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Natural Areas Report: STOCO FEN
| Area Id: 1644 | Area Type: ANSI-LS |
| Alias(es): STOCO FEN PROVINCIAL NATURE RESERVE |
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| Size (ha): 370.0 | Significance Level: Provincial |
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Site District: 6E-9 |
Counties: HASTINGS |
Topographic Maps: 31C/6 |
| UTM Centroid: 18 322000 4926000 |
| Decimal Latitude/Longitude: 44.4674004547028 -77.237459624717 |
| Description: | Stoco Fen is a large, calcareous fen and swamp complex, regulated as a Provincial Nature Reserve, with additional land proposed for aquisition (Lindsay, 1986). |
| Vegetation: | Scattered clumps of shrub thickets and stunted cedar and larch covers about 50 ha of the eastern part of the wetland. Mixed swamp forest (white cedar - larch - black spruce) surrounds the open fen (Lindsay, 1986). |
| Landform: | Set in a shallow depression between two limestone uplands, the site is a mosaic of open graminoid fen with small marl pools (Lindsay, 1986). |
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References
| Id | Citation |
| 3923 |
Cuddy, D.G. 1983. Stoco Fen - Life Science Inventory Check-sheet. OMNR, Eastern Region, Kemptville. OFER 8603. 34 pp. + appendices. |
| 4246 |
Landplan Collaborative Limited. 1986. Life Science Inventory of the Stoco Fen. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Eastern Region, Kemptville. OFER 8603. 34 pp. + appendices. |
| 9799 |
Lindsay, K.M. 1986. Life Science Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest in Site District 6-9: A Review and Assessment of Significant Natural Areas in Site District 6-9. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Parks and Recreational Areas Section, Central Region, Richmond Hill, Ontario. OFER 8601. 72 pp. + map. |
| 4276 |
Luciuk, L.Y. 1976. The Stoco Fen: An area of botanical interest. Blue Bill 23: 39-40. |