The André-Michaux Ecological Reserve, or Réserve écologique André-Michaux, is an ecological reserve in Quebec, Canada. It protects a variety of vegetation types typically of the Canadian Shield.
The reserve protects representative ecosystems of the Lower Gatineau ecological region, including stands of maple-basswood and maple-yellow birch.[2]
Depending its location on the slopes the vegetation may be xeric, swampy, or a range of intermediate groups.
Xeric vegetation on the upper slopes with convex forms includes white pine and red pine, with red oak in the driest places, and stunted red oak in extremely arid places.
On poorly drained flat land there is fir / white spruce, sphagnum and black ash / grey alder.
There are grasses and swamp shrubs along the edges of lakes.
In the intermediate areas of moderate drainage there are maple / basswood groves, and some drier varieties such as red oak or bur oak, maple / yellow birch, and hemlock.
Galearis spectabilis may also be found.
Fauna include white-tailed deer, beaver, heron, ruffed grouse and black duck.[2]
Réserve écologique André-Michaux (in French), Quebec: Ministère du Développement durable, de l'Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, retrieved 2018-06-16