Upper Welland River Watershed Plan - Niagara Peninsula ...

Spotted Crane‟s-billSpotted Touch-me-notSugar MapleSpicebushSpotted Water-hemlockSwamp DewberrySwamp MapleSwamp RoseSwamp White OakTall GoldenrodTartarian HoneysuckleThicket CreeperThree-lobed Beggar-ticksTrembling AspenWestern Poison-ivyWitch-hazelWhite AshWhite ElmWhite GrassWhite PineWhite OakWillow speciesWinterberryWool GrassYellow BirchUPPER WELLAND RIVER WATERSHED PLANGeranium maculatumImpatiens capensisAcer saccharumLindera benzoinCicuta maculataRubus hispidusAcer fremaniiRosa palustrisQuercus bicolourSolidago altissima var. altissimaLonicera tataricaParthenocissus insertaBidens tripartitaPopulus tremuloidesRhus radicans ssp. rydbergiiHamamelis virginianaFraxinus americanaUlmus americanaLeersia oryzoidesPinus strobusQuercus albaSalix spIlex verticillataScirpus cyperinusBetula alleghaniensisSite DescriptionsSite I.D.: HAL-10-00-00-00-00Municipality: County of HaldimandApprox. Size: 426 hectaresSubwatershed: Drainage from this study site flows to Chick Hartner Drain in the west and anunnamed creek in the central portion. Small portions flow south west to Michner Drain, and north westto Oswego Creek.General Summary: Study site located along the Haldimand - Wainfleet border and is bound by Theeast-west rail line in the north and bird Road to the south. It extends from Diltz Road in the west to Gore„A‟ Road in the east.Summary: This study site is dominated by Swamp Maple, Red Maple, and Green Ash, with White Elmand Spicebush. The understory was a mix of Black Raspberry, Thicket Creeper, and Herb Robert. Themore open water community was dominated by Broad-leaved Cattail, and Soft Rush. There are a totalof 93 recorded taxa for this study site.Site I.D.: HAL-11-00-00-00-00Municipality: County of HaldimandApprox. Size: 107 HectaresSubwatershed: This study site drains in a number of directions. It drains to Oswego Creek to thenorth, and moving from east to west, drains to a number of municipal drains. Michner Drain in the east,to Chick Hartner Drain to the east and central areas of the study site and, west to James Drain. Thiscomplicated drainage pattern may be partly responsible for the interesting micro topography andassociated communities that characterize this study site.General Summary: This study site is located between the east-west rail line in the north and BirdRoad in the south. It extends from Regional Road 15 in the west to Diltz Road in the east.182