Author Description

The Silver Creek Valley Area of Natural and Scientific Interest (ANSI) is one of the significant life science natural areas identified in 1976 in the Niagara Escarpment Plan. In the 1991 to 1993 field seasons, a detailed biological inventory and evaluation of the ANSI was carried out involving 19 person days of field work. This report describes the physical background and the regional context of vegetation, flora, and fauna; the vegetation, flora and floristics, and fauna of the Silver Creek Valley ANSI; and planning considerations, including evaluation of the area, its significant features, and recommendations. Listings of vascular plants, mosses and liverworts, birds, mammals, and amphibians and reptiles are included along with a description of the methodology and the Niagara Escarpment vegetation community classification system.