Author Description

The Glen Management Area includes the greater part of two of the significant life science natural areas identified in 1976 in the Niagara Escarpment Plan Area. These areas, the Shouldice Forest and the Mud Creek Escarpment Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest (ANSI), became core areas of the Escarpment Natural Area. This report provides the physical background and regional context of the vegetation, flora, and fauna of the two ANSIs; the vegetation, flora and floristics, and fauna of the areas; and planning considerations for each, including evaluation, significant features, and recommendations. Listings of vascular plants, non-vascular plants, birds, mammals, and amphibians and reptiles are given along with descriptions of the methodology and Niagara Escarpment vegetation community classification system.