
Whistler Biodiversity Project
The Whistler Biodiversity Project is a multi-year project to catalogue and help preserve Whistlers native species. The Naturalists contribute to the Biodiversity Project by organizing annual BioBlitz and Fungus Among Us events that continually add to the Projects overall species list. The study area for the project extends to the edge of the boundaries of the Resort Municipality of Whistler.
90 new species were found in Whistler during our 2019 BioBlitz and Fungus Among Us events. Find the new species highlighted in the 2020 Whistler Species Summary here.
Species (by Group) Number %
For more information visit the Whistler Biodiversity Project website.
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Mammals 56 1%
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Other Vertebrates 276 6%
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Invertebrates 1,293 30%
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Fungi 984 23%
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Lichens 500 11%
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Native Plants (Vascular) 529 12%
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Exotic Plants (Vascular) 176 4%
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Non-Vascular Plants 413 9%
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Other 136 3%
TOTAL 4,363