Wetland Characteristics - Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority

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Silky Dogwood Mineral Thicket Swamp Type• Range of uncertainty about the status ofthis community exists in Ontario,considered vulnerable - to - apparentlysecure. According to Bakowsky (1996), itis restricted to Ecoregion 7E, and <strong>Niagara</strong>represents an area where it morecommonly occurs.• Close to 0.5 ha of this community typeoccurs in the study area, in thindiscontinuous linear strips flanking Lyon’sCreek.
Buttonbush Mineral Thicket Swamp Type• Scattered throughout 6E and 7E.• Noted for a high tolerance to flooding;areas subject to prolonged drying periodsmay invaded by tree seedlings.• A total of 0.76 ha of this vegetationcommunity currently exits in the studyarea.
Page 1: LYON’S CREEK EAST WETLANDINVENTOR
Page 4 and 5: Study Area• Study area is 3.8 km
Page 6 and 7: Study Methods• Background Review
Page 8 and 9: METHODS - Background ReviewDescript
Page 10 and 11: METHODS - Inventory Design
Page 12 and 13: METHODS - Amphibian Surveys• Time
Page 14 and 15: METHODS - Sampling Stations
Page 16 and 17: METHODS - Aquatic Surveys• Fisher
Page 18 and 19: FINDINGS• Background Review• Fi
Page 20 and 21: FINDINGS - Background Review• Wil
Page 22 and 23: FINDINGS - Field Inventories• Veg
Page 24 and 25: Green Ash Mineral Deciduous Swamp
Page 26 and 27: Meadowsweet Mineral Thicket Swamp
Page 28 and 29: Bulrush Mineral Shallow Marsh
Page 30 and 31: Rice-cut Grass Mineral Shallow Mars
Page 32 and 33: Water Willow Organic Shallow Marsh
Page 34 and 35: Water Lily-Bullhead Lily Floating-l
Page 36 and 37: FINDINGS - Vegetation Inventories
Page 38 and 39: FINDINGS - Field Inventories• Bre
Page 40 and 41: FINDINGS - Significant & Sensitive
Page 42 and 43: Pin Oak• Associated with glacialt
Page 52 and 53: RECOMMENDATIONSGeneral Precautions
Page 54 and 55: Management Option 1: Monitored Natu
Page 56 and 57: Management Option 3: CappingDescrip

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