Vegetation and Soils
Much of the western part of Denman Island is covered by a dense forest dominated by Douglas fir, western hemlock and western red cedar on deep gravelly loam glacial till. Some areas have shallow soils over sandstone or shale. The eastern part has a loamy sand on which arbutus is frequently present. All of these soils were classed as brown podzolic in a 1959 soil survey.
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