in full bloom on August 25 at Currie Mountain, the only New Brunswick site where this species is known to occur (JPG, MB).
Dozens of Purple Milkwort (Polygala sanguinea) were found along the Peltoma Settlement Road southwest of Tracy (RB).
Jointweed (Polygonella articulata) continues to spread along Highway 1, where it was seen as far east as the entrance to New River Beach Provincial Park (SB) and west of the Digdeguash River (JPG, JJW).
Visits to a sand plain and abandoned gravel pit site at Nashwaaksis revealed Hickey's Tree Club-moss (Lycopodium hickeyi), masses of Small-flowered Gerardia (Agalinis paupercula), and dozens of Nodding Ladies=-tresses (Spiranthes cernua) on August 25 (JPG, MB), and hundreds of Dissected Grapefern Botrychium dissectum) in peak fruiting conditions and exhibiting a broad range of leaf size and morphology on September 29 (JPB, GB, AM, MB, SD, RC).
In early September, Cecil Johnston reported Felwort (Gentianella amarella) growing amidst a dense mat of Variegated Scouring Rush (Equisetum variegatum) in an old gravel pit at Black Beach. Although Felwort was formerly known to occur in the vicinity of Saint John (at Reversing Falls), it had not been reported from that general area for at least a century.
A large population of Sticky Everlasting (Pseudognaphalium macounii) was found growing in a gravel pit at McLeod Hill on September 28, while Lance-leaved Whitlow-grass (Draba cana) was still extant on the nearby cliff (SB).
Botanical exploration of the Aroostook River by the Nature Trust of New Brunswick in early August (mainly on Aug. 5) uncovered many of the rare species that had been found there in 1909 by Fernald (Rhodora 12: 101-121, 1910), including Alpine Woodsia (Woodsia alpina), Needle Beak-rush (Rhynchospora capillacea), Glaucous Lettuce (Prenanthes racemosa), Elegant Milk-vetch (Astragalus eucosmus), Rand's Goldenrod (Solidago simplex), Hairy Rock-cress (Arabis hirsuta), Early-leaf Brome (Bromus latiglumis), and Wild Coffee (Triosteum aurantiacum), as well as some uncommon to rare species that he hadn=t reported, such as Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum pedatum)(GB, MT), and white-flowered plants of Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia forma albiflora)(JS).
False Nut-sedge (Cyperus strigosus) was found along the St. John River just north of the mouth of the Aroostook River (GB).
Pale Touch-me-not (Impatiens pallida) was found at two new sites along the St. John River near Hartland (GB, DS, SD).
Near Florenceville, Gart Bishop and Bruce Bagnell found new sites for rare Appalachian hardwood forest species. Near the Lower Guisiguit River, Plantain-leaved Sedge (Carex plantaginea), 30 plants of Lopseed (Phryma leptostachya) and numerous populations of Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum pedatum), grew A in a sea of Wild Gingers(Asarum canadense). Plantain-leaved Sedge and Maidenhair Fern were also found north of the Upper Guisiguit River, close to a small population of Goldie's Fern (Dryopteris goldiana).
At the mouth of the Salmon River, Victoria Co., a site well-known for its botanical significance since the late 1800s, Sean Blaney found many Appalachian hardwood forest species including Goldie's Fern (Dryopteris goldiana), Pale Touch-me-not (Impatiens pallida), Lopseed (Phyrma leptostachya), Hairy Sedge (Carex hirtifolia), Thin-leaf Sedge (Carex cephaloidea), Eastern Narrow-leaf Sedge (Carex grisea), Fragrant Sanicle (Sanicula odorata), and Long-styled Sweet Cicely (Osmorhiza longistylis). Further up the river he found Matted Spike-rush (Eleocharis intermedia).
Along the Little Southwest Miramichi River, Becky Whittam and Sean Blaney explored a broad range of ecosystems, all containing rare and uncommon plant species. Some of their discoveries included semi-calcareous outcrops with Dwarf Bilberry (Vaccinium caespitosum), Purple False Oat (Trisetum melicoides) and New England Arnica (Arnica lanceolata); excellent shoreline seepage fens with some calcareous influence and Clinton's Club-rush (Trichophorum clintonii), Sticky False Asphodel (Tofieldia glutinosa), Kalm's Lobelia (Lobelia kalmii), and lots of Small-headed Beak-rush (Rhynchospora capitellata); Aneats beach habitats with tons of Sand Cherry (Prunus pumila), Canadian Tick-trefoil (Desmodium canadense) and lots of Narrow-leaved Panic Grass (Dichanthelium linearifolium); and a surprising amount of extremely rich riparian sugar maple forest with lots of Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia), Blue Cohosh (Caulophyllum thalictroides) and Hairy Sedge (Carex hirtifolia) plus Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum pedatum), Round-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica rotundifolia), Long-styled Sweet Cicely (Osmorhiza longistylis) and Dwarf Ginseng (Panax trifolius). At the Dungarvon River, Cindy Spicer, Theo Popma and Claudia Hanel found Slender Panic Grass (Dichanthelium xanthophysum) and Slender Mountain-rice (Oryzopsis pungens).
Sean Blaney found Red-stemmed Bottle Gentian (Gentiana rubricaulis) on the bouldery shore of MacDougall Lake, Charlotte Co. On August 24, about 20 plants of this species, including a few in bloom, were seen along the St. Croix River near Gleason Point (JPG, JJW), in the general vicinity where Gart Bishop had found it several years ago.
The Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre Botany Group had tremendous success in finding rare and uncommon aquatic and emergent species, many more than are reported here. At Queens Lake, west of Saint John, they found Twig-rush (Cladium mariscoides), Brown Beak-rush (Rhynchospora fusca), Pickering's Blue-node (Calamagrostis pickeringii), Greater Purple Bladderwort (Utricularia purpurea), Lesser Bladderwort (Utricularia minor), Coastal Sedge (Carex exilis), Screwstem (Bartonia paniculata), Water-shield (Brasenia schreberi), Bayonet Rush (Juncus militaris), Northern Long Sedge (Carex folliculata) and Yellow-eyed Grass (Xyris montana)(CH,TP). Threadlike Naiad (Najas gracillima) was uncommon in French Lake, Whitegrass (Leersia virginica) was fairly common on the floodplain of French Lake, Two-leaf Water-milfoil (Myriophyllum heterophyllum) was incredibly abundant along Portobello Creek, where it Awas so thick that paddling canoe was difficult in some places, and Long-leaf Pondweed (Potamogeton nodosus) was locally abundant in Portobello National Wildlife Area. Floating Bladderwort (Utricularia radiata) and Pickering's Blue-node (Calamagrostis pickeringii) were found at South Oromocto Lake. Some aquatic botanical highlights of MacDougall Lake, Charlotte Co., included Floating Bladderwort (Utricularia radiata), Mermaid-weed (Proserpinaca palustris) and Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis). At the Hampton Marshes there was Water-marigold (Megalodonta beckii), River Bulrush (Bolboschoenus fluviatilis), Awned Cyperus (Cyperus squarrosus) and Two-stamened Cyperus (Cyperus diandrus)(ACCDCBG).
Mary and Dwayne Sabine discovered another new location for Floating Bladderwort (Utricularia radiata) at Spednic Lake.
Mermaid-weed (Proserpinaca palustris) and False Water-pepper (Persicaria hydropiperoides) were the highlights of a New Brunswick Botany Club outing to the St. George Waterfowl Park in August (GB). Additional finds included two species which had not previously been seen at this site, Indian Wild Rice (Zizania aquatica) and Ditch-stonecrop (Penthorum sedoides).
A few blooms of Greater Purple Bladderwort (Utricularia purpurea) were seen during an evening canoe trip at Walton Lake, Kings Co., on Aug. 14 (JPG, DS, MS). Here, as at most places where this species occurs in the province, there were masses of non-flowering plants, but there are few reports of this species flowering in New Brunswick.
Shoreweed (Littorella uniflora) was found at Walton Lake, Kings Co. on August 14 (JPG, DS, MS), at French Lake (SB), and at States Lake on September 21 (JPG, JJW).
A trip to the Kedgwick area yielded Greater Creeping Rush (Juncus subtilis) in bloom on the emergent shoreline of States Lake on Sept. 21, and a single flowering plant of Giant Mountain Aster (Aster modestus) along the Restigouche River at Montgomery Bridge (where it had first been found in New Brunswick nearly 40 years previously) on Sept. 22 (JPG, JJW).
Other Interesting Reports
The showy pink-flowered form (forma rosea) of Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) was found at Sackville on July 6 (BS).
Nelson Poirier encountered Groundnut (Apios americana) growing in abundance along the Shediac River on Aug. 26.
Huge patches of Turtlehead (Chelone glabra) were conspicuous along the Trans-Canada Highway near St. Leonard on August 30 (JPG).
The yellow-fruited form of Choke Cherry (Prunus virginiana f. leucocarpa) was seen along Lincoln Road at Fredericton in late September (PG).
A large amount of Narrow-leaved Cattail (Typha angustifolia) was seen growing together with Broad-leaved Cattail (Typha latifolia) along the Eel River, Restigouche County on August 13 (JC).
Non-native Species
Flowering Rush (Butomus umbellatus), a very invasive aquatic plant, was seen for the first time at Perth Andover (PO), and Ais rapidly taking over the large acreage of ....marsh vegetations at Eel River, Restigouche County (JC).
Great Hairy Willow-herb (Epilobium hirsutum) and Everlasting Pea (Lathyrus latifolius) were found around Dalhousie in mid July (SB). Another species of Everlasting Pea (Lathyrus sylvestris) was found at the Eel River overpass on route 11 on August 13 (JC).
Much Narrow-leaved Hawk's-beard (Crepis tectorum) was seen along the Trans-Canada Highway between Mazerolle Settlement and Longs Creek in early July, and during a second period of blooming in late September (JPG).
Helleborine (Epipactis helleborine) was found in bloom amidst a stand of tall weeds not far from a roadside at Hammond River on August 12 (JW).
Jerusalem Oak (Chenopodium botrys) was collected from a gravel highway shoulder at Colpitts (ACCDCBG).
A robust plant of Asiatic Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus), measuring at least 7 m. in height, was found on a Norway Maple tree near Magnetic Hill in Moncton (NP).
Several berry-laden shrubs of Glossy Buckthorn (Frangula alnus) were seen at two sites on the Miramichi River in late September (NP).
Exploration of a snow-dump area and walking trails along the Meduxnekeag River behind the community college at Woodstock on Sept. 28 revealed one small clump of New England Aster (Aster novae-angliae), a single clump of white-flowered Red Clover (Trifolium pratense f. leucochraceum), a few plants of Biennial Wormwood (Artemisia biennis) and large colonies of halophytic plants such as Alkali Grass (Puccinellia sp.) and Orache (Atriplex sp.)(JPG, JJW).
Still Awaiting Rediscovery
Despite intensive searching, Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) was not rediscovered around Dalhousie (SB), and the whereabouts of APhipps Lake, Long Reach, Kings Co.s, the only site in the province where Lesser Purple Bladderwort (Utricularia resupinata) was ever found, still remains a mystery (JPG, DS, MS).
People and Plants
Scientists from the United States have recently visited New Brunswick, or solicited collections of material from the province, to assist with their research on Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea), Grass-pink (Calopogon tuberosus), Three-seeded Sedge (Carex trisperma var. billingsii) and Muskflower (Mimulus moschatus)(JPG, SC).
The annual meeting of the New Brunswick Botany Club will be held at Odell Park lodge at Fredericton on November 30 at 1 p.m.
FUNGI
Almost all reports of mushrooms continue to be of edible species. It was a bumper year for Chantarelle (Cantharellus cibarius) at a number of sites in the province, such as the Aroostook River (Aug. 5, NTNB), Mascarene (Aug. 11, JPG) and the Meduxnekeag River (Aug. 25, MRA).
Lobster Mushrooms (Hypomyces lactifluorum) were conspicuous and common at the Meduxnekeag River on August 25 (MRA).
Sweet Tooth Mushroom (Dentinum repandum) was in Agreat supplys in the Moncton area in early September (MNCNIL).
Horse Mushrooms (Agaricus arvensis) were Afruiting with abandons in the Moncton area and at a cemetary in Rogersville in late September. A few large groups of Shaggy Mane (Coprinus comatus) were noted around the same time and there was a report of a Giant Puffball (Calvatia gigantea) that appeared overnight (MNCNIL).
Honey Mushrooms (Armillaria mellea) were very abundant at Rosevale during the last week of September (AW).
A Stinkhorn (exact species undetermined) was seen at Central Hampstead on September 22 (JB).
Abbreviations: ACCDCBG Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre Botany Group ('sean Blaney, Cindy Spicer, Claudia Hanel and Theo Popma), AM Alison McArthur, AW Ajo Wissink, BB Bruce Bagnell, BS Bev Schneider, CH Claudia Hanel, DG David Givan, DNRE Dept. of Natural Resources and Energy, DS Dwayne Sabine, FG Freddie Givan, GB Gart Bishop, JB Jacqueline Badcock, JC Jim Clifford, JJW James Walde, JPG James Goltz, JS Jamie Simpson, JW Jim Wilson, MA Margery Acheson, MB Maureen Bourque, MNCNIL Moncton Naturalists= Club Nature Information Line, MRA Meduxnekeag River Association, MS Mary Sabine, MT Maureen Toner, NCC Nature Conservancy of Canada, NP Nelson Poirier, NTNB Nature Trust of New Brunswick, PG Pascal Giasson, PO Pat O=Brien, RB Rex Boldon, RC Roland Chiasson, SB Sean Blaney, SC Stephen Clayden, SD Sabine Dietz, SS Shirley Sloat, TP Theo Popma.
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