| Description: |
A Provincially significant wetland complex, made up of three individual wetlands, composed of two wetland types (51.7% swamp and 48.3% marsh) (Harnden and Hudson, 1987).
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| Vegetation: |
Vegetation Communities (Harnden and Hudson, 1987):
One form
M1: broad-leaved emergents- water plantain;
S1: deciduous trees- Red Maple/Bur Oak/White Oak;
M2: narrow-leaved emergents- grasses/sedges;
Two forms
M3: free-floating plants- duckweed; blueberry/Southern Arrow-wood;
M4: narrow-leaved emergents- grasses/sedges; mixed herbs;
S2: low shrubs- Southern Arrow-wood; Red Maple/Bur Oak/White Oak;
Three forms
S3: deciduous trees- Red Maple/Bur Oak; grasses/sedges; mixed herbs;
M5: free-floating plants- duckweed; grasses/sedges; jewelweed/ferns;
M6: robust emergents- cattails; grasses; duckweed;
S4: narrow-leaved emergents- grasses/sedges; mixed herbs; blueberry/spirea;
S5: low shrubs- blueberry/meadowsweet; mixed herbs; Red Maple/Bur Oak/White Elm;
Four forms
M7: free-floating plants- duckweed; willow; mixed herbs; Red Maple/Bur Oak;
S6: narrow-leaved emergents- grasses; spirea; mixed herbs; Red Maple/Bur Oak/White Oak;
M8: free-floating plants- duckweed; dead deciduous; grasses/sedges; blueberry/Southern Arrow-wood;
M9: herbs- mixed herbs; blueberry; grasses/sedges; duckweed;
Five forms
S7: low shrubs- dogwood; dead deciduous; Red maple/Bur Oak; grasses/sedges; mixed herbs/ferns;
M10: herbs- mixed herbs; duckweed; blueberry; spirea; grasses/sedge;
S8: deciduous trees- Willow; blueberry; willow; grasses/sedges; mixed herbs;
M11: free-floating plants- duckweed; grasses/sedges; willow; Bur Oak/Red Maple; mixed herbs;
Six or more forms
M12: low shrubs- spirea; cattails; grasses/sedges; duckweed; mixed herbs; Bur Oak/White Oak;
M13: free-floating plants- duckweed; Southern Arrow-wood; mixed herbs; Red Maple/willow; dead deciduous; grasses/sedges;
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| Landform: |
Soils (Harnden and Hudson, 1987): 100% clays, loams or silts;
Site Type (Harnden and Hudson, 1987): 76% palustrine (permanent or intermittent outflow) and 23% riverine;
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