A16 - The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, February 14, 2006 Rare and endangered tree makes its homne in Halton liY1 r ttLtt1 t tR i' cîî t il ii t iiti lied as the home of a rare tree recently clas- sified as an endangered species. A few specîmens of the red mulberry tree, which is native to Ontario, are located on greenheit property owned by Conservation Halton. "This is an example of thc greenheit pro- tecting the health, diversity and abundance of Ontarios natural heritage," said Jim Bradley, the miîsisîer responsible for the Greenheit Ersundation. "The greenbelt is permanently proîecting woodlands, wetlands, waterways and mead- ows that allow this and other rare and endangered species to survive.' The red mulberry; a smail trce with large coloured basrk, has been said Bradley. deemed an endangered "The greenheli is stosp- species under Oniarios - ping the loss of natural Endangered Species Act. features and the species It rarely grows more hyos. than 10 metres high and Besides Halton, green- hears edible fruit that belt lands in Niagara and resembles a blackberry. Hamilton also host the red In Canada, its found mulberry. Specific loca- only in Ontario, growing at *tions aren't revealed to the base of slopes in decid- ENDANGERED SPECIES: The avoid placmng the remain- uous forests that are large- rare red mulberry tree has been dis- ing trees in jeopardy ly within the greenheli. covered in Halton. ',By stopping further "Thieket by thicket and loss of natural areas in the wetland by wetland, we were losing the Greater Golden Horseshoe, the greenhelt is Greater Golden Horseshoes remaining wild- protecîing essential habitat for thousands of somne that arc rare or endangered - and pre- serving our rich natural bio-diversity for future generations," said Minister of Natural Resources David Ramsay. The red mulberry is threatened by habitat loss and the hybridization with the white mulberry, as Asian species that bas been întroduced into Ontario. A study published last year by Envsronmental Defence Canada found that the greenhelt is home to 66 officially reeog- nized species ai risk. "The greenbelt may be the lasi chance for survival for many of Ontariols species at risk," the report states. 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