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Canada’s Limestone Barrens
By Linda Tancs
Canada’s Port au Choix National Historic Site is a rugged coastline of unique limestone barrens, forests and bays in a scenic fishing village. Limestone bedrock is formed by the compaction of coral plant and animal remains on the bottom of the ocean. In this unique environment, some 114 rare plants thrive, including the elegant yellow lady slipper orchid. You might also spot three rare plants, endemic only to Newfoundland: barrens willow (a woody shrub with reddish-brown stems), the Fernald’s braya (small white flower clusters with fleshy basal leaves) and the taller Long’s braya. Take a guided walk.
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