BIOL 2903 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Algonquin Provincial Park, Algonquin Highlands, Spruce Grouse
15 Apr 2017
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Lawrence - natural history of ontario (lecture 12) Bird"s eye primrose: northern in distribution occurring in the clay belt. Wood lily: more southern in distribution in clay belt (calciphilic plant) Sparrows egg lady slipper: like basic conditions (cold too) Showy lady"s slipper: grow in calcareous wetlands including cedar swaps biggest lady slipper. Showy lady slippers reach their northern limits in the clay belt boreal. Recall the height of land separating the watersheds. There are a number of rivers flowing through the clay belt. Flowing north (via james bay and hudson"s bay): abitibi river: contact between the two regions hudson bay lowland and canadian. Area: 400million years old hudson bay lowland (sedimentary) Area: 2. 5-2. 9 billion years old canadian shield (igneous) At the contact of the two regions there are sanddunes: they got there because of the tyrell sea = where it stopped. Jack pines grow on top of the sanddunes.
