BIOL 2903 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Marbled Godwit, Western Meadowlark, Populus Tremuloides
3 Apr 2017
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Trembling aspen, white pine, red pine, bur oak, hill"s oak (specialty in this region) Marbled godwit, black-billed magpie, western meadowlark, sandhill cranes, Prairie species common near lake of the woods (near rainy river: lots of fish, lots of fish-eating birds, double-crested cormorants, osprey, franklin"s gulls, american white. Fossorial (burrowing) animals: groundhog, franklin"s ground squirrel, badger. Gl-sl forest region on great lakes-st. lawrence lowland: Bedrock = sedimentary rock, rich in calcium. Lowland = flat due to sedimentary rock & glacial deposits. Rivers, such as the ottawa, & mississippi river flow through ottawa-sl lowland. Along rivers, cattail marshes = common: they"re shallow water lentic aquatic systems, cattails = dominant, their roots & dead organic remains form floating mat. Periodic flooding & drawdowns = important elements of marsh ecology. Cattail moth caterpillar, muskrat, bull frog (not freeze-tolerant) Common yellowthroat, marsh wren, swamp sparrow, virginia rails. American coot & pied-billed grebes have lobed toes.
