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Natural Areas Report: ALBEMARLE BROOK- WETLAND

Area Id: 7903	Area Type: WET
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Size (ha): 239.1	Significance Level: Provincial

Site District:

Counties: BRUCE

Topographic Maps: 41A/14

UTM Centroid: 17 484500 4966500

Decimal Latitude/Longitude: 44.8537430181236   -81.1960247012344

Description:	A Provincially significant wetland complex, made up of ten individual wetlands, composed of two wetland types (91% swamp and 9% marsh) (Morton et al., 1988).
Vegetation:	Dominant Vegetation Forms (Morton et al., 1988): 65.5% dead deciduous trees, 25.3% deciduous trees, 7.3% narrow-leaved emergents, and 1.9% submergents; Vegetation Communities (Morton et al., 1988): *Note- (F)= flooded Swamp S1: deciduous trees- Fraxinus sp.; Poaceae spp., Cyperaceae spp.; Fraxinus sp.; S2: deciduous trees- Fraxinus sp.; Fraxinus sp., Thuja occidentalis; herbs; Poaceae spp.; Cornus sp., Fraxinus sp.; S3: dead hardwoods; Poaceae spp., Cyperaceae spp.; herbs; Cornus sp.; Salix sp.; S4(F): dead hardwoods; dead conifers; Cornus sp.; Poaceae sp., Cyperaceae spp.; herbs; Lemna sp.; S5: dead hardwoods; Poaceae spp., Cyperaceae spp.; Fraxinus sp., Acer saccharinum; Typha latifolia; herbs; Fraxinus sp., Salix sp.; S6(F): dead hardwoods; Lemna sp.; Chara sp.; Cyperaceae spp.; Cornus sp.; S7: dead hardwoods; Poaceae spp., Cyperaceae spp.; dead shrubs; Lemna sp.; Salix sp., Cornus sp.; herbs; S8(F): dead conifers; dead hardwoods; Poaceae spp., Cyperaceae spp.; Chara sp.; moss spp.; herbs; Fraxinus sp.; S9: dead hardwoods; Acer saccharinum, Fraxinus sp.; herbs; Poaceae spp.; Cornus sp.; Fraxinus sp., Thuja occidentalis; S10(F): dead hardwoods; Chara sp.; Nuphar variegatum, Potamogeton sp.; S11(F): dead hardwoods; Chara sp.; Cyperaceae spp.; Cornus sp.; S12(F): dead hardwoods; Typha latifolia; Fraxinus sp., Acer saccharinum; Lemna sp.; S13(F): dead hardwoods; Poaceae spp., Cyperaceae spp.; Lemna sp.; Cornus sp., Acer saccharinum; Acer saccharinum; Acer saccharinum, Acer rubrum; S14: dead hardwoods; Poaceae spp.; S15: dead hardwoods; Cornus sp., Salix sp.; Poaceae spp., Cyperaceae spp.; Lemna sp.; Acer saccharinum, Fraxinus sp.; herbs; S16(F): dead hardwoods; dead conifers; Salix sp., Fraxinus sp.; Populus balsamea; herbs; Lemna sp.; S17: deciduous trees- Acer saccharinum, Acer rubrum, Fraxinus sp.; Fraxinus sp., Acer rubrum; herbs; Poaceae spp.; Cornus sp.; S18: dead hardwoods; Poaceae spp.; herbs; Fraxinus sp., Salix sp.; S19: dead hardwoods; Fraxinus sp., Acer saccharinum, Acer rubrum, Acer saccharum; herbs; Cornus sp.; Poaceae spp.; S20: deciduous trees- Fraxinus sp., Acer saccharinum, Acer rubrum, Acer saccharum; Poaceae spp.; Typha latifolia; Acer saccharinum, Acer rubrum, Fraxinus sp.; S21: deciduous trees- Acer saccharinum, Acer rubrum, Fraxinus sp.; Acer saccharinum, Acer rubrum; Cornus sp., Acer rubrum; herbs; S22: deciduous trees- Populus tremuloides; Poaceae spp.; S23(F): dead hardwoods; Poaceae spp., Cyperaceae spp.; Lemna sp.; Typha latifolia; herbs; S24: deciduous trees- Fraxinus sp.; Fraxinus sp., Salix sp.; Poaceae spp.; Cornus sp., Fraxinus sp., Salix sp.; herbs; S25(F): deciduous trees- Fraxinus sp.; Cornus sp., Salix sp.; herbs; Fraxinus sp.; Poaceae spp., Cyperaceae spp.; S26: deciduous trees- Fraxinus sp., Salix sp.; Fraxinus sp.; Poaceae spp.; herbs; S27: deciduous trees- Fraxinus sp.; dead hardwoods; Poaceae spp., Cyperaceae spp.; Fraxinus sp.; herbs; Marsh M1: narrow-leaved emergents- Poaceae spp.; herbs; M2: narrow-leaved emergents- Poaceae spp., Cyperaceae spp.; herbs; Cornus sp.; dead shrubs; M3: submergents- Chara sp., Ceratophyllum demersum; Nuphar variegatum; dead shrubs; Lemna sp.; M4: narrow-leaved emergents- Cyperaceae spp.; dead shrubs; Cornus sp., Salix sp.; Lemna sp.; M5: submergents- Chara sp., Ceratophyllum demersum; dead shrubs; M6: low shrubs- Salix sp., Cornus sp.; Poaceae spp., Cyperaceae spp.; dead shrubs; M7: shrubs- rich- Salix sp.; Poaceae spp.; M8: narrow-leaved emergents- Poaceae spp., Cyperaceae spp.; herbs;
Landform:	Soils (Morton et al., 1988): 80% organic, and 20% undesignated; Site Type (Morton et al., 1988): 2% isolated, 98% riverine;
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References

Id	Citation
33621	Morton, J., B. Jex, D. Van Den Kieboon, and J. Brown. 1988. Wetland Data Record and Evaluation- Albemarle Brook. Second Edition. July 11-12, 1988. Grey Sauble Conservation Authority. Manuscript. 22 pp + 3 maps + 5 pp supplement.