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Gillfillan Lake Nature Reserve (Purchase)

Gillfillan Lake Nature Reserve. 65 acres in East Quinan, Yarmouth Co.
Purchased from Bradford Muise

Significance

Atlantic Coastal plain flora, species at risk.

Details

This property was acquired as a (bargain) purchase from Bradford and Lorraine Muise in January of 2007.

The property contains protected lakeshore habitat for Atlantic coastal plain flora, contiguous with that of another Gillfillan Lake property acquired by the Nature Trust. The two properties together account for over 700m of protected shoreline habitat at this location, and provide habitat for the threatened Plymouth gentian, as well as other species of Atlantic Coastal Plain Flora.